top of page
.png){kind=small}
More
"What we do as actors is we go through phases where you superficially learn all this information."
Author Name
Personal Development
"You know, for an actor to come into the midst of that, it's - It can either be difficult and somewhat unnerving, or it can be very embracing and like, kind of stepping into a nice hot tub."
Author Name
Personal Development
"There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson."
Author Name
Personal Development
"I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body."
Author Name
Personal Development
"I know a lot of actors don't watch themselves on TV, but I think it's good to see how else you can improve."
Author Name
Personal Development
"As actors, we went where we wanted to, and the camera followed us: it was like having another person in the room. There was no formal structure to the process. It was very liberating."
Author Name
Personal Development
"I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors."
Author Name
Personal Development
"If it's something that reaches out and grabs me, I want to do it. I have a lot of trouble doing things that don't grab me. So, I'm not a very good actor in that way. I can't fake it."
Author Name
Personal Development
"There's a real separation between actors and all the other functions of Hollywood. If you're an actor you're somehow not a member of the crew. You're somehow more special. I hate that."
Author Name
Personal Development
"Eisenhower had about the most expressive face I ever painted, I guess. Just like an actor's. Very mobile. When he talked, he used all the facial muscles. And he had a great, wide mouth that I liked. When he smiled, it was just like the sun came out."
Author Name
Personal Development
More
"If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being."
Being
"I do not like assassins, or men of low character."
Men
"I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press."
Actor
"Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors."
Actor
"If I start to become a star, I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best."
Play
"It really costs me a lot emotionally to watch myself on screen. I think of myself, and feel like I'm quite young, and then I look at this old man with the baggy chins and the tired eyes and the receding hairline and all that."
Eye
"The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways."
Difference
bottom of page