Geraldine Page

“I didn't want to be a Hollywood actress who every so often does a Broadway play. I wanted to be a Broadway actress who every so often does a movie.”

Judy Davis

“I've never worked for the sake of working. There's probably enough crap out there for me not to add to it.”

Elle Fanning

Nick Nolte

“The only thing no one has ever asked me… is to be quiet.”

Matt O'Leary

Jeff Daniels

“One of the more noble things the Oscars can do is pay attention to movies no one knows about. Blockbusters don't need much help.”

Joe Pesci

“I couldn't get any jobs, and when that happens, you get so humble it's disgusting. I didn't feel like a man anymore -- I felt really creepy. I was bumping into walls and saying, ''Excuse me.”

Jack Nicholson

“I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.”

Tom Hardy

“You don't step on stage to eat, you go there to be eaten.”

Michael Fassbender

“In drama school, they don't think of movies as a pure form like theater, and it's films that I love most. There's an intimacy in movies - I wanted to have the same impact on others that movies had on me.”

Colin Farrell

“Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.”

Joel Kinnaman

“We all can relate to people’s weaknesses. We might put up a facade that everything is perfect but none of us are. When we see that weakness in somebody else, we understand or give ourselves a little bit of leeway.”