Sharat Saxena Quotes

There are no small parts. Only small actors.

Anytime you're on camera, 95 percent of whatever character you're playing, unless you're Daniel Day-Lewis - or maybe, no, pretty much just him - you're cast because you're you.

Obviously there are times with acting when exactly what is required is just going through the motions, and when doing nothing is the best thing. But at other times, you have to make that leap beyond the immediate environment of people putting up lights on the set.

Actors, I have to say, most of the time, they elevate things; they don't screw things up most of the time.

I don't think playing a villain is my greatest talent.

It's a wonderful thing to watch an actor just act.

In the end, only a good actor stands out; if I am not a good actor, I won't stand out.

That's the mark of a really great actor, when he can make you feel the emotion without having to search for it.

The power of a close-up can be extraordinary, but you have to have actors who are able to reveal themselves.

Pauline Kael said that Rip Torn could get angrier faster than any other American actor: that he could go from zero to 10 in 1.8 seconds or something like that.

When actors are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not talking that reveals the fine actor.

I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk and emote and react and you don't have to keep cutting away from them, because they are the language and the behavior. It's all a tour-de-force performance.

Good actors, you always know what they're thinking. That's why they're good actors.

I've always thought Ed Burns was a profoundly underrated actor. He's a great director, obviously. A great director/writer. But I think he's a stunning actor, too.

As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.

There are so many examples of talented actors working today, no matter how they live their private lives. I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character.

That's the thing about film acting and television acting. You just release yourself and do what is true for the moment, and ignore everybody and everything and all the technical razzmatazz that goes on.

You have to do real acting, not just do a voice.

Actors, lots of times, are great when they have great parts. For me, a lot of times, it's been the part.

People are confusing me with a good actor when I'm just a good mimic. When someone asks me to play a nun from the fifteenth century, you'll see what I mean.

I think it's the same to be an actress anywhere because the profession is about attitudes towards events - it is a process to try to understand life. I think this is the case for actors across the world.

I love watching Edie Falco; she's so layered, and her work is so great.

We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor.

I think anybody can be a good actor.

My dream role would be someone anything that Meryl Streep can do. 'Julia and Julia' - I thought that was beautiful. She just had the essence of her. To truly become someone, invoking emotions like happiness and sadness and everything in between, that's what I want to be able to do.