When you’re an actor starting out, you have no control. All you can do is prepare the best you can for auditions and turn up on time.
When an actor has money, he doesn’t send letters but telegrams.[Когда у актера есть деньги, то он шлет не письма, а телеграммы.]
The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.
The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.
Stressing out as an actor or as a creative person is such a common thing, and it’s the most heartbreaking thing to happen to you.
Sometimes you have to go places with characters and emotions within yourself you don’t want to do, but you have a duty to the story and as a storyteller to do it.
Singers come and go, but if you’re a good actor, you can last a long time.
Playing a young person who’s lost and self-loathing – that’s universally relatable. I think it’s the job of any actor to be as raw as possible and make yourself an open wound.
People always say actors must be good at lying, but actually I think acting is completely truthful.
I have bullshit moments every once in a while – like every actor does.
I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.
I despise those prick actors who say, “I was in character,” and “I became the character,” and all that stuff. It’s hideous. It’s just masturbation at the highest level.
