Actors' Thoughts

“It is discouraging to try to be a good neighbor in a bad neighborhood.”
William Castle

“If you always do what interests you, then at least one person is
pleased.”
Katharine Hepburn

“At a young age, acting was so inspiring and exciting, because to me it was play - make-believe, pretend.”
James Van Der Beek

“I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans.”
Jean-Jacques Annaud

“In Hollywood all marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterward that causes the problems.”
Shelley Winters

“The fact that men and women are nominated this year in films that women have directed is good for women filmmakers generally.”
Catherine Hardwicke

“I don't want my vote taken for granted.”
Rob Lowe

“Men and women belong to different species, and communication between them is a science still in its infancy.”
Bill Cosby

“My first time on film was with Mirna Loy and Bill Powell in 'Evelyn Prentice' and a man with a black glass kept getting in my way. I asked Bill why he didn't keep out of our path. 'He's the cameraman' Bill said.”
Rosalind Russell

“But I will say that most comedians are the saddest people I know. That is the biggest paradox to me.”
Jean Reno

“I'm not afraid of chaos and I'm happy talking to strangers.”
Fiona Shaw

“William Holden and I weren't just good friends. He was my very best friend. I feel his loss very much still.”
Glenn Ford On William M. Holden

“I believe that God felt sorry for actors, so He created Hollywood to give them a place in the sun and a swimming pool. The price they had to pay was to surrender their talent.”
Cedrick Webster Hardwicke

“You can have it all, but you can't do it all.”

Michelle Pfeiffer

“Those who never make mistakes lose a great many chances to learn something.”
Mary Pickford

“[on her famous brother, Francis Ford Coppola] He's the best director in the world.”
Talia Shire

“I've never been a sunny personality. I've never been outgoing. I'm a solitary person.”
Jessica Lange

“Becoming an actor can be embarrassing. Having to cry in front of the world, or be seen naked on screen. It's also a virtual confession that you had a rotten childhood or are some kind of emotional cripple.”
Henry Fonda

“My philosophy is: If you can't have fun, there's no sense in doing it.”
Paul William Walker IV

“The thing is, the Superman comics have been around a long time, and so have the movies. They've done a lot of Superman movies, as they have with Batman.”
Martin Campbell

“If you haven't struck oil in your first three minutes, stop boring.”
George Jessel

“Surfing soothes me, it's always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I'm on a wave.”
Paul William Walker IV

“Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress. ”
Olivia Mary de Beauvoir de Havilland

“Forty thousand years of evolution and we've barely even tapped the vastness of human potential.”
David Koepp

“War scenes are less difficult than love scenes.”
Jean-Jacques Annaud