Actor Quotes · Page 108

Good theater is not what is expected, but what surprises.

— Mae West

I've done a bunch of Broadway, so I'm a theater nerd when I come to New York.

— Ari Graynor

You can't train a penguin to act. You kind of have to take what you get.

— James Tupper

I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.

— Aaron Stanford

The actor's job is to divine and embody the truth, and find it.

— Paul Greengrass

The idea of transformation - playing something I'm not - is the bit I enjoy most about acting.

— Mark Strong

He's hard-core, but I think he's actually more of an actor.

— Taylor Hanson

I want to be part of projects where I can showcase my growth as an actor.

— Shriya Pilgaonkar

“A kitten is the delight of a household. All day long a comedy is played out by an incomparable actor.”

— Champfleury

As a film actor, I connected to the people on the good and positive things. But, as a politician I feel the…

— Jaya Prada

It's tough to be an actor and it's tough to portray a real person, and it's tough to play two people adding…

— Oren Moverman

The acting bug first bit when I went to see 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' at the Old Vic.

— Roger Allam

There's this freshness that happens within the first few takes of the actors actually listening to each other and actually really reacting.

— Jennifer Lawrence

My favorite actors are people who I don't know anything about, and I can project any character onto them.

— Matt Bomer

I learned a lot of good things in my school. I've audited a lot of other schools, and I guess after a…

— James Franco

You learn early as an actor that creating your own material is the only way to have any control.

— Amy Poehler

I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a…

— Hank Azaria

Acting is such a personal thing, which is weird because at the same time it's not. It's for the consumption of other…

— Kristen Stewart

When I get hired as an actor as opposed to a writer, one of things that's exciting for me is doing stuff…

— Stephen Merchant

No matter what, when you major in theater arts whether you want to write or be a director or design scenery or…

— Carol Burnett

Everywhere in the society, even my extended family, when they got to know that I am going to be an actor, they…

— Bhumi Pednekar

I have been very fortunate to be able to work and get the opportunity to play different roles. It's nice to do…

— Tony Curran

The mug is a tool. My ace in the hole. To have looks is the bonus on top of what motivates me…

— Anonymous

Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't…

— Morgan Freeman

I was interested in acting right from my childhood.

— Esha Deol

I think once you've allocated an actor to the role that the character will evolve slightly.

— Nathalie Emmanuel

Working with talented people and challenging myself as an actor [excites me].

— Mark Wahlberg

I always hated the world "acting" - to say, "I'm an actor." It should be more like a believer.

— Michael Jackson

When you're an actor, you can be hindered by your own narcissism.

— Amanda Peet

I am an actor. What I am on screen is what matters.

— Radhika Apte

As an actor, you try to put a little bit of yourself in everything you do.

— Michael Cudlitz

An actor can make an impact even in a role of five minutes.

— Manini Mishra

People know me as a TV actor but they don't know who the real Abhinav Shukla is.

— Abhinav Shukla

It's more important to be a good person than a good actor.

— Aparshakti Khurana

As an actor, you are always looking for subtext, for layers, for what's going on underneath.

— Antje Traue

Every actor chooses their story at the beginning.

— Shia LaBeouf

There's a Zen to acting, by being in the moment. That's where the power is.

— Christine Ebersole

I really love school, but I'd love to continue acting jobs if I can.

— Georgie Henley

Acting requires a great amount of empathy for real lived human experiences.

— Cole Sprouse

Acting is a hard profession. More than anything, it takes fortitude.

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan