Glenn Ford Quotes

I talked to friends who are actors and who do Shakespeare loads, and they all said 'learn it so that your family wants to clobber you, they're so bored.' You can never relax, that's the problem, because when you do, a bit of Shakespeare comes up to bite your cheeky behind. It just does, if you're not really focused on it.

I don't like being away from theater that long. The muscles get atrophied if you don't exercise them.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

I don't mind being identified as any character as long as I'm doing a good job as an actor. I have done all kinds of roles - from an editor, judge, police officer, murderer to a corrupt businessman.

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core.

There's no mystique to acting. It's only common sense - and a bit of courage.

The reason the contracts are so long is because actors are very spontaneous; we may want to do Shakespeare one day and be Porky Pig the next!

I don't want to do 'Hamlet.' I don't want to do Robert Redford roles or Mel Gibson roles or Kevin Costner roles, because I'm not going to be good at them.

It's easy to think you can get discovered on the street, but I developed my chops on the stage - four years of theater in high school, and then another four in college.

I am an actor. I try to do different things.

As an actor I believe in doing all sorts of genres.

If I read something and respond to the role, that's what happens, and if those happen to be a few comedies in a row, or not, so be it.

I am an actor, I can do any role.

As an actor, I draw from myself.

Acting is always hard.

All I know about acting is that I just have to keep on doing it.

Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.

It's an acting job - acting natural.

Acting takes so much energy.

For me, acting is doing.

I may not be Meryl Streep, but I am not untalented.

The art of acting is to pitch good. You do the pitching and hope that the other person catches the ball and does some good pitching back to you.