Charlene Tilton Quotes

I've been doing a lot of drama, but I feel like comedy is my strength.

The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.

I think if actors don't think of themselves as funny in real life they think they can't do comedy.

Casting directors don't necessarily want a more recognizable commercial face. Sometimes, they want a lesser known person.

Parts win prizes, not actors.

Harrison Ford - one of my favorite actors - has a wonderful sense of character and depth and uniqueness to him, yet he's able to just deliver the lines without putting any English on it.

Playing a plainer role means everything is dependent on the credentials of the actor, not the fact that they are as pretty as Julia Roberts. People start to look at their talent rather than their appearance. And playing the ugly part often means less time in the make-up chair, which is a great benefit on set.

Someone I've always admired is Catherine O'Hara... I think she's one of the best actresses in the country, not only comedy. I just think she's just a step aside from everybody, she's just wonderful.

Even if I'm playing a bad guy, I work hard to make him multi-leveled and interesting.

The movie truism is that stars play themselves, while actors play other people - troubled or toxic, and memorably strange. By that definition, Philip Seymour Hoffman, who disappeared into the rabbit hole of his characters' souls, was our generation's anti-star and the chameleonic film actor of his age.

I'm not Meryl Streep. My God - she's the greatest actor that ever lived. It's sad that ordinary actors like me are compared to her.

I just think 'Law & Order' is the gold standard. History is going to show that it's probably one of the best series of shows that has been on television.

It's so funny because, here in Hollywood, an actor who really is versatile and who has the ability to transform between comedy and drama roles is considered a rarity.

The funniest people are usually the best actors, I believe.

I love actors, and I love projects that give them space and room, and I aim for these projects where the characters are that important.

Catherine O'Hara's one of the most amazing, wonderful actresses, but she's an amazing improviser. She really is.

I've been in some wonderful shows, but nothing holds a candle to 'The Larry Sanders Show.'

I think people need to understand the amount of emotions I can pull off. I want films I'm offered to have these dimensions.

I hope I get to work with Ms. Meryl Streep. She's so brilliant, great, and gracious an actress and person. I would love to work with her.

I was blown away watching Michael Keaton act because he was such a maniacal, evil person on set. He takes on a totally different life, and it was so amazing to watch him work.

I'll say that, Bill Camp, from 'The Night Of,' is one of our great actors.

I don't think comedic parts come naturally to me.

I love David Suchet. I'm obsessed with Poirot. Then I saw him in 'The Importance of Being Earnest,' where he did Lady Bracknell, and he was amazing - he did it like a dinosaur, like a velociraptor.

I didn't really discover that I had a knack for comedy until I landed 'Married w/ Children.'

Bollywood has always pampered heroes and treated actors as second class citizens. But, of late, it has realised that there has to be space for actors who can connect with people.