Harry Dean Stanton Quotes

There are actors who can pull of a writer's lines; I am not competent enough to do that.

People are confusing me with a good actor when I'm just a good mimic. When someone asks me to play a nun from the fifteenth century, you'll see what I mean.

All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them.

There are lots of great actresses who are great because they'll do anything.

In the end, only a good actor stands out; if I am not a good actor, I won't stand out.

There are no small parts. Only small actors.

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

I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it.

I think the only thing I've got going for me as an actor specifically is the fact that I can change.

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.

It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected.

I guess you can say that every actor is a 'character actor' on some level. But I think some actors have a wider range. I think that's how you get that mantle.

There are certain actors you watch in a movie, and you think, 'Wow, that guy is very skilled.'

I'm largely interested in people who are just great actors, and they're not necessarily hugely famous.

I think Gina Rowlands is an amazing actress.

I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting. I'm not bad at it, but I don't think I really have a talent for it.

Every actor has a strength, and sometimes you just respond to things that you see yourself better at. I'm aware of what I can and can't do.

Regardless of what level the actor's at, you always learn something. And you can learn something from bad actors as well, who I've also worked with in the past.

Scarlett Johansson. I think people don't really realize how great of an actress that girl is. She's so beautiful and that distracts you from what she can do as an actor.

I'm a character actor; that's my skill set.

The great amount of fun that I have is I can cast dramatic actors to play comedic roles, and I can cast comedic actors to play dramatic roles because, really, there's no such thing. There's just actors.

You're not cast because you're like someone or because you're sympathetic to them. You're cast because you can act.

I think, at the end of the day, if you're a good actor, then you're a good actor.

Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding.