Shaquille O'Neal Quotes

You can be as beautiful and charming as you'd like, but if you're not terrific at acting, it will mean nothing on the screen.

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

I lost many a role to actresses who couldn't do the job one-hundredth as good as I could.

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.

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

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

I can speak of actors that I love. I love Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis, her tenacity. I love Charlize Theron. She's so surprising and so exhilarating, the kinds of projects she takes on. Marion Cotillard as well.

I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the role is. A good leading man is a character actor; a good character actor can be a leading man.

As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.

If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer.

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.

There are so many examples of talented actors working today, no matter how they live their private lives. I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character.

I've had more of an opportunity to work with Katie Holmes, which is incredibly enjoyable. I think she is really one of the best actresses on the market right now. She forces you to bring your best stuff to the table, because if you don't, she just completely overpowers you.

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.

I have a secret aspiration to be considered for a part where it doesn't matter what you look like to play it.

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

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.

I don't consider myself a good actor.

I love watching Edie Falco; she's so layered, and her work is so great.

Any good actor is a character actor.

My dream role would be someone anything that Meryl Streep can do. 'Julia and Julia' - I thought that was beautiful. She just had the essence of her. To truly become someone, invoking emotions like happiness and sadness and everything in between, that's what I want to be able to do.

When I did 'Frantic,' I didn't have a lot of experience. My English was so bad, and I did an OK job, I think, but I was not amazing.

I find it quite easy to get in and out of character. I don't know why - I guess it's my job.

I'm actually from Mt. Kisco, New York, which is in Westchester County, and when I auditioned for 'Dukes,' I told them I was from Snailville, Georgia, which doesn't exist, and I'd just graduated first in my class from the Georgia School of High Performance Driving, which also doesn't exist. But they bought it.

I love working with children and this young boy, Thomas Sangster, is quite a remarkable young actor. He raises your game, you know. He certainly raised mine.