“People in Hollywood are not showmen, they're maintenance men, pandering to what they think their audiences want.”
Terry Gilliam

“The bottom line is, when it comes to an actor and his performance, whether nominated or not, it simply has to do with whether that character had enough resonance with the audience.”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“The reason that you dance and sing is to make the audience feel like they're dancing and singing. As long as you're having fun with it and giving it 100 percent, they're gonna feel that.”
Heath Ledger

“You're creating a different world and the actor's job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into that world, whether it be actually something that you recognize from your own life or not.”
Christian Bale

“It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.”
Christian Bale