Watching Bernadette Peters perform is like an acting class. She's amazing.
I have a lot of respect for actors who do comedy. They do it naturally.
It's really wonderful to play characters as different from each other as I can.
I love people like Renée Zellweger who aren't afraid to look unattractive and really put themselves into a character role and to really be an actress instead of just thinking "Am I on-screen pouting and looking beautiful?" because that's not really what it's about.
One of my favorite actors is Paul Newman. He could tell so much with a single look, whereas some actors would need an entire five page monologue to give off the feeling of what he could say with just a single look.
Part of my aspiration as a film actor is to bring subtlety to everything I do - honesty but subtlety.
I have always had a flair for acting; maybe that's why I enjoyed casting so much.
I look at something like 'Short Term 12,' and that character has a lot of pain, and I wouldn't have known how to portray that if I hadn't experienced pain myself.
There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.
Amitabh Bachchan is an intelligent actor.
I love the idea of playing women I think I'm going to learn from.
I love acting. I'm actually a very emotional actor.
I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino - those people are touched by God.
I think that Zoe Kazan is an unbelievable talent.
I've seen what a difference a good director can make to an actor's performance.
People may know me from films, but theater is my first love. I did about 35 plays before I even landed my first screen role. I'm very comfortable on stage, and theater is not something you can just wing.
People who haven't done commercials, don't appreciate how hard it is.
Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle.
I am one of those guys who could do the most emotional scene and crack a joke instantly. I'm lucky. I'm just like an idiot savant. I have one enormously enjoyable, pleasurable - for me - talent, which is being able to act.
Actors are real. It's a real skill, and it exists, and talent really exists.
I don't care about the image I have. What matters to me is that with every film, I am growing more and more as an actor, pushing and challenging myself.
For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make believe really, really well.
Only a good actor has an edge over a weak actor. A hardworking actor has an edge over a lazy actor. Nationality has nothing to do with it.
Christina Ricci is amazing, the most professional actor I think I've ever met. You can be chatting with her and when they call action, she's right there.
I feel there are only well acted or badly acted roles and no such thing as a good actor or actress.
