Actors' Thoughts

“Analog is more beautiful than digital, really, but we go for comfort.”
Anton Corbijn

“All men are alike. The approach is different; the result is always the same.”
Lana Turner

“There was a strong element of the merchant in me. I was continuously preoccupied with business schemes. I would look at empty shops, speculating as to what profitable businesses I could make of them, ranging from fish and chips to grocery shops.”
Sir Charlie Chaplin

“Dancing and music were my first love.”
Adam Shankman

“Happiness is fleeting - I think that's the main lesson I have learned.”
Cate Blanchett

“In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.”
Gary Cooper

“I'm just an old hippie. You know, peace and love.”
Sherman Alexander Hemsley

“Imperfection and perfection go so hand in hand, and our dark and our light are so intertwined, that by trying to push the darkness or the so-called negative aspects of our life to the side... we are preventing ourselves from the fullness of life.”
Jeff Bridges

“One of the most beautiful things in the world is seeing a mommy with her kids. There's nothing more beautiful, nothing more sublime.”
Johnny Depp

“Music is so much fun because each song is like a film in itself.”
Shawnee Smith

Every now and then when I start being a little vague in a crisis, my child says: "See here, mother, you can't do that. You're not one of those women you play on the screen. They can step aside from reality, but you can't!".
Billie Burke

“I like cooking, but I like other people cooking more.”
David Wenham

“Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a
bicycle repair kit.”
Billy Connolly

“I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.”
Warwick Davis

“My problem was I let myself become known before I knew myself.”
Elliott Gould

“I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.”
John Barry Humphries

“A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in it.”
Ivan Reitman

“I don't consider myself a fashion victim. I consider fashion a victim of me.”
Paul Merton

“When I feel really good about a movie in the editing room, it works.”
Tim Story

“The crisis may be a recognition, a decision, or a resolution. The character understands what hasn't been seen before, or realizes what must be done, or finally decides to do it. It's when the worm turns. Timing is crucial. If the crisis occurs too early, readers will expect still another turning point. If it occurs too late, readers will get...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jerome Stern

“Brando has yet to learn to speak. He should have been born two generations before and acted in silentfilms.”
Richard Burton On Marlon Brando

“God knows, I never want to hurt someone's feelings.”
Selma Blair

“Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable.”
Jackie Gleason

“Japanimation is a whole different art form.”
Lucy Liu

“I had never met a director in Egypt. I didn't know anything about cinema. I could only guess. ”
Youssef Chahine