Ivan Reitman Quotes

My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John C. Reilly and Philip Seymour Hoffman. They're all just great actors, neither comedic nor dramatic. They're just great actors.

I can tell you the actor who I admire the most. Billy Crudup. Do you know who he is? He's awesome.

Jason Schwartzman's, like, one of my favorite actors, for sure.

I love Mike Winters. He's such a great actor.

Josh Brolin is an actor that I really, really like; he's fantastic. I worked with him once; he's a really great actor.

I love working with Alec Baldwin. He's one of the five greatest actors ever to live.

Working with big actors and realising that they were just normal people who've got an incredible talent was just a great experience.

I really want to work with Tom Hardy. Christian Bale and Russell Crowe are also on my list. Those are my top three actors. As far as actresses go, Kate Beckinsale, because she's so smokin' hot.

I know many great actors who have small heads.

I think Gina Rowlands is an amazing actress.

I suppose it's whether you want to be a famous person, or whether you want to be an actor. You have to decide what your priorities are. Great actor, huge star. Sometimes, the two walk hand in hand. Most of the time, they don't.

I really love Tom Hardy. He makes really interesting choices.

I enjoy watching Daniel Day Lewis, Jude Law, Edward Norton, Kevin Spacey.

I love and admire Pankaj Tripathi as an actor.

I don't consider a lot of actors that I really admire movie stars.

There are many brilliant actors, including our own Dilip Kumar, but Robert de Niro is something else.

I did one of the 'Amazing Stories.' That was the first time I got to play a character who was a dumb blonde. I actually channeled Judy Holliday.

I love Cate Blanchett; I think she's brilliant.

James Woods is great. I actually did a movie with James Woods in 2000: 'John Q.'

It's no accident that Tony Hopkins is a wonderful film actor.

I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor.

I think Cate Blanchett is fabulous - she just shines in everything she does - and I'm a big Susan Sarandon fan.

John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor.

In school, I was playing old men and women, babies, Russian people, and all sorts of weird parts - a lot of comedy - and that's sort of like home to me.

I play opposite Beverly D'Angelo, and that was definitely a great time.