Todd Haynes Quotes

If I talk about Charles Dance I am talking about something else, something I operate and wind up and have to make an impression with and use to transmit someone else's screenplay.

For an actress there is no greater gift than having a camera in front of you, listening to the most beautiful music in the world and just being looked at!

Of course, actors look forward to the day when they can do a big courtroom scene.

To do a romantic scene is the most unromantic thing to do on screen.

Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story that's interesting then we'll want to do it.

Where every moment is about truth and I think it's a great challenge every night. That's what really drove me to wanting to do theatre, and it's great.

I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.

Actors always have opinions.

Acting is not about knowing all this stuff; it's about character.

Roles make the actor.

I know from teaching that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much.

As an actor you're used to being the focus of attention.

When you act for a living, you are lucky enough to get to say things you really want to say. You get lines that you look forward to, lines that jump out like a jack-in-the-box; you're thinking: 'Wait till you hear this.'

I just love acting.

As an actor, what you really want to do is communicate with people - this is my aim, my principle aim.

I always had an actor within me.

Everything was magnificent so far, even if I knew my part of dramas.

I play a role in front of the cameras, just like in the movies.

The role of an actor is to make every character believable.

I'm dying to get back in front of the cameras. I miss it like crazy.

British actors are pretty good, by and large, at turning on at 'action' and off at 'cut.'

Acting, it's hit or miss. Make them laugh, make them cry; hopefully they have a little entertainment.

I am very rewarded and challenged in front of the camera.

I know that some people who move into film lose their nerve for the stage.

As an actor, you want to know if you're keeping a secret or telling the truth.