Todd Haynes was incredible, he treated me like an adult, communicated with me, was supportive, he treated me as any director would an actor.
I don't think anybody, actor or marine, is ever going to enjoy boot camp. It certainly wasn't at all enjoyable. Informative and educational, yes, but it was pretty tortuous.
I toyed with the notion of being an actor, and am so glad that this whim did not go any further.
For an actor, playing one character and transitioning to a completely different one is a dream come true.
I used to joke I was a point-and-click actor. My whole process has been about trusting your instincts and hitting your mark.
I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday.
There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.
As a filmmaker you get typecast just as much as an actor does, so I'm trapped in a genre that I love, but I'm trapped in it!
The writer of 'The Red Road,' Aaron Guzikowski, deserves the credit. The fact that the dialogue is so understated is what makes this show so appealing, especially as an actor.
Here in England, my becoming an actor was considered unimaginative.
For a found-footage-style movie, there's a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it's real. A known actor would get in the way of the suspension of disbelief.
I'm a person and an actor that's constantly unsatisfied. I'm always reaching for something higher.
I used to do a lot of plays in English, Hindi, and Urdu. I wanted to be an actor since I was three and a half.
Emotional power is maybe the most valuable thing that an actor can have.
I think any actor worth their salt wants to show as much versatility as they possibly can.
I think it's great that these little various skills I have seem to add up to something, because I'm not the greatest pianist or the greatest vocalist or the greatest actor.
My favorite actor is Wallace Beery.
Probably the best part about being an actor is that you get to be a traveling wanderer.
Producers and directors think they have the power, but what they think of as the weakest link, the actor, is all-powerful.
I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.
