Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors.
quote by Ben Stiller
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It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And they're sexy because they risk more. Stand-up comedians risk more than anyone.
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Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.
quote by Johann Georg Zimmermann
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Directors are supposed to help the audience. Good directors don't direct actors.
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Somehow I got to be one of five or six actors that the directors would use as guinea pigs at this directing colloquium, where people pay to listen to and watch the directors direct.
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I do like to work with young directors because it's such a difficult business that I think after directors have been around a while sometimes, not always, but sometimes their passion gets siphoned off because they get hurt.
quote by Ellen Burstyn
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I do not think I'm a great talent. I think I'm a medium talent, but I think I understand the business and enjoy the business.
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Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.
quote by Sam Mendes
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Directors, like actors, get typecast.
quote by John Landis
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Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.
quote by Todd Solondz
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I like directors who have worked as actors. They know the experience.
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When Remembered For What It Is And Missed
Knowing the business of one's talent helps,
After establishing a recognition.
It is not the fact that one gains attention,
That a gift is remembered when it is presented.
It is the timelessness of content.
And one's ability to perceive,
From where that talent comes...
To one who has received it from a birth given.
To acknowledge a tree and admire its leaves,
To then disregard its roots...
Is a foolish position one should never take.
People become curious when one's talent is exposed.
But only those who are about the genuineness,
Of their talents from a business sense...
Continue to work on it all their lives.
And the growth and blooming of it shows to others,
Who enjoy the taste of it over and over again.
Since the quality of it never diminishes,
When remembered for what it is and missed.
And a true talent that is,
Never becomes subjected to standards lowered...
By those who excel,
In limited beliefs...
That a game pf playing a battle of wits,
Is part of it!
It isn't.
Not in this genre!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain or have an opinion.
quote by Dianne Wiest
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A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school.
When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.
quote by Michael Pitt
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The majority of directors I've worked with didn't know how to talk to actors.
quote by Stanley Tucci
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I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors.
quote by Jonathan Frakes
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I don't like actors who try to talk directors into making their part bigger and that's really lame.
quote by Franka Potente
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In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies.
quote by Kelly Lynch
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Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.
quote by Thornton Wilder
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I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors.
quote by Joe Pantoliano
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