Quotes About Actors

I've got plenty of advice from a number of other actors. Me? I don't give advice.

Nowadays, the actors who say that they get plenty of scripts everyday but don't have time to go through them are nothing but big liars. The reality is - they don't even have a single script in their hand!

One of the issues with the fight scene - especially with actors - is that when the adrenaline gets going you lose the plot. Before you know it, you've hit somebody and you've hit them harder than you meant to.

The first two actors we cast were Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. Because we started so highbrow, we were able to get anyone. Plus, some of these people have children, and their kids love 'X-Men.' They'll do it because of them - that's our little extra ace in the hole.

I like 'Pyaar Ka Dard Hai' on Star Plus. It not only has a good story but good actors as well.

I like pointing the camera at the actors and letting them fight. Don't let the camera do the fighting for you, and don't let the camera give them the adrenaline hit. Let the people in the frame do that.

I got my Actors' Equity card officially by playing Nana the dog in 'Peter Pan' at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. That was the first show I did as a full-fledged, dues-paying member; I earned points in my MFA program, then went into the company after I graduated.

England is a mecca for actors who want to do the classics.

I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.

I think it's important for a filmmaker to know his actors, because you have to work so closely together and you have to like them or you'll have a horrible time.

When I find those actors who are going to work that hard and collaborate that deeply, my role is to make sure there's a whole lot there for them to work with.

After making 'Secretary,' it was a real shock to me to learn that some directors just aren't interested in what actors have to say. They just don't want to collaborate.

These actors who were in 'Dope' are the actors I want to continue to collaborate and make films with from here on out.

I'd like to be a director who gives my actors complete freedom while collaborating with them to find performances.

I like collaborating with actors. I love finding that moment where it all comes together.

I tend to be collaborative, and I want to hear other people's ideas. Especially with actors, I want them to feel like they can breathe life into their characters.

I see my actors as my collaborators.

For a love story, basic emotion should be there, you need a combination of everything. Good chemistry between the actors, music, script. If even one of them is not in place, the magic will not be there.

When a director is making a movie after four years, it's not considered his comeback. It should be same with actors.

As a comedian, I'm always quoting 'Caddyshack' and 'Dumb and Dumber.'

The great amount of fun that I have is I can cast dramatic actors to play comedic roles, and I can cast comedic actors to play dramatic roles because, really, there's no such thing. There's just actors.

The apartheid people were actors, and they had to act out their part in their beliefs every day. That's why we always saw them as being comedic.

I grew up on Abdul Halim Hafez and Esmail Yassine, a great comedic actor. I think Adel Imam also changed and revolutionised the game and comedy in Egypt.

I'm no way one of those comedians who want to do drama. I really do love comedies. I hope to go back to it.