“I always find that I have to be emotionally on my character's side for it to be convincing.”
Josh Hartnett

“If we cannot make the audience laugh, smile or cry with us, we are not actors. ”
Sonny Chiba

“We've become bored with watching actors give us phony emotions. We are tired of pyrotechnics and special effects. While the world he inhabits is, in some respects, counterfeit, there's nothing fake about Truman himself. No scripts, no cue cards. It isn't always Shakespeare, but it's genuine. It's a life.”
Ed Harris - Christof

“Just because you play a tough guy, doesn't mean you are one.”

Mark Wahlberg - Dignam

“- Ron: I'm sure you're a very good actress. It's just that you're not threatening enough.
- Dorothy Michaels: Not threatening enough? Listen, you take your hands off me or I'll knee your balls right through the roof of your mouth! Is that enough of a threat?
- Ron: It's a start.”
Dabney Coleman - Ron
Dustin Hoffman - Dorothy Michaels