Actor Advice Quotes

Actors don't generally go asking other actors for advice too much, but I'll take suggestions wherever I can.

Honestly, I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out.

Sandler's always good. Tom Hanks gave me some good advice.

I remember Tom Baker once said to me many years ago: never go back, particularly with TV shows. This is because the track record for characters returning to series they've left is not very good.

If I do a scene with an actor who doesn't have much experience, I say, 'I tell you what we're going to do: You just listen to me, and then you respond. We don't have to do any acting.' And that's good advice because you shouldn't see the acting.

If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors.

As I was getting into the helicopter, a slightly nervous actor said to me, "Whatever you do, don't say to the helicopter pilot, 'Show me what this baby can do.'" So I of course, got into it and said, "Show me what this baby can do." And we just had this insane helicopter ride. It's the sort of thing you only get to do on movie sets. I'm so lucky to have done it and have that chance.

Personally, I wouldn't advise a gay leading man-type actor to come out.

Most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath.

Young actors often ask me how do you get an agent, how do you get started, how do you get to audition, and I don't know what to tell them because my story is so fluky.

I would tell anyone who wanted to be an actor not to bother with drama school.

I've learned more and more on each show that I've done. I've been blessed and I've gotten to work with some very talented actors - James Gandolfini, Treat Williams. I've kind of always asked for advice and tried to take in as much as I could whenever working with them.

The old actors in the old days, they used to go on tour, to get the play ready for the West End, and to learn their lines. The old timers used to say, "Be very careful, dear boy, what you get in to during the first weeks of a long tour."