Beyond any role that I ever had, really early on as a stand-up, I would see actors decide to try it and they would bomb miserably. What I realized... →
Patton Oswalt
It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get that affirmation, but you can't go into... →
Miranda Otto
Acting, musicals, bringing out an album - not many people have done that. Anthony Newley, Barbra Streisand?
Julian Ovenden
'Angus' was my first real film, but I had been acting for about 3 threes before that as well.
Chris Owen
I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.
Clive Owen
For me really good acting is about subtext.
I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.
I don't like it when people are trying too hard. That goes for clothes, for acting, for everything. It's just not good when it seems like... →
I'm one of a generation brought up on television whose acting is more 'naturalistic', whereas with some of the older generation it's... →
David Oyelowo
Too many talented and supremely calculating politicians, including Nixon and Clinton, have destroyed their careers, or come close, by acting in ways... →
George Packer