Ridley Scott Quotes

Between my two girls, Alia showed a natural flair for acting.

There are no small parts. Only small actors.

I do believe all actors are smart.

In theater, the show must go on, so you train yourself to be able to nail it every single time because that's what the audience deserves, and that's the magic of live theater.

I admire a lot of actors; I think a lot of them have so much talent.

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.

In the world of acting, many are thin but few are talented.

I used to watch people like Richard Burton and Mel Gibson and think, 'I could never do that.'

I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino - those people are touched by God.

I think athletes in general are actors. We perform in front of big crowds. People pay to come see you play. So, people come see you to basically act.

I don't consider myself this amazing thespian.

Every actor will say there are no small roles. And that is true.

Performing is just standing up there and doing something. Performance takes on an edge to it. It has a more dramatic context.

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

So I sat down with him and portrayed more the side of the character he needed to see. Which is what I do when I go in for an interview for a part I like. As much as you think you're dealing with creative people, they see you for what your image is out there.

Actors and magicians are both performers, and they represent things that are not necessarily who they are.

I'm a character actress.

I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act.

The most fun you can possibly have as an actor is to walk that line between what's real and what's interesting.

Any competent actor could have done what I did.

I think Carrie Preston is one of the most talented actresses I've ever met in my entire life. I've seen her do a lot of other things, and she's fantastic.

When I hire actors I believe in their abilities.

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

The camera lens or the television camera is still just a proscenium arch. And as a great old character actor once said to me, wherever you're acting, you reach up and take hold of the proscenium arch, and you pull it down around your shoulders.