Tony Goldwyn Quotes

All good actors are unpredictable, and a little crazy in a good way, because they feel more secure playing other people than themselves.

A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets.

For me really good acting is about subtext.

I like doing character movies. I like doing movies about personal situations; that's what I love about dealing with things.

You know one of the things about going from modeling to acting is it's so much more fulfilling. With modeling, you get your picture taken, which is great, good for you, you know? But in acting, you're able to reach in and show a little bit more of yourself.

It's fun to play characters with a past, but it's also fun to play any role that is what I would call a 'pressure cooker' kind of character, where the lid is on, and it's left to simmer throughout the movie.

I thought as an actress I would be able to have broader emotional experiences, but then I quickly figured out that I wanted to think about tragic dramas, not act in them.

I want to take up anything that excites me. It can be a drama, action or a comedy.

I enjoy both acting and screenwriting, in completely different ways. You have more creative freedom with writing because you can create everything that happens. But, as an actor you also have creative freedom because you don't so much focus on what has to move the story along, and only on how your character is reacting to situations.

Doing theater, I call it concentrated shampoo. You put a dime in the palm of your hand and you get a headful of lather. When you do a play, you're there for two and a half hours, and you live a lifetime.

Every actor just wants good writing.

All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.

The thing is, I love a great death scene - no good actor doesn't. Sorry, any actor, I should say.

If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

I never studied anything about film technique in school. Eventually, I realized that cinema and theater are not so different: from the gut to the heart to the head of a character is the same journey for both.

Everything I've made - it doesn't mean they've all been good - but everything I've made so far, big or little, fiction or documentary, has been something that I've been really enthusiastic about.

I'd love to star in dark drama that audiences could really relate to.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas. Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.

As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine the world beyond it is what we do.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

Our job is to represent the truth of human nature, whether you're playing a tender love story that's set in a coffee shop or whether you're in 'The Avengers,' which is set in a Manhattan which is exploding.

It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.

I love challenging films, really. I'd prefer to do some gritty, challenging roles. That would be awesome and really fun.

Movies are full of leading men, most of whom aren't working. It's much harder to find a good villain.