Actor Quotes · Page 137

As an actor, you need everything you can get to be truly scary and truly memorable.

— Robert Englund

I have two acting styles: with and without a horse.

— Robert Mitchum

I think when I was about 6 or 7, I would have said I wanted to be an actor and an artist.

— Todd Haynes

If I work with a bad actor, my reaction is to immediately become worse than they are.

— Michael Caine

It's funny... musical theater is what paid my rent and kept me going for the longest time.

— Bryan Batt

I'm an actor and a playwright, and I don't earn much.

— Ellen McLaughlin

I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath.

— Peter Gallagher

When I first started acting, I was genuinely questioning whether or not I should be doing this.

— Madelyn Cline

The actor's life, but also the Australian's life. We're wanderers. We like to walk about - we're curious people. I have felt…

— Rose Byrne

I don't consciously start writing a play that involves issues. After it's done, I sit back like everyone else and think about…

— Suzan-Lori Parks

I remember the first time I saw a Broadway show and how excited I was. That really fuels me and for some,…

— Adam Jacobs

Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me.

— Les Claypool

It's not like I'm looking for things that I can direct that I can also act in, but when it's right, I…

— Steve Buscemi

My acting is atrocious, to say the least. But I've found that it's not acting that people are concerned about, it's your…

— Chuck Norris

I am constantly trying to push my boundaries and break the mould that has been made for leading actresses, and it is…

— Bhumi Pednekar

All my roots are Broadway. I got my Equity Card doing a Broadway show, and my first love is theater.

— Jesse Tyler Ferguson

There's a subtleness to camera work. You can really create intimate moments on camera, and sometimes that requires a little more precision…

— Corey Reynolds

When it comes to rugby, I'm a Welshman through and through. I'm a huge fan; I've played rugby since I was seven.…

— Gwilym Lee

I love the theater. I love the rehearsals. That's where you build a performance. That's your foundation. If you're gonna build a…

— Jack Klugman

When a theater goes dark for the night, a stagehand leaves a lighted lamp on stage. No one knows why any more,…

— Emily Mann

As an actor, early on, you learn that the audience is never wrong. And if you think they are wrong, you need…

— William H. Macy

Ryerson helped me because I was around acting all the time. It was pretty much all I thought about, even if I…

— Mena Massoud

I don't have many actors in my family, but I do have a Great Uncle that is a film-maker in Philadelphia, and…

— Aubrey Plaza

For an actor, one doesn't have to be a dancer. But because our Hindi movies have so many song and dance sequences,…

— Waheeda Rehman

I would loved to be called an actor, and not comedian.

— Kiku Sharda

I'm sure acting is a deeply neurotic thing to do.

— Ralph Fiennes

I paid my dues at drama school and worked backstage in every Theatre in London.

— Richard O'Brien

I want to become a superstar, but for that, I first have to be a super actor.

— Ranbir Kapoor

As an actor, I think it is my responsibility to hold a mirror to the society.

— Nana Patekar

I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.

— Bette Davis

I think the more you do as an actor, the more facility you have to switch on and off.

— Cate Blanchett

Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor.

— Jason Ritter

Your core competency and acting skills are important.

— Pratik Gandhi

I did a lot of theater as a kid because I had a bunch of friends who did it.

— Bobby Moynihan

I miss working with great actors, working with great directors.

— Pauly Shore

So many actors are not open in front of the camera - they have a persona.

— Jane Campion

I think talent, especially in acting, is being wholly yourself within the context of yourself.

— Mariel Hemingway

As an actor, you always have aspirations to play different roles.

— Kelvin Fletcher

I wrote my first play when I was nine. It was performed at Hampstead Theatre.

— Daniel Kaluuya

All actors may not be stars, but all stars are actors, and I can vouch for that.

— Bobby Deol