A Quote by Billy Crudup

I don't think actors should have to do anything but come in and act.

Billy Crudup

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Billy Crudup
American - Actor
Born: July 8, 1968

The truth is I don't think actors should have to do anything but come in and act. I feel the film companies should pay for proper advertising to see that the movie will sell instead of putting it on our backs.

Billy Crudup

All directors should have to act and all actors should have to direct, so that they can understand all these key things that come into play with whether you can meet your day.

Tom Hanks

I think a lot of directors, they come out of film school, they don't know anything about acting. Or they're writers that don't know anything about the process. And I think they're afraid sometimes to talk to actors and be honest with actors.

Matt Dillon

As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to come prepared to the set, but sometimes, if they're beginning actors or people who are non-actors, you have to teach them how to act.

Eli Roth

I think, in general, straight actors should be able to play queer roles just as much as queer actors should be able to play straight roles. I think the reason why the debate is there is because we haven't had enough queer actors being cast in anything. People are in need of that representation in general.

Keiynan Lonsdale

I don't think there should be any discrimination between TV and film actors. I think our job is to act, irrespective of the medium.

Sara Khan

I'm not saying Jews should only play Jews... I personally think actors should be allowed to act.

David Baddiel

There is nothing worse than when actors come to a set - and it happens a lot with big stars - and they are too aware of where the camera is. They are the show. And that becomes apparent and it affects the production. I am like 'You should not know where the camera is - you should act, and I will do the rest.'

Paddy Considine

I think that for a lot of actors - especially American actors - to get line readings and to be told and have your director literally act out the part for you is sort of discouraging in a way. It's a very Eastern European thing to do - a lot of directors that I worked with in Russia did that as well. And, I never took that as an insult, as many actors tend to do. To me, I think it's just offering a certain energy - offering their flavor - and, instead of trying to sort of decode and communicate it to you, they just show you their flavor of what it should be.

Jon Bernthal

I think athletes in general are actors. We perform in front of big crowds. People pay to come see you play. So, people come see you to basically act.

Wade Boggs

I'm one of those actors who's just standing there, waiting and ready for something to come my way. I don't really try to think about, "Oh, I feel the next thing I should do should be a feature. Now, I think I should do a play." I just hope someone wants to cast me in something.

Sarah Paulson

Actors are actors, and there should be a complete fluidity for anyone to play anything.

Eddie Redmayne

Young actors ask me for advice. They say, 'Should I get an agent?' I tell them, 'Don't worry about that. Act, act, act. Get into that production of 'The Three Sisters' in a church basement. Consider every audition a chance to act, even if it's just for three minutes. Just do it whenever and wherever you can.'