The Thing With Ridley [scott] Is He's Been Doing This Forever, He Knows What It Is He Wants And How To Get It. There's Absolutely No Messing Around On Set. Having Said That, He's Very Accessible To Actors, Very Open To What You Want To Do And Willing To Talk About It.
Everyone The World Over Talks About British Actors And British Talent And I Think Thats Because We Were Trained - Until Now - In Theatre.
As An Actor I Suppose You're Constantly Observing. I Don't Sit In Restaurants Making Notes, I Don't Live My Life In Order To Then Feed It Into My Work.
If You Know Why Someone Is Doing What They're Doing, Why They're Behaving The Way They Are, Then That's Your Job To Reveal That, And Often That's Situational. The Storytelling Does That, And Then Some Of It's Your Job As An Actor To Make That Subtext Come To Life.
What You're Trying To Do As An Actor Is Somehow Trick Yourself Into Believing That These Words Have Never Been Said, And So You've Got To Discover Them For The First Time.
Where Radical Islamism Is Going To Be A Factor, It's Going To Be Very, Very Tough.
I'll Never Admit That I'm An Actor, Because The Next Horrible Follow-up Question Is Always, "oh, What Have I Seen You In?"
My Goal Is To Work. That's The Goal Of Most Actors Or Performers: To Work And Keep Working, And Do The Best You Can, And Keep Growing And Changing, Trying To Improve Your Craft.
People Told Me, When I Was Coming Through The Ranks, That A Mark Of A Great Actor Is One Who Deals With The Period Of Unemployment As Well As They Deal With The Period Of Employment
