Actor Quotes · Page 116

The thing I crave for the most is appreciation for my acting.

— Sidharth Malhotra

I like to keep up with London theatre, but it is a question of time.

— Charles Dance

I'm an actor so I've been pursuing movies and I have some TV series ideas to pitch too.

— Lucas Cruikshank

I don't really have plans like that [move towards more dramatic acting].

— Rowan Atkinson

I'm not an activist, I'm an actor. I don't want to be an activist.

— John Cho

I got my Equity card and agent before I ever went to drama school.

— Ray Fearon

If I was not an actor, I would have been working in a five star hotel as a chef.

— Dhanush

My father said that I will be an actor, but I scoffed at him.

— Jackie Shroff

The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism.

— Mohsin Hamid

I had no delusions about myself. I couldn't act - I had never acted. So how could I be a movie star?

— Cyd Charisse

I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for…

— Melanie Lynskey

When my parents were going, 'Oh God, are you going to be an actress?' I decided I'd give it my best shot…

— Geraldine James

Acting is a really strange thing. You have to know when you're put in a bad situation, but you also have to…

— Alexandra Daddario

I find the roller-coaster ride of auditioning most challenging. It's always about putting yourself out there, being rejected, and then getting back…

— Jenn Proske

My dream is to produce a generation of actors who realise what the function of an actor in a movie is supposed…

— Naseeruddin Shah

I came into the industry as an actor. And moved on to become a star with the help of my dancing skills.

— Mithun Chakraborty

I don't know what its like for most actors, but really clearly for myself acting has always been the fulfilment of personal…

— Richard Dreyfuss

The best thing about acting is when you're playing a scene and you actually become your character and lose yourself in that…

— Meryl Streep

A lot of people's lives are built around a healthy lifestyle. I take really good care with what I eat, and exercise…

— Mariana Klaveno

I think part of what makes someone a great actor is being able to walk into a situation emotionally available and open,…

— Katie Aselton

Mads is such a talented actor - it's almost like he wears his emotions on his sleeve, but not all the time…

— Gillian Anderson

During my senior year, I was supposed to spend a semester student teaching, but decided I couldn't be a teacher. My aunt…

— Siobhan Fallon Hogan

The headmistress was a very well-respected theater teacher. She taught me what stage left and stage right were, what a director was,…

— Robert Kazinsky

Ask questions. Listen. Be quiet. Be willing to make a fool of yourself. Be willing to be completely exposed and to give…

— Bill Oberst Jr

I like to create an atmosphere where actors feel safe enough to take risks.

— David Yates

I'll always go back to the theater. It's fulfilling and there's an immediacy to it.

— Gillian Jacobs

It's up to the actor to make sure they don't get typecast.

— Bryan Cranston

This is the theater. And this is the best place for the imagination.

— Matthew Morrison

When I changed my degree to acting, I almost gave my parents heart attacks.

— Jayma Mays

I was always sorted; I wanted to become an actor.

— Varun Sharma

To play Cleopatra on Broadway would just be incredible.

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

I was always acting. I was doing after-school plays and stuff like that.

— Justin Theroux

If you talk to any actor, they'll tell you that working is the best thing.

— Daniel Cudmore

Becoming an actor made me way more interested in plot.

— David Duchovny

You are what you know, as an actor, so you gotta try to know as much as you possibly can.

— Liev Schreiber

I have realised acting is my heartbeat and my lifeline.

— Prateik Babbar

Surely, you go to the theater because you want to have a great evening in the theater.

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

Acting is a total physical, emotional sensation.

— Armand Assante

You're always dealing with emotions as an actor.

— Clive Owen

I don't have any plans of slowing down. I love being an actor.

— Kevin Bacon