Quotes: Actors

Part of the work is determining through what instrument you are playing. Actors are physical, olympian storytellers and we should be able to create entire landscapes with nothing.

I love doing the voice of Batman because of the quality of the animation. The music is particularly incredible. Another bonus is getting the opportunity to work with some very respected actors who do not usually do voice work.

Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat.

I only want to work with actors that really get it and make it work. I didn’t want it to be a star-driven thing anymore.

Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone’s words and breathe life into them.

Now, when I started my theater, the modus operandi was having the actors stare right into the audience.

Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end.

I think it’s hard to know. Feeling fulfilled, because actors face periods of unemployment, there is nothing worse than being at the top of your game; you have so much to give but do not have the platform to do this.

There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.

Seems to me that this business, for actors anyway, is not so much about whether or not you do good work. It’s about whether or not you get the chance to do good work.