Eva Mendes Quotes

Simple formula for the actor: prove you're creative enough to get the job, sane enough to keep the job, and hungry enough to give up everything else to keep them happy.

Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough.

The big thing for actors is the level of commitment.

I might just be way too boring to ever be a really great actress.

I knew it would be hard work, but that's the reason you're an actor. If you're a bricklayer, you don't want to just show up at someone's house and put a little row of bricks around their garden. You want to build a building.

That's what distinguishes the pros from people involved in amateur theatre. You just go out and do it again and again.

I was watching TV, and there was a girl acting a fool. And I was like, 'I could do that.'

I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself.

When you get to the point where you know the material so well and you know the character so well that you can just sort of play off of whoever your reader is - that's the best feeling at an audition.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

An actor has to embody a role.

I feel that I am a good actor.

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try.

There's no mystique to acting. It's only common sense - and a bit of courage.

I do a pretty good job at casting actually.

You can always tell an actor by the bored look in their eye whenever someone else is talking.

Acting doesn't suffice.

What do actors really want? To be great actors? Yes, but you can't buy talent, so it's best to leave the word 'great' out of it. I think to be believed, onstage or onscreen, is the one hope that all actors share.

When someone says 'Action,' you just get on with it and hope that that is translated onto the screen for other people to see. All you can ever do is work as hard as you can on it and make sure you're doing your job.

The character in 'Arya' was so close to my real life persona. The director saw me once and felt I was the right guy for the role because my body language was so flamboyant. In real life, too, I am very peppy and full of life.

I'm a hardcore performer. The rest follows.

I know it looks like Burt walks through his movies, but he doesn't; he works hard to make it look that way, and the work is tough.

I really respect actors much more now that I am one because I realise what hard work goes into being part of the industry.

Whether you want to be a good actor or singer, you need to be responsible and professional - and you have to learn to work well with other people and be a team player.