Any good actor has to have a good sense of humour, too; they have to be able to manipulate people.
It's very hard to be a good actor, you know. It's easy to be cute.
A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.
It wasn't a mission to be a rock star. It wasn't a mission of mine to even be a movie star. I just intended to be a good actor.
There has got to be more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good actor.
I haven't been somebody who's been smart about his money. There are a couple of actors who are quite brilliant with the way they've handled their money. But they're not very good actors.
All good actors are unpredictable, and a little crazy in a good way, because they feel more secure playing other people than themselves.
Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.
Good actors, especially when they know their character, will come in and either tell you in advance that they have an idea, or in the middle of the rehearsal or the scene they'll let it loose and you go, 'Ah that's great.'
A lot of good actors are turning to TV.
It's interesting - a lot of good actors are good mimes. But I'm terrible. If I tried to do an impression, nobody would know what I was doing.
Good actors are always looking for props. They're looking for behavior. It makes it a lot easier. You're not solely dependent of what's coming out of your mouth. You're also less self-conscious, less aware of the camera.
Good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like an affair with no mess.
I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it.
The way I saw it was, if I had the built-in following and the audience, but I also had the skill set of acting, that would shoot me to the top. Because there's so many good actors. There's so many good-looking people. But the X factor now is social media.
I've said before that the common perception that all good actors should be good liars is exactly the opposite; only bad actors lie when they act.
Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.
Indian actors, because of the format of our stories, need to be good actors, and be able to perform emotional sequences, do a bit of comedy, dance and singing, action, because all of this forms just one film. In many ways I'd say there are greater demands on Indian actors than there are on Hollywood.
The real stars are not good actors or actresses. They're personalities.
I want to play everything. I want to be like Christian Bale: I want to be able to be Batman and then, like, his character in 'The Fighter.' That is what is so impressive about really good actors, that they can be character actors and leading men at the same time.
