theatrical expertise Quotes

If the film isn't in some way going to study behavior then I'm not interested, but the reason why I'm not interested in directing in film is that it would take me, to be as good an artist as I feel I am an actor, it would take me another 35 just to conquer.

The idea of a journeyman actor, people sort of say negatively - "Someone who never made it for real" - [but] I think a journeyman actor is the complete goal.

Joe Mantello is the uber director. I wrote him a card tonight saying basically, 'Will you adopt me?'

Meryl Streep is an acting machine in the same sense that a shark is a killing machine.

There's nothing better than an educated actor - not only educated in his craft but educated in the world.

The better the actor, the more stupid he is.

In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.

I wanted people who are though of for their acting and not their gymnastic abilities or their muscles.

I think Broadway is good for sharpening your skills. It's the best for really reaching the zenith of your talent. You go so far and reach the peak of it and you say, "Maybe this is the best performance I can do."

As a director, I've been able to combine with what I've learned as an actor and as a producer: it melds quite nicely into what I feel like I should have been doing all along.