Jussie Smollett Quotes

I really love Robert Duvall, who I think is maybe the best American actor. I love Robert Duvall because the ability that he has to change and do the most amazing work.

I guess you can say that every actor is a 'character actor' on some level. But I think some actors have a wider range. I think that's how you get that mantle.

Scarlett Johansson. I think people don't really realize how great of an actress that girl is. She's so beautiful and that distracts you from what she can do as an actor.

I idolize Gene Hackman. He is not a natural star, not an incandescent personality like Jack Nicholson, but he makes luminous the problems of being an ordinary man in an extraordinary situation.

If Brando can do Capote and I can do Brando - well then, I can do Capote.

There are many brilliant actors, including our own Dilip Kumar, but Robert de Niro is something else.

Listen, I like great actors. You can be a movie star without being a great actor - this has been proved several times - and I like my casts to have great actors. Acting is more important to me than being a star.

Meryl Streep is my favorite actor. She is so classy and a brilliant actress. Her performance in 'Sophie's Choice' just kills me.

I want to play everything. I want to be like Christian Bale: I want to be able to be Batman and then, like, his character in 'The Fighter.' That is what is so impressive about really good actors, that they can be character actors and leading men at the same time.

Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had.

Any good actor is a character actor.

I love watching Samuel L. Jackson do anything, but for me, Gary Oldman is the grandmaster of the game.

As a kid, I was obsessed with Meryl Streep, and I still am.

Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding.

Ingrid Bergman made an enormous impression on me. I couldn't imagine where that kind of acting talent came from.

Kelsey Grammer is one of the best actors I've ever worked with.

All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you're a brilliant actress. Actually, all you've done is look like crap.

Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.

You're not cast because you're like someone or because you're sympathetic to them. You're cast because you can act.

I know it's popular to say this because she's the woman of the moment, but Halle Berry. Not only does she have obvious audience appeal and star quality, but she's a damn good actress too.

Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best actors there is.

Johnny Depp is probably the best actor.

To me, there are things you're good at and things you're not so good at. For some reason, I'm good at darker characters. It has to do with how you look.

With some actors, you can tell when they're acting all by themselves, no matter who else is in the screen.

I know I've got the ability to bring a sense of menace to the screen. I have that specific competence, and it's generally kept me working.