Nicolas Cage Quotes

How can we say any one actor's work was better than another's?

I don't sing as well as my mother. I'm a good actress. I'm not that good a singer.

The acting is better when you know your material is being judged.

I know that I'm a decent actor, but it's another thing to be in a scene with Jon Hamm and hold your own.

I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does.

To be honest, if people thought my performance in 'The Office' was the same as my performance in 'The Hobbit,' it would tell me everything I needed to know about what they know about acting.

As a measure of acting skills, film can be very deceptive.

The biggest compliment I can ever get as an actor is to have someone say, 'We didn't recognize you.'

The acting in 'Downton Abbey' has been consistently excellent across the board.

I did an OK job in 'Carrie' but wanted to do better.

To stand up against Amitabh Bachchan in 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan,' you need to be a good actor to be able to do that.

I've never seen anyone - and I've had the opportunity to work with some really terrific actors in my time - but Philip Seymour Hoffman is definitely the best I ever had the opportunity to work with.

I feel there are only well acted or badly acted roles and no such thing as a good actor or actress.

It's for people to judge if my acting is good or bad.

I just think that women make better actors; I just do. I think it's undeniable.

I always believe an actor is as good as the content as he gets or chooses.

No one has ever told me that I act badly. It is just that most of the films I did didn't click.

If an actor can emotionally bond with the viewer, then it does not matter if he is handsome or ordinary looking.

Acting-wise, I think I did well in 'Kinatay.' It wasn't talkie, and the acting was intense.

I believe how a character eventually turns out is completely attributable to an actor. Even with a meaty role, if I am enacting it as an accessory, I will look like an accessory.

When I was a kid, I thought good acting was fascinating, and I could tell the difference. I could see that at like 9 years old.

I think there are a lot of actors who are excellent at cold reads, and they go to an audition, and they read the part and nail it, but then when it comes to the performance, they don't have something.

I have a lot of respect for actors who do comedy. They do it naturally.

If you want to deliver as an actor, you need to know the language. If you don't know what you are mouthing, how will you perform? For me, it is important to know the language.

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