“Simply, if you’re working with good material, then it’s right there, and you don’t have to try so hard as an actor; you don’t have to do so much. Just let the material sit inside you and let it come out. Just say the words.” -Dule Hill
“There’s no great plan except doing really good scripts, meeting great filmmakers. And I have to have something that I can bring to the role” -Sissy Spacek
“Making movies is 80 percent script and 20 percent getting great actors. There’s nothing else to it” -William Wyler
A simple cheat code for the actor who wants to be great:
(1) Find (or write) a great script, with a great part for you, that you can bring something great to. and demands greatness from you.
(2) Find a great director, who loves the script, who cares as much as you do, and will inspire greatness from you and your fellow actors and artists.
(3) Produce it yourself. Strive for greatness in every aspect of producing.
I said it was simple. Not easy.
But it is a way.
And really if you think about it, it’s the only way.
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