Actor Skills Quotes

There are two jobs. There is being an actor, and there is being a celebrity. Some people are really good at both. Some people are really good celebrities and terrible actors, and some people are really good actors and terrible celebrities. Hopefully, I am a really good actor and an OK celebrity.

I never thought I was much of an actor anyway.

Idris Elba is a grand actor. He's very larger than life; he's bigger than life.

I think acting is a mixture of instinct, imagination and inventiveness. All you can learn as an actor is basic technique.

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

I've said before that the common perception that all good actors should be good liars is exactly the opposite; only bad actors lie when they act.

I've never gotten hired for drama because I'm a good improviser. I don't think people who write drama scripts want you playing with them as much.

I just don't understand why more actors aren't artists.

To be a good actor, you need to be able to emote with your body.

When I came in, Westerns were the big thing, so I did horse falls, transfers, bulldogs, big fights. That's where you could really shine if you were really good at it. But then all the Westerns stopped, and I was capable of doing car stunts, motorcycle stunts and high falls. I could do it all.

I began to learn about the camera and the actors. That gave me a lot of the skills. At the same time, advertising gives you a lot of vices, for example, an obsession for a superficial look, but at the same time, it gives you the capacity to synthesize the story - tell a story in one minute.

Although he appeared in some awful movies, Elvis could also be pretty damn good as an actor.

It is the same actor in theatre and cinema, just the technique of acting changes.

If you're working opposite an actor who can act, then all you have to do is listen and respond.

The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is that you trust theater actors a lot more. You know that they're seriously more trained than anyone else because theater is the best place to grow as an actor.

The great difference between screen acting and theatre acting is that screen acting is about reacting - 75% of the time, great screen actors are great reactors.

You'd be surprised how much being a good actor pays off.

Frances McDormand is my favorite actor. I don't know if that's relevant. But she's a person who plays people. In other words, not everything has to be an over-the-top Broadway musical to get my attention, but it certainly helps.

Being an actor helps me direct a little bit, when I do that, which I haven't been able to do that much, but I plan to in the future. There are a lot of reasons for that, but certainly because I feel like you know how to talk to actors, and you know what they need from you if you've been one yourself.

Watching a good actor is the best way to learn.

I always get a little bit pissed off when stand-up comedy is not recognised as being as good a craft as being an actor. We give Oscars to people and it's like, 'Aw, this person is the greatest person on earth', but being an actor is pretty easy in comparison to stand-up comedy. It's no surprise that several stand-up comics have gone on to become great actors. I don't know any great actors that have gone on to become great stand-up comics.

Here's what I knew about doing a play: I knew it would make me a better actor.

It requires a huge amount of intelligence to be an actor.

Yes, I can play younger than my age. But I can play characters older than I am, too. I'm not an actor who can just play the kid.

A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing.