Ryan Murphy Quotes

I played in a movie called Ring of Fear with Clyde Beatty and Pat O'Brien.

I wasn't a kid who moved out from Iowa with aspirations of becoming a famous star - I was intrigued by the idea of filmmaking and by the idea of what it would be like to play a character in a movie.

These are extremely talented actors who are all putting their talents into the Lost in Space movie.

You can lose in cinema too if you don't put on a good performance.

I judge movies on how much fun I had while I was doing them. I had a great time on 'The Right Stuff.' Doing that was fantastic. And there was the year I did 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven,' which was amazing because those two different roles were just so far apart.

The more ridiculous the character is, the more sincerity you have to bring to it.

Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are you not the dean, but if you walked into the building they'd probably throw you out. That's very hard.

Everything we do on 'Luck' is absolutely no different than if we'd had been doing it in a feature film. There's no short cuts. The specificity of what every single line might mean. Everything Dustin Hoffman does. Kevin Dunn is as authentic in the last scene of the last episode as he is in the first scene of the first episode.

I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.

I had a really fantastic time shooting 'Bad Teacher.' I loved every second of it.

In 'Badlapur,' my character's name is Jhumli. It's a special film for me because I got a chance to work with my favourite director, Sriram Raghavan. I'm a huge fan of him.

I kind of want to be in a comedy movie, or maybe something like 'Star Wars.'

I did not know much about cinema and acting.

The only thing worse than watching a bad movie is being in one.

Um, and I'm also very proud of my work on George of the Jungle 2.

I met Robert Rodriguez working on a movie called 'Roadracers.'

I'm not saying I'm a writer, but I've been in movies for a long time, and I think I could write a script for a movie.

I cannot be a character in a bad movie. I can't be.

Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well.

Movie-making is serious business. The director and the crew are already under a lot of pressure to give their best to the audience. Therefore, the best part for me as an actor is to act well in the movies and make a jolly atmosphere with the co-stars on the sets.

You want to try and bring a character to life in an honest a way as you possibly can. It doesn't matter whether he's a doctor, an actor, a car salesman or a captain of a starship. If you can bring truth and honesty to that character, then your audience will believe you.

I'm a fan of making films. Whether I'm on stage or in front of a camera, one of my first loves is performing for the people. I'd like to do more acting.

I've never directed before, so I need to make sure that people know that I can. The movie that I've written, 'The Sophisticates,' is a... small ensemble comedy and I hope it's charming and funny.

I really want to work with Hugh Jackman and also Steven Spielberg.

You know, I remember watching Morgan Freeman when he did the two Alex Cross movies, and he's so confident that he's going to knock the scene dead. And I'm really confident that I can tell a good story now, so I just don't worry about things.