Everything I’ve ever done in a film, it requires this getting to some sort of emotional reality that is contrary to the actual setting that you’re in." - Tom Hanks, on Backstage TV in 2016ġ2. All of the emotions that you have to go through whether it’s loving a girl or laughing outrageously in something hilarious. "Everything you do as an actor ends up taking you somewhere else.
What are her memories? Does she have brothers and sisters? What secrets does she have? What’s her favorite color? I do all of that work first.” - Viola Davis to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2017ġ1. This industry is a tough one to crack." - Hilary Duff in Between the Lines in 2015ġ0. I mean, obviously, appreciate the opportunities and work hard, but there's so much more to life. "The industry is very fickle, and you just do what you can and know that all this stuff doesn't mean anything. You look at a lot of actors who, before they were famous, did a lot of amazing work, and once they got too big, it just got off." - Ansel Elgort in BuzzFeed in 2014ĩ. Because then you're not real and you're not really wanting more. "You can't be a good actor if you get too affected by fame. And have fun." - Michael Fassbender to Backstage TV in 2016Ĩ. And I want to also be well-prepared so I have the ability to have a freedom to explore any avenue on the day. And I want to come onto the floor with ideas. "My preparation is always pretty much the same, regardless of whether it’s a $150 million film or a $1.5 million or whatever it may be - I’ve got to do a lot of homework, and I’ve just got to be well-equipped when I come onto the floor. And so, it becomes a fight for you to sort of be thought of in a different light, or also fighting your own fear about wondering if you can do something beyond what you’ve done already." - Mahershala Ali, to The Hollywood Reporterin 2016ħ.
"You look back and you find yourself being thought of in a certain way, and I think that’s the good fortune of working, where people start going, 'Oh, you would be great for this!' But then, the part I hate about it is that how people see you can become very narrow at a certain point. "To be in a profession where you’re constantly judged, critiqued, scrutinized, however you want to classify it, I’ve always been very, I think, rather adept at self-observation." - Julia Roberts to Charlie Rose in 2000Ħ. So much of it is adapting, because different." - Nicole Kidman to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2017ĥ. I really think the intensity of the work and the relationship requires the devotion, and requires the ability to be malleable, yet to still speak up and not be sort of a doormat, but also adapt. "As an actor, I always come in so open and willing and devoted. It’s a gift, it’s an opportunity, but most importantly, it’s a gift." - Denzel Washington, in a 2016 Hollywood Reporter roundtableĤ. "It’s like when people talk about the difficulty of making a movie, and I’m like, send your son to Iraq, that’s difficult.