Actor Quotes · Page 114

All I've done is live my life in the theater and loved it.

— Marian Seldes

I don't like artists who are actors. I like artists, but I don't believe in that.

— Chris Stokes

If Hitler’s still alive, I hope he’s out of town with a musical.

— Larry Gelbart

I wanted to be a dramatic actress. Life doesn't go the way you think it's going to go.

— Jennifer Coolidge

Theater used to be a verb; it used to be an act. But nowadays it is just a noun. It is a…

— Martha Graham

To me, acting is acting... I'd be happy working on a street corner in a mime troupe.

— Kelly McGillis

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a moody folk singer, sitting on stools and being very depressing.

— Stephen Mangan

Acting is even stranger than I thought it would be.

— Mike Patton

If you want your film to be instantly green-lit, your first approach is not to go to a relatively unknown English actor.…

— Martin Freeman

I started my career as an actor, then morphed into a playwright who accidentally became a novelist with my first book 'Fall…

— Ann-Marie MacDonald

I figure there are a few actors like Marlon Brando, George C. Scott and Laurence Olivier who have been touched by the…

— John Forsythe

And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

The day I came in and found another actor's name on my dressing room door, and my stuff out in the hall,…

— Joe Penny

It sounds corny to say, but the theater is sacred; something transcendent can occur, and when it does, everyone grows. It's a…

— Val Kilmer

I felt for a really long time, "When I grow up I want to be an actor." And now I'm like, "Oh,…

— Francois Arnaud

I am a known actor who wants to challenge himself in difficult roles. I am not a star but an actor, so…

— Manoj Bajpayee

I have been in the industry for many years now, but people still come up to me and say, 'Sir, you're such…

— Pankaj Tripathi

I'm just about the movies; I enjoy the dexterity of actors in action movies and the choreography side of things. You've just…

— Scott Adkins

When I was at drama school, I remember going to Amsterdam for new year and sitting with friends on the front of…

— Damian Lewis

Theatre's great. It's such an act of faith. It's a wonderful art form where you suspend disbelief for a couple of hours.…

— Israel Horovitz

I wasn't one of the ones voted most likely to succeed when I was at drama school, but I persevered and concentrated…

— Eddie Marsan

Acting is acting, as far as I'm concerned and, you know, how you manifest it is, at the end of the day,…

— Andy Serkis

The 'Doom' thing is to be able to come at things with a different point of view. I decided the mask would…

— MF Doom

When I debut on television with 'Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai,' there were a lot of things that I experienced as an…

— Amrita Rao

There's theater in life, obviously, and there's life in theater.

— Charlie Kaufman

All the hard work means something. That's all you can really ask for, as an actor.

— Lucas Till

The actor in me can never die. It's my first love and first dream. That's what keep me going.

— Arfi Lamba

Working hard as an actor means you're doing what you want to do.

— Rupert Penry-Jones

I started quite late. I didn't know acting was a job.

— Pilou Asbaek

As actors, we're a little faster than other people with breaking down the walls.

— Paula Malcomson

It is always good to perform with an actor who is good and inspires you to do better.

— Kartik Aaryan

I feel lucky to be an actor because you always learn something from each part you play.

— Rosemarie DeWitt

I always wanted to be an actress, since I can remember, always.

— Mallika Sherawat

Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone.

— Alicia Witt

You can't believe Russell Crowe is the same actor who won an Oscar one year ago for Gladiator.

— Joel Siegel

Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.

— Damian Lewis

I'm not a star, I'm an actor - there's a difference!

— Jonathan Pryce

I want to be an actor, I am just not very comfortable talking about myself.

— Kristen Stewart

I never wanted to become an actress. I come from an air force background.

— Shweta Menon

I'm a devotee of Stephen Sondheim. I think he's a genius.

— Kenneth Branagh