Quotes About Actor

I don't think it's necessary to be an actor to get great performances out of an actor. But I do think it helps me as a director because I know what I like as an actor, and I try to get that to the actors who I'm working with.

I feel whatever an actor does on screen is something the actor 'does,' and what the director can do is to tell, talk or instruct. So, all the credit for an actor's performance goes to the actor alone.

There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the audience is seeing.

After I did Untamed Heart I wanted to do a film that was outrageous. I really wanted to do, you know, a performance. I don't want to allow my image to rule the choices that I make.

Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.

I never even thought about being an actor. Somebody asked me if I'd like to learn the craft, and I said, 'Okay.' I was a gymnast in a show at that time, and somebody asked me afterwards one night. I performed as a gymnast for nine years, and then I did acting after that.

Panja Vaisshnav Tej is such a talented actor. He competed with experienced actors and performed very well.

I really never had any thought about being a legitimate actor, like a stage performer. I wanted to make movies. I wanted to do television and make movies.

I think I'm not a natural performer; I think I'm an actor.

Any actor can be glamorous, but not everybody can be a performer. That's why I'm focusing more on the performance side. I feel that's what even people want from me.

The fitness builds the foundation for me as an actor to have clarity. Fitness has always been the base of where I start off as a performer.

Working with Al Pacino was an amazing experience. He's such an amazing guy. He's an incredible performer and actor - and, aside from that, just a generous human being.

I was never a child actor. I was a child performer.

I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.

As a kid I was always a bit of a clown, a performer.

You've got to have a sense of different audiences. I'm a kind of performer manque - I come from a long line of failed actors!

I'm a performer.

I do like Jason Statham as a person and as an actor. I think he's a great performer, and he delivers every time.

I am a performer; that's what I like to do.

Antara Mali is a fine performer. Her role in 'Road' is in complete contrast to that in 'Company.'

It's funny how you can say performing is in the blood, and if I'm considered a performer being an actor, then it's certainly in the blood.

It's really important to prove yourself as a performer and as an actor.

I feel an actor is an entertainer first then a performer.

We have done 'Talvar' in three different parts, recreating three different scenarios. And so, it was very interesting for me as a performer to be a part of this film.