Actor Quotes · Page 163

“Take the clapper and become the alarm that the world so desperately needs.”

— Abhijit Naskar

I think it's really important, as an actor in this business, to have another creative outlet.

— Andrew Keenan-Bolger

People sometimes have to be reminded, I'm not Frank Underwood. I'm an actor named Kevin Spacey.

— Kevin Spacey

I don't remember the decision to be an actor. It was just... a very stark interest.

— Emma Corrin

Growing up in Sweden, I decided pretty early on that I wanted to go to acting school.

— Helena Mattsson

For an actor to grow, she needs to play roles that put her out of her comfort zone.

— Raashi Khanna

My goal beyond being an actor, is just being an open channel.

— Ezra Miller

It is my hope that I will grow as an actor through the first sageuk of my career.

— Hyun Bin

Actors who perhaps are super-confident and have absolute belief in themselves I always admire, because I can't really be like that.

— Eddie Redmayne

As an actor, I've grown considerably. It's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in…

— Sanjay Dutt

I never saw myself as an actor. I neither had the looks nor the backing required to be an actor.

— Nani

Well, the musicals give emphasis to love, longing, melancholy, sadness. All of that is always there.

— Ismail Merchant

“A movie is not a movie, it is a potential nuclear furnace of inspiration, courage and conscience.”

— Abhijit Naskar

I come from the stage. I started my career as a stand-up comedian and then later on became an actor.

— Patrick Huard

If you look at my job, my union card, it says 'actor.' It don't say nothing about celebrity, movie star, nothing like…

— Mr. T

I've been a huge fan of the 'Jurassic Park' movies. It was one of the reasons why I wanted to be an…

— Brian Tee

I went to my school careers counselors and said I wanted to be an actor, and they didn't know what to do.…

— Frances McDormand

I am capable of directing, and I am good at that. In order to have longevity as actors, you have to keep…

— Kirsten Nelson

After graduating college, I finally allowed myself to strive for what I loved to do, even if there were no guarantees that…

— Karen Fukuhara

Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably.…

— Gary Oldman

I did all the musicals in high school, and I loved it. And then I got to theater school at college, and…

— Timothy Omundson

Broadway has the most savvy audience anywhere. They see everything and they know their theater. As sophisticated and subtle as you think…

— Richard Griffiths

I wound up auditioning, wound up getting in, and I was off to the races: I was putting in four more years…

— Peter Jacobson

You have to have hope. It's irresponsible to give false hope, which I think a lot of playwrights are guilty of. But…

— Tony Kushner

I can't tell my self that I'm a serious actor. But I'm serious person.

— Johnny Depp

Acting is the art of being and existing, and not being fake.

— Omari Hardwick

I grew up listening to music and going to the theatre.

— Cate Blanchett

In a very short period of time, actors can become kind of relevant and hot.

— David Cassidy

What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.

— Edward Albee

As an actor, you keep learning. There's no end to it.

— Sridevi

If you're working opposite an actor who can act, then all you have to do is listen and respond.

— Gaby Hoffmann

Actually, I wanted to be an actor when I was two years old.

— Keith David

I just want to keep working with great actors and try to be good at what I do.

— Jessie Buckley

Acting was my after-school activity. I never planned on growing up and becoming an actor.

— Sara Paxton

My job is to be sincere to my script. I am passionate about what I do.

— Vijay Sethupathi

My father was just 9 when he started as a child actor in 'Afsana.'

— Javed Jaffrey

Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

It felt like a pretentious fantasy to say, 'I want to be an actress.'

— Pom Klementieff

The acting is better when you know your material is being judged.

— Bob Newhart

Learn your lines… plant your feet… look the other actor in the eye… say the words… mean them.

— James Cagney