Jodie Foster Quotes

I used to think the actor's job was immersing himself completely in another personality.

As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.

I've been aware of the work I do as an actor being directorial in feel.

I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.

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

I consider myself a character actor.

Any good actor is a character actor.

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.

I don't really know what kind of actor I am.

I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have.

In terms of pure acting, my role model has always been Philip Seymour Hoffman; I really always loved what he did. I love what Mark Ruffalo does. When I was younger, I liked Cate Blanchett a lot. These are all actors who are given stories and allowed to carry the whole story.

You can't follow another actor's performance. You can't be Robert DeNiro, because you're not Robert DeNiro, and, you know, he is.

A lot of actors like saying, 'Don't judge a character; you might fall in love with him!' Not me.

Honestly, one of my favorite things about a director is when they understand what an actor brings to their role.

I don't see a difference between the idea of what an actor does and what someone supposes a character actor is, really.

I have to say that one person I learned from the most as an actor in my life is Emmy Rossum. She is so insanely talented in the sense that when watching her work, it just turns into watching her speak - it's no longer acting; that's how good she is! She just becomes the person.

I'm not a critic. I'm an actor. I see the role I get given on the page. I try to bring it to life as best as I can.

Reacting is so important to the craft of acting.

Every actor believes in his way of performing.

The skill of a gifted actor, their ability to interpret and develop a character and truly bring her or him to life, is one that I admire enormously.

Well, as an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing.

The fact that I like to make characters doesn't mean that I like to watch my characters being made, my performance.

In some ways, I've always approached singing as acting, and the voice is just like a way of carrying the song.

Basically, you're selling a world as an actor, right? I mean it's like any sales person: if you believe in your product, you know your product, you sell it a lot better.

I think every actor brings something personal to a role, right?