Ali Fazal Quotes

Actors look for characters. If they read a well-written character, and if they think the director's not an idiot, they're going to sign up and do some acting.

Luckily, I had that experience on 'Homeland,' to work with these unreal people who are unbelievably talented, great actors.

To be able to work with actors who are doing such good work, not only makes it easier for you, but it makes you better.

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.

I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan.

When you act with phenomenal actors, it makes your job much easier because all you have to do is react.

Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent.

I'm always amazed when any actor can decipher my direction.

Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.

When they're good, I like working with new actors.

I think I'm an actor. You can hire me. I can do a good job. But you also have to get lucky now and then. Every film-maker knows how hard it is to do a good film. You have to just make many, and see how lucky you get.

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

Nick Lea is a great actor, and doing scenes with him was always awesome.

I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.

There's no better training than working on a soap opera because of the amount of hours, the amount of pages you do a day are unbelievable. It's the best training I had in terms of discipline.

A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.

Actors aren't stupid, mostly, and if there's a sensibility and an aesthetic that a director's going for, if you're aware of that too, you can do things to help that.

In films people basically work for the camera, you know, and that's why actors can hate each other and not be speaking to each other and still look as if they're in love because really they're loving the camera loving them.

As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors.

I'm a craftsman. I'm an actor.

I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart and soul.

Acting is something I love.

There's something about actors - not stars, but actors - if they have the character, and someone is pushing and shoving them to be the best they can be, they enjoy that.

Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the lines. I'm a member of the crew, like the best boy, the electrician. What I'm good at is making eyes at the camera.

I'm not a huge kind of visual director. For me, it's all about the acting. There's no greater buzz than working with actors and seeing what they can do and how much they can improve on what you'd written. That will always be on the top of my list. It's a real privilege to see it live before anyone else sees it.