I play one role until I take on another, which is exactly what a professional actor should do.
f they'd been working with Alec Guinness, for instance, they wouldn't have known they were born if they'd not towed the line!
I would like to, in some capacity, observe how Tom Cruise goes about his business when it comes to making a movie and how he behaves on set and how he interacts with the crew because from everything that I've heard, it is the template for professionalism and just the way to conduct yourself as an actor.
The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.
They think actors are freaks - that we're a lot of drunks who party all the time and never work. Well, I for one work my tail off.
There are etiquette things that actors, new actors, need to know about. Because it only takes one mess-up on a set to get fired. Not being where you're supposed to be or saying something to the wrong person that you're not supposed to say, and those are like basic things that the actors need to know.
I think you get the most honest performances when an actor shows up to set with their lines memorized. That's a very important thing that a lot of people seem to forget.
This is something particular to actors, especially in plays, and in films, too - but in plays, it's like, don't get involved with anyone in the play.
I think there needs to be more care taken for the actor. You know, we are not props!
