Quotes by Actors I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius. Amy Poehler genius actors thinking You learn early as an actor that creating your own material is the only way to have any control. Amy Poehler creating actors way I find that all great directors, and I would include Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood in that, they have great confidence. And with great confidence comes great freedom for the actor. Amy Ryan great-freedom actors directors Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers. Amy Ryan dependent actors As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all. Amy Sherman-Palladino actors want writing Dustin Hoffman was the greatest. He had so much information to give and he mesmerized me. He really feels for actors who are just starting out and remembers his early days like they were yesterday. Amy Weber actors yesterday giving There are different kinds of actors, and movie actors tend to be exceedingly precise and mechanical in a way that's really admirable for me to watch. You always learn from them. Ana Gasteyer actors different watches I went to USC for writing. I was judgmental of actors and their Starbucks and fancy cars. Analeigh Tipton fancy-cars actors writing To me, it's a little odd to ever think 'model into actor.' I modeled once. I was about as far from a decent model as you can possibly be. I did not enjoy the world at all. I fell in my stilettos quite a bit. Analeigh Tipton actors world thinking I want to cast correctly, and then I want them to live on screen. If I cast the wrong actor, I'm screwed. But, if I cast the right actor, it really works out. The casting process is so important. Andre Øvredal work-out actors important I never write with an actor in mind - never. Andrea Arnold actors mind writing I'm an actor. I'm just a creative person. I figure if I wasn't a good writer, I'd take to renovating homes... not renovating... decorating homes. Andrea Gabriel actors creative home When most actors finally get to L.A., I think they expect to be the next Will Smith or Denzel Washington and that's not the case. Andrea Hall next actors thinking I worked at Starbucks, I was a waiter, a bartender and a valet, sometimes working 2 to 3 jobs at a time while getting a lot of 'no's' as an actor. Andrea Hall actors sometimes jobs As an actor, people are always criticizing you so it just made me fall in love with myself. Andrea Hall falling-in-love actors people There's certainly enough writers and directors and actors who secretly aspire to make movies and films that agree with the center-right perspective, and I would argue the majority perspective in America. Andrew Breitbart perspective actors america I feel very privileged to have worked with a lot of outstanding actors: Alun Armstrong, Peter Mullan, Matt Smith and Andrew Garfield. Andrew Buchan garfield peter actors I have to remember that I didn't have to become an actor. I didn't have to put myself in this position. If I'd wanted to have autonomy - if that was what I was after - then I could have chosen another profession. Andrew Garfield autonomy actors remember When I go on the set, I'm so rushed. When I see the actors at rehearsal, when I love it, I want to keep the mood - my mood and the actors' mood also. So I have to push the crew faster. I don't want to lose the mood. Andrew Lau rehearsal actors goes-on When you are an actor every day kind of morphs into one as there is no set structure to my job. Andrew Lincoln actors kind jobs «678910111213141516»