Maika Monroe Quotes

I did 'Gangs of New York' with Martin Scorsese, and they used to call me 'Little Joe Pesci' on the set.

I dream of acting with Kevin Costner. I would love to do a movie with him. Not something funny, but a dramatic role.

Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.

I consider myself a novice film actor.

It was really fun being in Tara's trailer, working on my lines. Tara is such an amazing actress. She's so good at what she does. I learned a lot from watching her.

There's something really amazing about watching an actor like Michael C. Hall or Jennifer Carpenter, who are completely professional and do everything so brilliantly, but yet can have a really great time on set.

When I was a kid, it was a little bit exciting working with Peter Weir and Robin Williams, but that faded pretty quickly for me.

I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.

Honestly, I really, really love making movies. It's so much fun, and I love losing myself in the moment and just being there with other actors. When you're truly in the moment and you're feeding each other, it's such an exciting thing to be a part of.

I'm challenged by people like Russell Crowe and Sean Penn who come in with such incredible discipline and power.

My dream role would be to act with Denzel again!

The difference between the extras here and in France is the French extras read books. Actually, they hide the book and pretend that they're acting. Here, you can see everybody wants his break.

When I'm working, I don't wake up and say, 'OK, time to go be intense.' I just look at whatever scenes we're working on that day and break them down - just real intense everyday work.

Anyone who has been given the gift of being opposite an actor who gives and gives, it just makes you better.

I'm looking forward to working with some of the best cast and crew there are.

I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character.

When I'm acting in a film that I'm not producing, I stay to myself.

Once I'm on set, the only thing I'm really interested in is being in the room. Being present. And trusting that what I've done is sufficient, and I'm also trusting that I've also left room for magic.

Filming 'Bad Santa' was really where I learned everything that I knew at that point about movies. That was really the first big thing that I had done.

Working with Bryan Cranston on 'Breaking Bad' has been totally thrilling because he is so clear in his approach.

I miss working with great actors, working with great directors.

If you want to be a screenwriter, take an acting class to get a sense of what you're asking actors to do. Learning other skills will help you communicate with people and respect what they do.

Most actors that I work with are wonderful. Jodie Foster or Tom Hanks will make anything work.

For directors and producers, you're not going to get competent performers on your set if they didn't start at a young age and understand professionalism.

Working with Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch was incredible.