Actor Quotes · Page 159

I'd like to be an actress when I'm older. I sometimes do improv. I used to do it with my dad.

— Paris Jackson

It's my job as an actor to commit to the role and not - through my own inhibitions - run away.

— Nicole Kidman

If you don't know what is being said, the rest of the actor's work is wasted.

— Tom Stoppard

I'm not actively seeking stardom. I just go to auditions, and I knock on wood.

— Paul Rudd

Acting is fun, and if you enjoy doing it, you should take it seriously and see what you can do.

— Stephen Colletti

I wanna do Broadway one day in New York. That would be an ultimate dream of mine.

— Jessica Lowndes

I trained as a stage actor and was given a lot of technical tools to play with.

— Alan Tudyk

I want to keep continuously going through all the pages in the book of being an actor.

— Jason Mitchell

I was at university and I was studying modern drama and studying English, and I just was like, 'I don't wanna be…

— Melanie Lynskey

If I had gone to drama school, I wouldn't be sitting here now because it would have blanded me out; it would…

— Peter Capaldi

You have to get it in your brain that you don't belong to yourself as an actor, but that you belong to…

— Anne Parillaud

As an actor, we can only do what the director wants. Only the director has a vision of the entire film.

— Mohanlal

I was a Chicago theater actress until my early 30s, so I got to do a lot of meaty stuff in theater.

— Amy Landecker

After the brain tumor happened, I realized I love acting, I've always loved it, I may never get a chance to do…

— Mark Ruffalo

“And making a fool of yourself is something all actors have to risk doing. That’s part of our business. And that too…

— Lauren Bacall

Any actor who is being honest will admit there's always a small or large part of the real you in every character.…

— Jerry Ferrara

I don't understand the actor who plays the same role from movie to movie. Maybe it's because I worked on long-running television…

— Guy Pearce

Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre.…

— Terrence McNally

Boxers, that first round, they're barely touching each other. And as a viewer, we're like, 'Will you fight already?' That's because they're…

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the…

— Jodie Foster

No, writing musicals is the hardest thing in the world. And it was really funny, because I remember when the South Park…

— Trey Parker

As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To…

— Kristin Scott Thomas

There's a difference between truth and facts, right? That is something that in theater you think about every time, because you're creating…

— Celine Song

The life of a play begins and ends in the moment of performance. This is where author, actors, and directors express all…

— Peter Brook

Acting is not an important job in the scheme of things. Plumbing is.

— Spencer Tracy

I think every actor should go back and do theater periodically.

— Chad Lowe

One of the most important things for an actor is to know who you are.

— Billy Bob Thornton

One of the reasons that I needed to become an actor was that I didn't have any self-confidence.

— David Jason

I guess it wasn't really part of my story on 'Drag Race' but I'm a trained actor and singer.

— Jinkx Monsoon

I approach directing from an actor's standpoint.

— Derek Magyar

If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady.

— Michael Caine

Casting is all about availability, as much as anything else.

— William Monahan

When I joined films, I was clueless about the industry and had no aspirations to be an actor.

— Arvind Swami

Personally, just as an actor, I love accents; they're fun.

— Carla Gugino

We're so bereft of support of theatre in this day and age.

— Stefanie Powers

I never thought about the actors on television or film, like what kind of life they had.

— David Duchovny

I think so often you can come out of drama school and get thrown in the deep end.

— Michelle Dockery

Theater for me at one point was a lifestyle, too.

— Al Pacino

The Hulk' was the beginning of me, a platform as an actor to grow.

— Lou Ferrigno

Acting is a bit of a heart and soul exercise with me. It's kind of all I've got.

— Ben Mendelsohn