Actor Quotes

The best part about being a superstar is that you can wear the most outrageous of clothes and they say ‘it’s in!’

When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can’t live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wrong because she was so sure that I was going to go astray. And that’s the juice that kept me going.

I think there’s a difference between a working actor, a movie star and a celebrity. They’re all three different things.

That’s your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.

Roles don’t fascinate me. It is the narrative, the screenplay that is fascinating.

Look at someone like Edward Norton. A truly phenomenal actor. He’s definitely went to school and trained.

As a director, it is important to understand the actor’s process.

I’m always inspired by actresses who are older than me. Because I know that person has lived so much more life than I have. There’s a whole other toolbox.

Good actors never use the script unless it’s amazing writing. All the good actors I’ve worked with, they all say whatever they want to say.

I’m an actor who evolves once the shoot starts.