Quotes on Actors

Not only do I have to live, right, I have to get some cash for my troubles - it's a scary thing, and people need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies.

The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.

And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

In a weird way, that's the beauty of being an actor. You get to live out things that you're afraid of, and you get to say, 'Well, maybe I can get to the end of it and survive it intact and I can be the hero of my own story.' It's kind of a way of exorcising fear.

As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I can't be that serious about it. Being alone is a big theme in all my movies, both as a director and as an actress.