Why do you act? You act for an audience. In the theatre, you're in their presence. Film stars don't know what it is to have an audience. - Ian McKellen
Acting feels different. I'm not sure exactly what that is, but it used to mean a lot more. Maybe that sounds like I'm throwing it away and I'm not, I'll still do the best damn job I can, but it doesn't mean the same thing. I'm going to get the answer for myself one of these days. It's the male menopause, that's what it is. - Mel Gibson
I got the acting bug back because I felt like all of a sudden maybe after all these years, maybe I might have something to offer again. I walked away from it after 'Signs' because I just felt I was a bit stale and it wasn't ringing my bells, so I focused on directing, writing and producing. - Mel Gibson
I like going in to different styles of acting and exploring stuff I haven't done before. - Mel Gibson
I think the 'Lethal Weapon' movies contain my favorite performances. It sounds really crummy, I know, but although the work doesn't look hard, it's difficult to create 'effortless' on screen. - Mel Gibson
If I've still got my pants on in the second scene, I think they've sent me the wrong script. - Mel Gibson
Given a chance, I would like to work with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan because she's a versatile actor. - Brad Pitt
I would love to work in a Bollywood film as there is so much drama and colour in the films there. - Brad Pitt
I'm most comfortable with the Southern dialects, really. It's easy, for example, for me to do Irish because we've got Irish heritage where I come from. - Brad Pitt
It's hard to be surprised by a film. It's hard to be surprised by another actor or by a director when you've seen enough and been around. So when I am, or when I forget that I'm watching someone's movie, or when I don't know how someone made a certain turn that I didn't expect . . . You know, I'm in. - Brad Pitt
'The Assassination of Jesse James' remains one of my favorite films that I've done. You know, it's still labeled a loser. - Brad Pitt
When I first started, they were trying to get me into sitcoms - I think because I had that kind of Wonder Bread look and my hair always went into place. I kept saying, 'I'm not good at sitcoms. I don't know how to do that.' - Brad Pitt
You never know when I might decide to work in a Bollywood film and do one of those dance numbers with the whole crew in the backdrop. - Brad Pitt
Especially since I started studying acting, I feel like I'm always super-aware of my emotions and my feelings and what's going on with me at every moment. I definitely think I wasn't very present prior to that. - Mariah Carey
Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are. - Denzel Washington
It's simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they're done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it's what they see. That's where my head is at. - Denzel Washington
My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun! - Denzel Washington
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