Peter Dinklage

I`d love to have that story like Dustin Hoffman or John Malkovich, ... Who was it that followed some woman into an acting class and then they suddenly thought, `Oh this is cool.` and that`s how they became an actor. I`d love to have a story like that, but I don`t. I`ve just been doing it since I was a kid and enjoying it.

Diane Lane

I'm fascinated by how Hollywood has changed since I started. Today it's about immediate delivery. There's less risk and less art.

John Cusack

I think the more you expose yourself as a celebrity, the less interesting you are to watch in your work, because if you're putting yourself out there all the time, you're not holding anything back.

Debra Winger

I don't believe in careers. I believe in work.

Olivia Colman

If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it

Eileen Atkins

I think most British people who say they can do an American accent are so bad at it. I find it excruciating. I find it excruciating the other way around, too.

Judi Dench

I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day.

Ian Mckellen

Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different.

Ian Holm

The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you're halfway there.

Nicole Kidman

Being an actor is about adapting - physically and emotionally. If that means you have to look great for it and they can make you look great, then thank you. And if you have to have everything washed away, then I'm willing to do that too.