Actor Quotes · Page 100

I never went on an audition - when they were really looking at everybody.

— Joan Chen

It's a difficult thing as an actor not to repeat one's self.

— Michael Fassbender

As an actor I am prepared for every role, that's my profession.

— Neena Gupta

I think all actors have a sadomasochistic streak, because acting is kind of brutal, you know.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way.

— Matthew Vaughn

That's what theater does, right? You all become this little family.

— Molly Gordon

Martin Scorsese was very much the actor's director. We were all very in awe of Martin Scorsese.

— John Heard

Getting into character to become 'Pretty' Ricky Conlan for the 'Creed' film was surreal.

— Tony Bellew

I was very close to my father. At the age of ten I wanted to do plays, and my father was very…

— Kim Cattrall

With every passing week, I get an opportunity to improve my acting because I get to do it day in, day out.…

— George Eads

If I know a guy who's a really good improvisational actor, I'd be foolish not to let him because he'll come up…

— Rob Reiner

T.V.'s weird because it's both the greatest gig as an actor potentially because it can be all this work for all this…

— Caitlin Fitzgerald

I slightly lost my enthusiasm for most acting, but I've done some little bits and pieces - curiosities.

— Hugh Grant

Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.

— Alec Guinness

For me, acting is about getting away from myself. So to look at myself is the last thing I want.

— Helena Bonham Carter

I like to work. I mean, part of it for me is that I was a struggling actor, could barely pay my…

— Megan Mullally

It's kind of my whole philosophy as an actor. I think that's what we're supposed to do is play a wide range…

— Garret Dillahunt

You know, you should start to be in plays and things like that. Write some scripts. If you're an artist and you…

— Chuck D

There are some tremendous actors in the U.K. who have been knighted, and I've spent much of my life admiring many of…

— Ian Mckellen

I feel like I took a lot of the things; I did what I had to do to get to where I…

— Chad Michael Murray

My mother was madly adventurous. My father was an actor - he worked with Gielgud - and my mother came from a…

— Francesca Annis

I remember, in middle school, we did the musical 'Oliver.' I loved the movie, and I always wanted to play Oliver. It…

— Asia Kate Dillon

Jamie Dornan is one of those guys who has no idea how gorgeous he is. He's crazy in love with his girlfriend…

— Jennifer Morrison

I'm an actor. Never trust an actor, whatever their energy is. I suppose you guys see that side of me, but I'm…

— Hugh Jackman

I'm an actor, I'm not a comedian, I never was a comedian.

— Jonah Hill

That said, I'd love to do a musical, either in film or on stage.

— Reese Witherspoon

I’m a comedian who got into movies, so I don’t really think of myself as an actor.

— Eddie Murphy

Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right.

— Lance Reddick

I feel that I have grown so much as an actor being on 'Homeland.

— Morena Baccarin

If you catch me saying 'I am a serious actor,' I beg you to slap me.

— Johnny Depp

“I want to be an actor. I’ve already started taking steps. Yesterday I applied to be a waiter.”

— Jarod Kintz

During my 40-something-year acting career, I have always been about the work.

— Paul Raci

Acting has been really good me. You end up in some wild places, and I love adventure.

— Martin Compston

[ Chadwick Boseman] is a remarkable actor, and he's a remarkable person.

— Harrison Ford

Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined I'd be acting in movies.

— Mathieu Amalric

As a model you do play a certain role and you know as an actor you play another role.

— Gemma Ward

It was watching Franco's 'Romeo and Juliet' at the age of 15 that first made me want to act.

— Liza Tarbuck

Theater actors like to change character roles. They don't like to always do the same thing.

— Marcello Mastroianni

Any actor or actress that tells you that they don't watch their stuff is lying.

— Amy Poehler

Acting helps to discover an unknown side of yourself.

— Chef Damu