Actor Quotes · Page 131

Oh, she didn't schlep me. I schlepped her, actually. I was the one who wanted to be an actress.

— Ellen Muth

I am a professional actor, and I am very careful about being sincere to the characters I play.

— Mammootty

As actors, you live in doubt; that's one of the truths of the particular job.

— Freddie Fox

An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.

— Desi Arnaz

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

— Delta Goodrem

Hats look exactly the same. There's no difference between The Writing Hat and The Acting Hat.

— Sam Shepard

Apart from playing Billy Flynn in 'Chicago' in the West End, Ive not done much acting.

— Tony Hadley

That's how I learned how to act. I learned by doing it. I didn't start acting until I was 37.

— John Mahoney

Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most…

— Fred Savage

It was actually a relief for me to play an actor who was scared, who didn't know where everything was, who didn't…

— Sigourney Weaver

I think it's really important for actors to have another creative outlet, or for anyone, really.

— Mia Wasikowska

I'm thrilled in a way because musicals should be preserved. It's mostly unique to America, and they give us so much joy.

— Julie Andrews

An actor can change himself to fit a part, whereas a personality has to change the part to fit himself. The personality…

— Dale Robertson

Prior to doing a 'Bond' film, I was a young actor doing classical theater and some BBC dramas. Then, suddenly, I was…

— Toby Stephens

Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions you'd rather not know the answers to.

— Kevin Spacey

I like 'Citizen Kane,' I like 'The Godfather,' all the ones that everyone should see, whether you're an actor or not.

— Matt Bomer

I am an actor who turned hero at age 32, after many years of struggle. I wanted to break the stereotype that…

— Duniya Vijay

The fact that I get to play a queer Filipino on television and another queer character in 'Crazy Rich Asians' is huge.…

— Nico Santos

I'm the classic example of alienation: I grew up in a middle-class household without art or books. I was going to be…

— Richard Eyre

I'll say it, I love working with actors, I'm a fan of actors. They bring so much, and they can also break…

— Louis Leterrier

I mean, if President Reagan could be an actor and become a President, if Michael Douglas is your next choice, maybe I…

— William J. Clinton

I kind of fell backwards into acting. I was studying to be a high school teacher. I look now and I understand…

— Nathan Fillion

Sometimes you can fall into bad habits on film or rest on your laurels, and you can't do that in theater. I…

— Ari Graynor

When somebody who makes movies for a living - either as an actor, writer, producer or director - lives to be a…

— John Carpenter

Acting is a strange business; one day it's there, and the next day nowhere to be seen.

— Ralph Richardson

Once you are in the character, you should let your inner actor take over you.

— Amala Paul

You have to be careful with Vikram around otherwise he would eat you alive with his acting!

— Priyamani

Why I love acting is that it's totally subjective and I like that. I like that.

— Annette Bening

It's every actor's dream to work in a hit show on Broadway and also shoot a television show.

— Aaron Tveit

You need to be happy with or without an acting job.

— Rory O'Malley

I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have.

— Jacki Weaver

Randeep Hooda is a fantastic actor. His presence on screen is mind blowing.

— Satish Kaushik

Nothing taxes an actor more thoroughly than a good audiobook.

— Barbara Rosenblat

My sexual nature is irrelevant. I'm an actor, I play roles, fragments of myself.

— David Bowie

As an actor, so much of life is out of your control, and it's really not solid.

— Cress Williams

“Every demon loves Sweeney Todd, you know. It’s kind of a given.”

— Michelle Knudsen

As an actor, I'm more interested in characters the longer I have lived with them.

— Paul Sparks

But actors should act. You should see them most often rather than just not.

— Saif Ali Khan

I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type.

— Burgess Meredith

You can fudge a lot as an actor, but you can't fudge being a parent.

— Paul Bettany