Famous quotes by Famous people

” If people want to invade your privacy, they want to invade your privacy. I find it chilling, and I find it awful, and it makes me really nervous. It hasn’t happened to me much, but when you have a taste of it, it’s bitter. “

” I am not hugely famous, I am not a name. For me, it’s not the size of the role, it’s the material and the people you are working with. “

” I like connecting with people, and that’s what good art is: a point of connection. There’s nothing better, on stage or on film. “

” I didn’t become an actor to make money. And I didn’t become an actor to be famous – though people always gasp if you say that, as if it’s unfathomable that an actor doesn’t want to be a star. “

” Ninety percent of my roles, I’ve had to fight for. It’s only a really small percentage of people who get handed roles. “

” My job as an artist is to speak up for those who might be perceived as the losers. Or those who can’t shout. No wonder public-school people always get into politics or acting: they’re taught to shout that much more loudly. “

” What’s really important is the people, first of all. I like working with people who are kind, above all else. I don’t really want to work with someone who will manipulate me. The idea that you must treat actors a certain way in order to get a performance out of them kind of disturbs me, and it’s disregarding what we do. Our job is to do our job. “

” I didn’t have that many black people in my life, so I had to sort of search them out. And I didn’t grow up in America, but I identified as much with their writing about the black experience as I did with their writing about the human experience. “

” I become very territorial about my identity because it’s been hijacked by so many people with their own projections. “

” I’ve always had sort of an interest in American history, full stop, and especially people who contributed to the civil rights struggle. “