Actor Quotes · Page 156

I had a really complicated relationship with acting for a long time.

— Cole Sprouse

I feel an actor is an entertainer first then a performer.

— Rajpal Yadav

As an actor, I have these tics that I don't even know exist.

— Jonathan Groff

I was 7, and I remember being given a part in a play and thinking, This is exciting.

— Alan Rickman

I just don't consider myself to be, you know, an American actor. I don't want that life.

— Damian Lewis

As an actor, you get humbled all the time. Everyone is a critic.

— Joe Regalbuto

The acting world is a humbling experience, I find.

— Sharlto Copley

Look, I'm an actor, I'm not a politician. I'm not a statistician. I'm not a legislator.

— Tom Hanks

My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer.

— Orson Scott Card

As an actor, you want as much variety as you can muster up. Otherwise you just keep playing the same chord over…

— Michelle Forbes

It's just all about the multi-hyphenate now. No one's just doing one thing. Even working actors have businesses and are entrepreneurs.

— La La Anthony

When I left Cambridge, I applied to regional repertory theaters in the U.K. and got accepted by one of them... And here…

— Ian Mckellen

What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It's kind of ridiculous. I can't think of anybody.

— Kirsten Dunst

“The presentation of self in everyday life. This guy Goffman had the idea that in different situations, you perform yourself differently. Your…

— E. Lockhart

Actors have to remind people that they can do different things, not just the same style of one role.

— Matthew Macfadyen

When we watch a play under the standard circumstances, we've lost volition and time is passing. A still play feels like an…

— Richard Greenberg

Some of us have such incredible things that can keep us from acting. We have the luxury of drinking such good wine,…

— Dar Williams

There are a lot of actors who don't like reality stars 'cause they feel these people aren't accomplished. They haven't done this…

— Niecy Nash

When I was 16, we moved to live in Stratford-Upon-Avon. That was the year of Paul Scofield's 'Lear.' I think he is…

— Tim Pigott-Smith

I know it might seem a little superficial, but every actor has their thing. Some people focus on the walk, but for…

— Natalie Zea

I learned early on to stay away from gossip magazines and reviews. That stuff just makes you unhappy, and I know actors…

— John Travolta

It's like a cast of actors; you're all working together closely under pressure to produce something everyday. And when we put up…

— David Talbot

When I wanted to become an actor, I was afraid to tell it to my parents. But once, my uncle Chiranjeevi said…

— Varun Tej

We're not actors, we're people behaving like ourselves on TV. We're both [me and Gordon Ramsay] exactly who we are on TV.…

— Chelsea Handler

I may be a B-movie star, but I work. I'm an actor.

— Robert Englund

Acting in 'Solo' has truly been a wonderful and blissful journey for me.

— Neha Sharma

In theatre, you learn the story is more important than the actor.

— Ayushmann Khurrana

As I got older, I auditioned for drama school and shocked myself by getting in.

— Tuppence Middleton

Acting is a hard profession. More than anything, it takes fortitude.

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan

I really love school, but I'd love to continue acting jobs if I can.

— Georgie Henley

Acting requires a great amount of empathy for real lived human experiences.

— Cole Sprouse

There's a Zen to acting, by being in the moment. That's where the power is.

— Christine Ebersole

Actors require flexibility, a kind of openness and readiness to leave their comfort zone.

— Atul Kulkarni

I'd always really wanted to act; but the modelling contracts came more easily.

— Jamie Dornan

As an actor you have to be vulnerable or you're just not going to cut it.

— Asher Keddie

I usually prefer casting actors from our own industry.

— Vignesh Shivan

There's no one more willing to do something than an actor when it comes to perfecting a scene.

— Eric Braeden

Inevitably, every part an actor plays contains some of himself.

— David Suchet

Before marriage acting was my livelihood, but now it has become my passion.

— Navya Nair

I'm not an actor. I can show up for friends and improvise a little bit, but I'm not an actor.

— Robert Downey, Sr