Craft Quotes

“I like to play characters that are not me at all.”

“I think that's the job of an actor is to be a chameleon.”

“I'm a character actor. I have to find work in good movies where I can make a contribution.”

“You have to be a little bit of a chameleon, I think, as an actor.”

“Acting is like sex: you either do it and don't talk about it, or you talk about it and don't do it.”

“Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, twenty times upon the anvil place your work again.”

“You can't be a storyteller and a speechmaker at the same time.”

“I'm a Juilliard-trained actor. I'm a Shakespearean actor. I'm a classical actor.”

“I'm not a Method actor. I'm a kind of 'what-you-see-is-what-you-get' actor.”

“Comedy is a serious business.”

“When you're a character actor, you're not a personality. You're a person.”

“When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk.”

“Acting is the art of stillness.”

“I'd rather be a great actor than a movie star.”

“You learn the text, and you come on and say it. I'm not a great believer in a lot of work beyond that.”

“I'm not a method actor. I'm a classical actor. I believe in the text.”

“You have to be a little bit of a monster to be a good actress.”

“Music is a mysterious and powerful medium, which I have tried to serve with all the talent and skill I possess.”

“I think that it's a great challenge to be able to shape a character that you have every reason to loathe, and find a way to inherit him with some sort of dignity.”

“I'm not a method actor. I'm a 'what's the line?' actor.”