Craft Quotes

“The most difficult thing in the world is to get a pure, definite, and final idea of what is meant by 'good acting'.”

“I don't know what it is to be a star. I know what it is to be an actor.”

“I just want to tell good stories. It's all about the story.”

“It's not about being a star, it's about being a good actor.”

“When you're doing a character, you want to be that character. You want to be that person.”

“What's important is to be able to get inside the character's head.”

“I'm not a good writer. I'm a good rewriter.”

“To be a writer is to be a reader.”

“The whole business of being an actor is to be somebody else, and I find that a wonderful, mesmerising thing.”

“I think of myself as an actor. The work is the work. I don't think of the work as different because it's a blockbuster or an independent film.”

“What I look for in a role is the physical. I'm not a talking head.”

“I'm a film-maker. I'm a craftsman. I'm not an artist. I'm a film-maker.”

“To write is to rewrite. To rewrite is to write.”

“It's a huge compliment when you're compared to someone who is a master of their craft.”

“To be a character who is larger than life is to be an actor.”

“Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience.”

“I approach every part I'm asked to do and am lucky enough to get as a character.”

“For an actress, the most important thing is to have a good character to play.”

“My job is to bring the text to life. The text is the score, the text is the blueprint.”

“I think there's a big misconception with the new generation of actors that you can just go out there and wing it.”