top of page
"I think it's easy for directors to stay fresh more than actors, especially once an actor becomes a star. It's hard for Russell Crowe to walk down a street or take a subway. I can fly coach."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Actor quotes

"Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that."

"I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be."

"We film in front of a live audience, and I was a theater actor before I got into television, so I like that."

"I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that."

"There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them."
Explore more quotes by Michael Mann

"Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so well in. I cannot."

"A 65-ft.-wide screen and 500 people reacting to the movie, there is nothing like that experience."

"I think it's easy for directors to stay fresh more than actors, especially once an actor becomes a star. It's hard for Russell Crowe to walk down a street or take a subway. I can fly coach."
bottom of page