Quotes About Craft

There's an art to being a good actor, there's an art to being a celebrity, and there's an art to longevity.

I don't know how you can tell a good actor in the movies. I really don't. I think you simply just do the part and hope to God that the director has a good cutter and a good editor, and it'll all get cut and put together so that you look good in it.

I think, at the end of the day, if you're a good actor, then you're a good actor.

An actor will use every piece of information at their disposal, or a good actor will.

Eric Stoltz was a very good actor.

I feel there are only well acted or badly acted roles and no such thing as a good actor or actress.

I like to continue as a good actor.

I don't believe there is any line bad enough that a good actor can't save.

Being a good actor is incredibly difficult. But the amount of responsibility is so much less on your shoulders than directing.

As a good actor, I think you need to know camera, dubbing etc.

I always say what makes acting so much easier is when you get to act off of good actors.

I love working with good actors as it gives me a lot of experience.

Matching character and actor is what a good director does.

For me, it's important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it.

An actor is only a part of the film, not the whole, and very often, he is moulded by the director. That is why a good director can make so much difference to a film.

I think comedy is very easy. Its all in the writing. If the writing is good and you have good director it is good.

I've seen what a difference a good director can make to an actor's performance.

A good film is a good film.

A good story needs equally good talent to foster it.

With film, you can feel confident that you're doing good work, but never know what it's going to look like.

My father told us all the time: to become a good writer takes writing. Because the more you do it, the better you get at it. It's like bull-riding. You can't do it once, you know. You've got to practice it and practice it.

I think you can be taught to write. You can't be taught to be a good writer. For that, you have to bring something to it, yourself, something that can't be given to you.

You can't teach somebody how to be a good writer.

If you're a good writer, you don't have everybody shouting in every scene.