Actor Quotes · Page 110

I feel, as an actor, one must not have inhibitions.

— Parineeti Chopra

I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.

— Stephen Frears

The world is full of actors pretending to be human

— Anonymous

It's much better as an actor if you can bring as much of yourself as possible to a character.

— Adrian Dunbar

I'm not someone who went to acting school - I was just out of the gate, doing it.

— Natasha Lyonne

I started to act in highschool and became a professional actor at 19.

— Nick Mancuso

I have loved 'Les Miz' for so long. It was the first Broadway show I'd ever done.

— Lea Michele

I believe, for an actor, both the success of his film and awards are equally important.

— Akkineni Nagarjuna

As an actor I'm rather hit and miss, I throw a lot out there, and some of it works and some of…

— Christopher Walken

I don't see how a person can be sensuous - unless they're just, you know, following some kind of script - without…

— Rene Marie

I live in the energy and rhythm of the character. To some degree, that's true of every actor I've worked with.

— Sean Penn

I had all the normal interests - I played basketball and I headed the school paper. But I also developed very early…

— Carlisle Floyd

Even if an actor might not nail the moves in a way than a stunt person might, I wanted to bring the…

— Esme Creed-Miles

Actors always have things that they're not thrilled about on a show and have a hobby of bellyaching about those things.

— Jon Cryer

I didn't feel a specific pressure to prove myself because I had an actor in the family. I didn't feel that pressure…

— Katherine Waterston

Script comes first, then the actors, then you gotta be lucky enough to get the right time slot. Then people have to…

— James Burrows

When I was a young actor I was in a lot of film doing one day work and two days' work, and…

— Michael Caine

I was never educated to be an actor. I went to a regular college. It was a great thing for me because…

— Vincent Price

I was not going to be an actor. I was an engineer in physics. That's what I did: I graduated with a…

— Judd Hirsch

Any actor worth his salt is looking for truth, the core of truth of the particular situation he is portraying, of that…

— Jason Robards

The constraints of melodrama can be a great blessing, because they demand that all the characters involved - as absurd and extreme…

— Stanley Tucci

Auditions are just torture. I'm trying to get better at it. It's a very difficult thing to do. You go into a…

— Kurt Braunohler

I don't think it's necessary to be an actor to get great performances out of an actor. But I do think it…

— Steve Buscemi

I left acting for 15 years, and I think it's really nice to have another life. I took too much for granted…

— Jane Fonda

I knew I would be an actor since I was seven or eight.

— William McNamara

Let’s just say that the theater is not for the faint of heart,

— Phylicia Rashad

Acting has been described as farting about in disguise.

— Peter O'Toole

My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur theatrics.

— Anonymous

When I lived in Ojai, I did community theater, and I was intrigued by acting.

— Charlie McDowell

I started to think maybe I could become an actor, but I didn't have the confidence.

— Gong Yoo

If I'm doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character.

— Liev Schreiber

There are people who do De Niro and Walken impersonations.

— Anthony Michael Hall

Spending half of the movie wondering where you've seen the actor before.

— Anonymous

Just hiring a deaf actor is not a job well done.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

There's something to be said for being given a tremendous amount of freedom as an actor.

— Rosemarie DeWitt

When you're an actor and there's no music, you have to sort of bring it all yourself.

— Meryl Streep

As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you're not.

— Russell Hornsby

I always wish life could be a musical. One person just says 5, 6, 7, 8.

— Lucas Grabeel

So many actors have sheer guts, will, and determination; they just need some preparation.

— John Ratzenberger

Actors must practice restraint, else think what might happen in a love scene.

— Cedric Hardwicke