It’s not a secret, but if you know what the hell you’re doing, you pick good actors. And you know what makes a good actor? A good personality in the performer, in the person.
People say an Oscar validates your career. No, it doesn’t. There’s more good actors without Oscars than there are with Oscars.
Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.
I’ve said before that the common perception that all good actors should be good liars is exactly the opposite; only bad actors lie when they act.
There is always enough room for good actors.
You cannot study acting in books. Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and how they are doing it. You have to practically participate, I think, in order to develop yourself.
A lot of really good actors are able to go straight from life to their work. They don’t treat it as something that’s an unattainable, weird thing that they have to aspire to and reach for in a scene.
People are ready to take good actors, irrespective of whether he is a TV actor or a filmstar.
I always say what makes acting so much easier is when you get to act off of good actors.
As long as there’s really good actors that use their clout to support fringe films, whatever genre it is, they’ll still get made.
One of the reasons why good actors are good is that they have poor impulse control. If you put them in front of a camera, they respond as if it was actually happening, in real time, rather than doing it after several takes.
Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative.
As for the Canadians – good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they’re good enough.
There’s just so much experience that comes with being on set and working with good actors, and having bad days and good days.
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