Actor Quotes · Page 122

I don't know whether to call myself a golfer who acts or an actor who plays golf.

— Kathryn Newton

I wouldn't be the same actor if I couldn't do theater.

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I've always been an actor. That's my job — I can be anything you want me to be.

— Sarah Jessica Parker

But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them.

— Kelly Lynch

As a young actor, I worked with Kevin McNally and have always thought him brilliant.

— Richard McCabe

Every actor thinks he can do comedy, and it's not true.

— Denis Leary

To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle.

— James Dean

A lot of what I do outside acting is really just for me.

— Diana Silvers

When [actors] are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not…

— Cedric Hardwicke

I don't perform well in private. Socially, I mean. And I didn't as a child. Actors aren't necessarily outgoing, are they?

— Lindsay Duncan

I studied video game design. The one thing I knew for sure about myself is I didn't want to study acting.

— Dylan Sprouse

There was a great ensemble in 'The Great Fire,' and it was great not having the same parade of actors.

— Perdita Weeks

If I'd made it right away as an actor, I would've stopped at a certain level and stayed there, probably as a…

— Sylvester Stallone

I actually have a theater company called Strangemen & Co. I'm the artistic director and co-founder.

— Jason Ralph

With acting, it's like becoming another person. I think that's neat, especially when you totally forget. If you totally forget, which I…

— Michael Jackson

I like to believe that my actors are not acting. That whatever they are doing, or whatever has been said, would happen…

— Nadine Labaki

But as an actor you do want to challenge yourself and step outside what you have done in the past and that…

— Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Although we're acting, and our minds know that we're acting, our bodies don't quite know that we're acting. So even when you're…

— Isa Briones

A lot of actors have roles which stretch from the beginning to end but they don't register or make a mark. It…

— Antara Mali

I was one of the actors in 'Braveheart,' and that had a huge impact on the political scene in Scotland. One of…

— James Cosmo

I would like to, in some capacity, observe how Tom Cruise goes about his business when it comes to making a movie…

— Stephen Amell

That's where you can find things and modulate your performance and give the other actors something fresh to respond to. We've probably…

— Denzel Washington

I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat…

— Cameron Mackintosh

It's a challenge, writing about actors, especially a good actor, because you can't always tell when they're being honest and when they're…

— Rich Cohen

Your shit pushed back cuz it ain't buzzin.' Now these thugs actors all of a sudden.

— Rick Ross

I think, for any actor, dealing with the paranormal is intriguing.

— Edgar Ramirez

Acting is a way of hiding, but hiding in another skin as a male person was exhausting.

— Rebecca Root

I was afraid that if I said, 'Yes, I'm an actor,' what would happen if I was bad at it?

— Meghann Fahy

That's what I like about acting. You don't know where you'll be in year.

— David Walton

I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.

— Steven Seagal

Showbusiness keeps me young. I'll carry on until I have to stop.

— Bernard Cribbins

I take acting lessons with my coach, and what do I get famous for? Holding a puppy!

— Kim Coates

I want people to take me seriously as an actor. I want to be a star; I won't deny that.

— Kriti Kharbanda

My very first acting role was Tiny Tim in 'A Christmas Carol.'

— Leland Orser

Acting found me. I thought maybe I should try to find it again. We'll see.

— Macaulay Culkin

Especially, for me, being a theater actor in New York - this is no snub, but I'm not famous.

— Mike Faist

I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie.

— Kim Cattrall

I don't mind getting typecast as long as it is not overpowering me as an actor.

— Jaideep Ahlawat

Some people, they have the energy and projection that is good for theater. I don't have that.

— Mark Ivanir

'Guest Iin London' didn't work, but it got me more work; it helped me grow as an actor.

— Kriti Kharbanda