Let's be pretentious things actors say and do

I am Phylicia Rashad discussing my “craft”.

I’m in love with “storytelling”.

I never saw people who looked like me on screen.

I use she/they pronouns to decolonize gender.

I'm Re-Imagining! No one asked for me, no one wants me, but here I am, yet again. Which beloved classic film should I go after this time?

I’m “using my voice” to “raise awareness” while praising my “brave and courageous” co-stars on the journey we’ve taken together through art.

Talking about:

Foreign Policy

Civics

Corporate Greed

The Economy and Stock Market

Brining Culture to "the People"

I'm the art.

[quote] Let's be pretentious things actors say

Atmosphere players!

[quote] Brining Culture to "the People"

Only midget actors are brined. They’re shrimps.

I'm Tom Cruise.

I'm Richard Dreyfuss

I'm Meryl Streep lecturing about Trump at a silly Awards show.

I'm the accident. As in:

1. I got into acting by accident. I drove my friend to an audition and they asked me to read.

2. I was in college and I walked into the wrong class. It was drama and I decided to stay.

3. I was hanging out in a park minding my own business and a talent agent saw me and blah, blah, blah.

I'm humanitarian George Clooney founder of The Clooney Foundation for Justice and Humans Rights cashing my 40M Nespresso paycheck made possible by child slave labor picking coffee beans.

I'm Gwyneth Paltrow hiring a "book curator" to pick out books for my house.

Many Hollywood costume designers say the same, or similar things, R14. And my opinion regarding that behavior is in line with yours.

I'm Christopher Lee.

I'm suave, sophisticated, intelligent, classiest, and the most interesting man that ever lived. I was born into royalty. I am a scratch golfer, an actor, a singer, extraordinarily well read, and a member of the British Intelligence. Yet, I had the time of my life running around playing Dracula or Frankenstein's Monster with my best friend Peter Cushing.

I am what these pretentious actors pretend to be. Of course, I would never say a bad thing about them.

R14 Do you believe ANY actor/actress when they say stuff like that?

I’m thanking the director’s awe-inspiring creative vision, aka saying something that’s guarantee to make the sheep in the audience applaud. Because it’s not about the director, it’s about MEEEE!

Hate to burst your bubble, OP, but there is no such nurse on tv/movie sets, but rock on!

r21 Lady Gaga had one while filming that Gucci movie.

I’m the white scarf with tux.

I used to ask for the tea, Now I ask for the laugh.

I'm the black Meryl Streep.

Calling on Jeremy Strong!

Jeremy Strong to the podium, please!!

I played a whisk in Beauty & The Beast on tour.

I'm referring to myself as being "in the business."

I’m anything that comes out of Jamie Lee’s mouth nowadays.

I’m the actress who corrects interviewers who use that word with ‘actor’.

R19 I think those actors are full of shit. It's unreal how hard it is to break into the business, but I guess the "accident" story sounds better than "I fucked and sucked and clawed and stomped and sold my soul to the devil on my way to the top."

That would be more honest.

I like it when they refer to their bodies as their instruments 🎸 🎷 🎻 🎺 🥁.

I’m just thankful for the little things. Like my modest $5 million dollar house in California.

I'm the false modesty.

I don't care if I win an award tonight. I'm just thrilled to be nominated.

My career isn't the most important thing in my life. It's just a job. The most important thing is my family.

You really can't have an ego in this business. You're just here to create a character and tell a story.

Without my fans I wouldn't be where I am. I owe them everything.

“For me, it’s all about the work.”

R32 an instrument that requires a double for everything except closeups.

I'm the advance warnings re: "no eye-contact" given to all production peons, extras, etc.

Yes, I am Kevin Kline. I’ve already explained this business called “Show” and you’ll have to look it up as I don’t repeat myself unless I do.

If you want the sound bite version, Mandy Patinkin will surely explain.

I'm "my process" to "finding" the character even when there's nothing to find because there's nothing there.

R39

OP reminds me that I read once about Julia Roberts needing hugs from the director after shooting various Sleeping with the Enemy scenes.

I’m scenes that require colors.

I’m republican I’m moving to Texas!

“For Christ’s sake HOLD THE WORK! And that grip over there is RIGHT in my sight line…yes, YOU!

I LOVE MY LIFE!

It’s not Julliard—it’s Juilliard.

You may address me as 'Sir Ben.' I have not been a Mr for years. Being a Sir brings with it responsibility.

I married a CIVILIAN.

“Our conscious uncoupling may have been caused by a live boy found in a bed or tax avoidance strategy. I am sure my staff will figure it out”

Journalists who call socialist South American dictators "dictators" should be locked up.

Communicating with my Aurally-Challenged fans.

a variation on the R14 I drove my friend to an audition and they asked me to read.

I agreed to read the scene with my friend though I was not an actor. They didn't take my friend but they took me. Paul Newman told this story for how he got into the Actors Studio.

I need 3 months of preparation before I start a new film role. This is opposed to actors in the studio days where they could finish one film on a Friday or Saturday and start a new one the next Monday or even shoot more than one film at the same time.

I’m Dakin Matthews. Need I say more?

Remember her? She played Ophelia to my second Hamlet.

What I really want to do is direct.

I'm Charles Nelson Reilly on Inside the Actors Studio.

I really envy those actors who can “play” a part. I don’t know how to turn it on and off. I INHABIT a role, or I suppose the role inhabits me? It can be hard to tell. It can be hard for the loved ones, but that’s my process.

Elvis got so into my head that now I talk like him even when I’m playing a character from Wyoming.

R16- If her inability to choose her own books necessitates a BOOK CURATOR- she must be a DUMMY.

I will only do nude love scenes if it's integral to the plot.

R30- It's pretentious if Jane Fonda refers to herself as an ACTOR than if she referred to herself as an Actress.

"Please don't address me when I'm in public as I'm in character at all times during the shoot. My craft requires it".

"I'm method and I need to know what my motivation is'.

"I can not sanction your buffoonery". Tommy Lee Jones to Jim Carrey.

I'm the downplayed remark on my upbringing because if you knew that I grew up in an actual castle you wouldn't take me seriously.

I totally forgot the Academy Award nominations were today. I slept right through it and was awakened by my mother calling me!

R14 or the similar “I played football and got injured so I started taking acting classes.”

It’s a honor simply to be nominated in the company of such incredible talent.

[quote]1. I got into acting by accident. I drove my friend to an audition and they asked me to read.

[quote]I agreed to read the scene with my friend though I was not an actor. They didn't take my friend but they took me. Paul Newman told this story for how he got into the Actors Studio.

I've also read that similar thing happened to Jean Harlow when she was discovered and more recently Anna Paquin for THE PIANO and Suraj Sharma for THE LIFE OF PI, but the latter two was a sibling they were accompanying and were cast instead.

I’m sorry, but I reject the premise of this thread. An actor is a ARTIST. There is no pretense in art!

[quote] It’s a honor simply to be nominated in the company of such incredible talent.

AN honor.

I just fell in love with the script.

Christine “Moose” McGlade from “You Can’t Do That On Television” and Mindy Cohn from “The Facts of Life” both have the “wasn’t auditioning but were discovered” story.

"Anything that [X director] asks me to do, I just say yes."

My social media posts are full of regurgitated therapy-speak that sounds like it was written by ChatGPT.

[quote]I am so grateful for the people in my life who have helped me, and are still supporting me, in healing and getting free. Thank you for helping me peel back the layers of conditioning, socialization and trauma. Thank you for helping me take responsibility for my own humanity as I continue to lean into the discomfort of growth and change. Thank you for not exploiting me and discarding me. Thank you for calling me in and holding me close while I forge a path of empowerment and authenticity. Thank you for reminding me my softness is one of my many superpowers.

Who tf posted that R73?

Anything with "journey."

For stage actors: "It's different every night."

No, it's not. You're just loony tunes doing the [italic] exact, same [/italic] thing every night.

[quote] I’m sorry, but I reject the premise of this thread. An actor is a ARTIST.

I am a Jewish artist.

[quote] Who tf posted that [R73]?

Mx. Sara "Che Diaz" Rodriguez

I return to the theater to nourish my soul.

I accepted the role to challenge myself as an artist.

"Making out on camera with a really attractive love interest is not as sexy as people think."

AN artist, not A artist. Geez.

I'm the extreme emotional journey non-acting humans WILL NEVER experience because they're not special and deep like me.

Six years, six minutes.

Anything Edward Norton said or did on American History X and Hulk.

Johnny Depp mumbling on the stand during the Depp vs. Heard trial.

Anything that Goop has said since the beginning of her career.

Madonna speaking with a British accent.

The email Ben Kingsley sends out to his costars demanding to be referred to as Sir.

Anything that comes out of TimoTay's mouth.

I'm an auteur sitting in my director's chair, with one leg firmly crossed over the opposite knee. As I explain my process, art and craft, I flail my hands around. My wrists seem to have a mind of their own and keep flopping.

I AM god's gift and I know you are in love with my every word.

Mr. Preminger does not know anything at all about the process of acting. I resented him for yelling at me in public. Once I've been crossed, I'm not very conciliatory.

EVERYTHING about this post. The photo. The dwarf. The scowl on Jeremy's face. The cap on Jeremy's head. The "The work has begun" text. 🤮🤮🤮

R89 I think it makes sense dramaturgically.

I'm everything Emma Stone says in this SNL clip.

Jennifer Lopez not talking to flight attendants or waiters. Telling her personal assistant "Tell them I'd like a Pepsi " when they're standing right there!

"I'm really fucking good at my job and people who are interesting and good know that; and that’s all that really matters.”

R71 I think Moose speaks the truth but Mindy’s story has always been a bit questionable.

Everything Mariska Hargitay does is calculated for her frau fans. She brags about her marriage, takes her cheesy role very seriously and brags that she calls the shots on SVU. She doesn’t.

When, in truth, she is a lousy one note actress and 100x less interesting than her mother.

Ugh, JMO, I don't understand how Jayne Mansfield (Hargitay's mother) was so popular. She looked like a skank, IMO.

I write a series of children's books which become best-sellers.

R96, You don't understand why Jayne Mansfield was popular?

That they can act.

Jake Gyllenhaal owns this thread he is beyond precious with his self analysis and his plumbing the depths of his character.

Wear sunglasses everywhere. That's more a rock star thing, but you know what I mean.

I’m really conscious of what I put in my body. I’ve been vegan for years.

Aside from the shots of grey goose and heroin. Other than that, I’m a health nut and really boring. I’m just looking for that special someone.

AFTER this weekend’s orgy. Then I’m looking for that special someone.

"I never wanted to be famous. I just wanted to be a working actor."

Every post in this thread is a bullseye as anyone on here that works in the "business" is keenly aware. What a collection of messed up people the public worships. God help us.

I'm an actor and I'm always puzzled by how good so many of my peers are in everything, while being so nutty!

Brad Pitt and his passion for architecture that led his delusional ego to create the Make It Right Foundation, which built shitty houses for the people of New Orleans.

If he wanted to make it right, he should have bought houses for them that were for sale in the area.

Wannabe actor types who have drive but not much talent tend to be pretentious, but truly talented actors don't seem very pretentious to me.

Regarding the clip at R56, that might have worked if they'd sent up a d-list actor who takes himself too seriously as a performer, but why parody someone unpretentious (and with a good sense of humor) like Charles Nelson Reilly? The skit is just a reminder at how tedious SNL writing can often be...and how unlikeable (to me) Alec Baldwin is.

It's the agents. Some actors have great agents who have clout and they get jobs. It's mystifying to me how some of them keep working regularly.

"I've never had plastic surgery. I just eat healthy, drink plenty of water, get 8 hours of sleep, exercise, and think positive thoughts. When you're happy on the inside and focus on the beautiful things in your life, it shows on your face."

I had to be an actor because I can't do anything else.

“My friend who died of AIDS would be very proud of the year I’ve had professionally.”

[quote] In 1952, she accompanied a classmate to an audition to lend moral support and was herself cast..."

This is from the WaPo obit of Chita Rivera, which somewhat echoes what R14 wrote.

I'm really a character actor in a leading man's body.

I’m the actress telling the intimacy coordinator how disgusted she was by the other actor’s rock hard 9”.

I can think of few things more boring than accompanying someone to an audition.

It is the greatest privilege of my life to be entrusted with the responsibility of bringing this character to life and letting their story be heard.

I did not feel that I was given the caliber of material this season to warrant Emmy consideration.

I heard an interview (NPR?) of Jennifer Lawrence that turned me off from her. The interviewer was asking her about her acting. JL said: "I guess I did OK; my director was crying." (I.e., director was so moved by her performance that after someone yelled CUT, he was in tears.)

This was before the strong suspicions of her fucking Weinstein.

It wasn't Harvey, it was David O. Russell, R118

R114 I'm Gloria Allred, and I'm representing the actress you mentioned. On her behalf, I'm going to sue the actor for getting an erection, I'm going to sue the director, the producer, the studio, the scriptwriter and Disney (I mean, why not ? everyone sues Disney whether they are party to this or not ). I'm going to make headlines with my actress - we're already booked for 'The View' .

Do not address me with my stage name. I *AM* the character. I will devour the character's flaws and pitfalls and addictions and bad habits and abuses because I AM A METHOD ACT-TOR. I will die on this METHOD hill and let my body odor and unwashed hair absorb THE CHARACTER. My family or friends should not expect to hear from ME, because I AM THE CHARACTER.

Translation: this movie gives me free reign to be any kind of asshole I want and do as many fucked up things as possible, and I'll blame it on MY CRAFT.

I'm the 'jewelry' and 'accessories' sitting in the warehouse of HSN and QVC for decades, because these idiot actresses thought they really had a talent for design and running a business. Once an actress leaves the 'personal accessories' industry, another moron comes along.

They were grooming me to be the next Vera Miles.

I'll do anything for an Oscar, no matter how many people advise against it.

I'm Richard Dreyfuss, again.

This time I'm asking for a "preponderance of history" as my luxury on Desert Island Discs.

I'm the emotional highs and lows I must explore to in order to express my character. It can be a high wire act because sometimes I'm not sure I can get back to reality.

"I thank God for my success" or "I pray to God for us to have a good show" As if He cares.

I really didn't want to do the movie/TV series. I'm a Shakespearean/theater-trained actor, but my agent begged me to do it.

I am any single sentence in this memoir.

I go by my instincts. Even if everyone is telling me I should do something, if my instinct says no, I won't do it.

A treat for you all--this never fails to give me pleasure (especially for the baffled look on James Earl Jones's face):

I was in a movie that was shot in Costa Rica and was the talk of Cannes but you always have to bring up that Webber thing.

At the Academy Awards: "Thank you to my wife, for putting up with me." Ben Affleck took that too far, though, and delved into how marriage (too long-suffering Jennifer Garner) is so very hard. Jen Garner, of course, looked on lovingly, as a normal doormat does.

[quote]I was in a movie that was shot in Costa Rica and was the talk of Cannes but you always have to bring up that Webber thing.

Christ on a cracker! Kusturica.

No one talks about my work with Kazan, Lumet, Pollack, Jewison, McQueen, Nicholson, Chayefsky, all the great experiences I've had. But my falling out with Roman, I am always asked to explain.

I never pay much attention to what show people say. Why would I?

We need to give Jill Stein a chance. Joe Biden and the Democrats have been conspiring for too long!

I don't act for trophies.

Acting is what I do, so I'm harder on people when they say, "Oh, I can do that-- I can act." I'm like, "Hey, don't spit on my craft!"

"I share this award with all the other women who were nominated tonight... you inspire me."

Celebrities who go to events holding small dogs like they're purses.

I actually lead quite a quiet and ordinary life. My days are spent just taking care of our child and then going up with Harrison in our private jet.

It’s important to spend quality time your family in St. Barts. I think raising the kids in London was the right thing to do.

This Alec Baldwin interview with George Stephanopoulos ... a month or two after AB shot & caused the death of director Halyna Hutchins.

Alec starts veering into his craft, this magic that he gets to create. Why he took the interview in that direction, who knows.

I’m every word of “Looking for Gatsby”.

Uh, Phylicia at R131, theater is an acting medium that unlike tv and movies, features a live audience. Da’fuck you talking about you pompous blowhard.

I'm sorry, r146: I'm not talking about "theater," I'm talking about THEE-AH-TUH!

“I save all my energy for the camera”

AKA “I only act nice when the cameras are rolling and will spew my assholic venom when they’re not.”

Bradley Cooper was in a discussion SAG/AFTRA with Robert Downey and Sterling K Brown and Willem Dafoe, and he pronounced it "theeter." which my High School Drama teacher said was the correct way to pronounce it.

Goop and her vagina candles and her vagina crystals, which you insert into your vagina to balance your energy.

I'm the word "generous". I am always used to describe another actor by their coworkers.

I'm an actress because I wouldn't know what else to do.

R151 - can mean that they the actor does their lines off-camera for your close-up reaction rather than leaving it to the script girl.

I'm an actor.

Babs demanding all bathrooms she uses during a performance or interview have peach-colored toilet paper to match her complexion, and rose petals in the toilet bowl, so her shit doesn't stink.

I have searched my conscience and my heart and find that I cannot accept this nomination, and prefer to stand instead with the egregiously overlooked.... We stand together in celebration of our show and of audiences like you who stand for us. Thank you.

If we bring a little joy into your humdrum lives, it makes us feel as though our hard work ain't been in vain for nothin'. Bless you all.

"This moment is so much bigger than me." Halle Berry crying as she accepts her Oscar.

Photoshoots like this….

R3's comment is a big one for me - particularly when it comes from Latino and Asian actors.

30-40 years ago, the Latino and Asian populations of US were significantly smaller as a percentage of population. Second, she had probably 3 different Spanish TV and tens of Spanish radio stations around - so they WERE there, but not in the mainstream media as much.

There were only 2-3 million Asians in US in the 70's and 80s - now it's 20+ million.

Name other countries that have TV shows / films centered around a population that's less than 1% of total population. It's not being woke - there are just more Latinos and Asians before and there is a built-in $$$$ market for these shows now that didn't exist before.

It's not racism.

Anything and everything Jeremy Strong has said in an interview.

How do I stay thin? I work out, get lots of sleep and hydrate hydrate hydrate!

Aderall and Ozepic have nothing to do with it!

R108. - exact reason why agents are the devil. How and why do people listen to them about creativite matters.

I don't indicate my emotions. I feel them and the then audience feels them too.

Who says a working mom of 5 can’t exercise 3 hours a day?

"In doing the work..."

R149 Theeter?

I'm this video personified.

Anything Philip Seymour Hoffman said about acting. Oy.

I fall in love with my characters, I know what they would do in a situation, I have the feeling that I understand them.

This is a special piece, and I only hope I'm doing it justice!

When I first read the piece, I was floored!

I haven't had an orthodox career and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect.

The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it.

And I can't deny the fact that you like me.

Right now, you like me!

Thank you.