Film Quotes

"I just try to be honest and true to the character and play the part." "I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, film is a director's medium. The director is in charge, it's their vision, and you are there as an actor to execute their vision." "It's always nerve-racking to take off your clothes on film, but with David Lynch, it felt very natural and normal" "To be an actor, you have to be a child" "The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don't have a movie" "Good acting should teach people to understand each other better" "Film is the art of lying, 24 lies per second." "The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it." "You can't do it better without the equipment the actors need." "I watch a lot of movies, I understand how to act" "The most exciting thing about film is it gives you a voice, it lets you be heard" "As an actor you always want to find a piece of yourself in every character" "The best part of a good movie is the moment it ends; you're left hungering for more." "Even the cerebral characters I play seem to have physical quirks." "Multiplexes are not a bad thing they afford you the possibility of escaping the shittiness of life for a little while through a movie and I love that" "Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed." "Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language" "There are no small parts, only small actors" "I think audiences get too much information, and they’re not feeling enough when they go to a movie." "It’s very important that the film reveals something to you about the artist that makes it."