
Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun. —
Steve Coogan

I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors. —
Diego Luna

You look for those actors or actresses that fit the personality to populate the film. —
Yuen Woo-ping

I'm not an actor - and I've got 64 films to prove it! —
Victor Mature

You can have a bunch of great actors in a film, but if you don't have anyone telling a great story, it's a moot point. —
Sarah Gadon

Independent film is for actors that love to act. —
John Leguizamo

I think I spent my entire childhood on film sets, surrounded by film-makers and actors and people with magnetic energies who make movies. —
Dakota Johnson

I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer. —
Kirk Douglas

Actors are the flowers of the film, of the set, and of the director. The term 'Flowers of the Screen' holds a deep meaning. —
Kim Jee-woon

I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect. —
Ricky Jay

Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York. —
William Shatner

I think when you work on a Woody Allen film the actors become a real company, probably more than on any other film. —
Michael Sheen

I want to bring something different to every film. I get a bit tired of actors who kind of are the same character in every film that they do. —
Guy Pearce

All FILM directors are good actors, because you have to understand actors in order to program them. —
Henry Johnson Jr

The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't. —
Sidney Lumet

I am really attracted to films. It's nice to do something new, all the time. That's why I like being an actor. —
Jane Levy

I love directing Shakespeare on film. It's fantastic that the actors would do exactly the same thing and be true to their part. —
Julie Taymor

I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film. —
Catherine Deneuve

I can tell when an actor's forcing tears, and it's tricky because you then have to film it and edit in a certain way to skirt around the issue. —
Drew Barrymore

Working in film tends to isolate actors - it's your close-up; it's all about you. —
Kevin Spacey

Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch? —
Gene Siskel

The reason my films work is because every actor on set is very secure. They're able to fly. —
Mike Leigh

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time. —
Jack Nicholson

The actors are the greatest executors of tone in a film. They're the most important cinematic component. —
Alexander Payne

In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as though he were. —
Michael Caine

I'm definitely looking forward to doing a film one day with more female actors. —
Margot Robbie

Once a film gets into production, the actors sometimes begin to have more input than a writer does. —
Helen Mirren

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them. —
Jessica Chastain

I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there was a bunch of them at once. —
Curtis Armstrong

Actors' performances do not stand alone in any film, live action or whatever. —
Andy Serkis

There are so many talented people in film today. There seem to be poor scripts, but the actors and actresses are very talented. —
Frederick Lenz

I'm as interested in photographing the film crew as much as the actors and actresses. —
Paul Walker

Cats act with their eyes. They are the small, silent
film actors of their time, and they are vastly underrated. —
Jenny Lawson

A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or how to talk to them. —
Peter Dinklage

The relationship between the make-up man and the film actor
is that of accomplices in crime —
Marlene Dietrich

I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing. —
Elia Kazan

Actors in the film industry are usually wary of expressing their opinions on the issues of the day, politics especially. —
Anupam Kher

Who says that actors are cattle? Show me a cow who can earn a million dollars a film. —
Langdon Winner

You have
film actors doing TV, rap stars doing TV, with everyone kind of crossing the line. —
Anthony Michael Hall

I don't think
film actors need training, really. —
Paul Giamatti
Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater. —
Shirley Knight

My father comes from a generation of film that actors my age don't even know about, which is really sad. —
Amber Tamblyn

The Dutch film industry is a pretty small community, so within Holland, I think most actors know each other and have worked with each other. —
Michiel Huisman

I think a good director casts a film so that the actors bring a lot to the table. —
Debbie Allen

The greatest all-around American film actor is James Stewart. —
David Denby

People on series are now given a lot more opportunities, sometimes more than
film actors. —
Alyssa Milano

People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film. —
Julianne Moore

I appreciate
film actors who respect the film making process. —
Logan Lerman

I think Americans are wonderful
film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contemporary race and they look forward all the time. —
Julian Fellowes

I personally believe the film turns out better when shot in one short schedule, plus it doesn't stress the actors. —
Shah Rukh Khan

I love directing because you get to see your film come to life. You get to work with the actors. There's something magical about each piece of it. —
Dee Rees

As a film director I like to have the actors create their own close-ups. It's an older style of filmmaking. —
Stanley Tucci

Without chiropractic care, I couldn't have existed with my work as a TV and film actor. —
Clint Walker

I know actors come around and they always talk like that, but I don't do publicity if I don't like the film. —
Barbara Hershey

It is about time that TV actors were paid as well as film stars. —
Mona Singh

Unfortunately for the 'Tomorrow' series, I feel that for the actors that were in the first film, maybe our commitment to it is done. —
Caitlin Stasey

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him. —
Jean Renoir

Actors shouldn't be scared. Don't get scared on film. —
Kodi Smit-McPhee

Part of my aspiration as a film actor is to bring subtlety to everything I do - honesty but subtlety. —
Benjamin Bratt

I never thought about the actors on television or film, like what kind of life they had. —
David Duchovny

All of these stars, the most powerful actors in film, they were all gone in an instant. —
Chuck Palahniuk

I have done film, television and theatre - all at a pretty substantial level - I don't think it's possible for American actors to do that. —
Helen Mirren

The script is the foundation, but it's not the full story for the film, which only comes alive with the actors. —
Mora Stephens

There's a lot of us idiot actors that get tattoos and they cover them with makeup when you do a film. —
Seann William Scott

I'm the spokesman for ADT, and ADT, brother, pays better than most actors make on film. —
Ving Rhames

When I want to support a film starring actors I like, I purchase several tickets at the box office - even if I can't stay for the movie. —
Gayle King

I will no longer be an actor to hire, I have a passion for producing and making films. —
Ryan Phillippe

I would love to be able to do a film. I would love to be able to focus on what excites me in watching actors. —
Charlotte Gainsbourg

'Mission: Impossible' is basically entertainment, and for what it is, it's fine. I don't think most actors become actors to do that type of film. —
Ving Rhames

'The Master' is a wonderful film, honestly, and the actors, Joaquin Phoenix and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, are incredible. —
Laetitia Casta

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film. —
Peter Hedges

For an actor, it is better to play well (or even not so well) in a bad film, than to not play at all. —
Emma Watson

Casting a film, you can have the greatest actors in a film and it doesn't work. It's a combination of all of the elements. —
Stellan Skarsgard

The beauty of being an actor in a horror film is that you know what to expect and what's coming. —
Denzel Whitaker