Movie making is really, it's a director's medium, it's not even so much an actor's medium.
My undergraduate studies at Brown and graduate degrees from Harvard prepared me for a multifaceted career as an actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
My background is in musical comedy. I didn't know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference have to do with musical comedy and in being kind of a showoff.
As an actor, it's hard to approach any character with negatives.
I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.
Nic Hoult is just such a brilliant actor.
You want to be on your toes; You don't want to be in a Nic Cage movie and just have him blow by you as an actor.
I did start out as an actor. I went to Northwestern; I did musicals. I did plays.
I consider myself a novice film actor.
I hold the record for the maximum number of obituaries written for an actor's career.
An actor's off-screen persona should never overshadow his on-screen characters.
To go from playing Jack Startz in 'Behind the Candelabra' to playing JFK in the same year, I have now operated at the far ends of my range as an actor.
It was great to watch Orson Welles, not only as an actor but as a director.
Only a certain breed of actor should ever even try to work for Orson Welles. I'm glad I'm one of that breed.
An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition.
I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor.
No one's of Pakistani origin in any British show. That's why every actor of color is here working in the States. It's true.
An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.
The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.
I think, for any actor, dealing with the paranormal is intriguing.
