Craft Quotes

“I'm an actor. I have to play all kinds of parts. I can't say, 'I'm a Democrat, and I'm going to play a Democrat.'”

“As an actor I am, in a way, a thief. I steal from people's lives. I'm a spy.”

“When you play a villain, you have to play him like he's a good guy.”

“I think it's the playing, the actual drumming, that I love.”

“I'm not a rock star. I'm a songwriter.”

“I'm a tunesmith. That's my job.”

“I think I'm still trying to find my feet as an actor. And I know it's not going to be a popular thing to say, but I've always felt that; I've never felt that I was a natural.”

“What I enjoy doing is creating a character, a human being.”

“I think every actor should go back to the theater. It's a great experience.”

“I think every actor should go back to the theater. It's a great experience.”

“You have to be a little bit of a geek to do what I do.”

“The editing is what gives the film its meaning and rhythm.”

“To be a good actor, you have to be a child.”

“Comedy is just a tool. It's a tool to get to a certain place.”

“The curveball is my best pitch. I've been throwing it since I was 14.”

“I don't think I'm a particularly good writer, but I'm a pretty good editor.”

“I'm an actor. I was trained as a classical actor. I wasn't trained as a star.”

“Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a human being – his physical, mental and emotional habits – are the tools of his trade.”

“I'm not a Method actor. I'm a kind of critic of Method acting. It's a system that's been abused and misunderstood.”

“You know, you do a period piece, you have to be very careful. You can't have a modern sensibility.”