Acting Coach Prints

"OK darling think gracious ... you don't care that you didn't win ...it's beneath you ... and keep clapping ..."

Acting lessons.

Star and drama coach confer on the set of "Jaws XI."

"I'm running for re-election. How much to make it look like I give a damn?"

"I like you kid, but you're really just a work in progress!"

Acting in Progress

"I..I've forgotten my line! Please read forward and return to me later!"

Tom Hanks

'Oh, he doesn't NEED to know how to talk - I'm his agent.'

"The 'Ho ho ho' thing—we get it. By Act II, I'm looking for it to have evolved."

Methodone actor - "I could have been a contender, but I seam to be having trouble remembering my lines."

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

Daniel Day Lewis

Sir Alec Guinness

"No no - play dead. What you're doing is indicating."

'Really? I was an extra in several John Wayne movies too...'

"What else have I seen you in?"

"Just be yourself."

'I hope you're not threatened by powerful women, because you're fired.'

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

'And were there a point to your proposal, Henderson - What would it be?'

'I think you are taking this elevator pitch way too literally'.

"Good game."

'He really wanted to get into the zombie role, so he became a Meth-Head actor.'

'Reading, writing and arithmetic are important, son. Someday you might sign autographs for money.'

They hated me.

I hope a starting salary of 80 and a severance of 12 is acceptable....

"You think you can? Think again, mister. You know you can. Got that?"

'This job is for a 30 hour week. . .but to achieve that you need to work 60 hours a week.'

'And remember to emphasize we're giving them the opportunity to find a better job.'

"Those aren't coconuts, they're tennis balls." "Sweet mother of Novak Djokovic!" The island of lost tennis balls.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Others will fight for you

Reach for the Star.

'Believing any filming experience may help launch acting careers, some even stage their appearances before closed circuit cameras.'