Pierce Brosnan Quotes

I love to do very long and complicated scenes.

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

I love being the character actor. I get to stretch my muscles a little more.

I miss working with great actors, working with great directors.

The best script in the world doesn't work perfectly when you actually act it out. That's a law. That's a given. So you have to play with everything. And the more fun you have with it, the better the finished product.

I'm an actor, and I love the art of creating a character.

When I do the roles, when I'm in the room and auditioning, I'll ask the director if they're cool with me adding stuff, or just improvising while we're doing it. And I would say, like, 90 percent of the time, they say, 'Absolutely.'

I like playing off strong actors, whether it's Benedict Cumberbatch or Dominic Cooper. Also I'm a hopeless romantic, so I'm fascinated by relationships.

It doesn't matter if you're doing a studio movie or you're doing an independent movie. When you get to set and you're doing a scene, it's always going to be the same job. I really don't think about my career, in terms of planning it out and what this does for me.

I love working with great actors.

I did a lot of theater, so especially as an on-camera camera actor, there are so many things that aren't in your toolbox. They're somebody else's job. You think about editors and rhythm. Volume isn't even in your control.

It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them.

Every time you go on a set, it's a whole different world, and I love that.

The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.

I try to create an environment where, when we step onto the set, we're all in character.

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast.

I love an acting challenge, and I love getting to sit down with my script and do all my drama work.

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.

Most actors want to sink their teeth into amazing material.

Theater will always be a huge part of my life. The high I get from doing theater is not, quite honestly, matched by many things. I like the fact that when you step out on the stage, for that given night, for better or for worse, you are the master of the boards. I love it to death.

I just love the process of working with other actors.

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.

As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.

Anyone who has been given the gift of being opposite an actor who gives and gives, it just makes you better.