Actor Quotes · Page 167

I want to do entertaining films, where a woman gets the respect of being an actor.

— Bipasha Basu

I started to see acting as a real science. That really helped me grow as an actor.

— Matthew Lewis

I went to drama school in the U.K., where we did endless Chekov plays.

— Joe Anderson

When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress.

— Marilyn Monroe

I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.

— Hal Sparks

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

— Annette Bening

I just loved being in the theatre with all those crazy, creative people.

— Kristin Davis

Religion is close to theatre; much of its power comes from the effects of staging and framing.

— Teju Cole

And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a…

— Drew Barrymore

Coming from Akkineni family, I could say I was drawn into cinema, but nobody forced me to become an actor.

— Naga Chaitanya

I was in film before I was on stage. I started acting when I was like 12. But, no, I think my…

— Cynthia Nixon

Acting is something I work really, really hard on that I throw myself into a situation where I do work 18 hours…

— Selena Gomez

Actors like to know who they are playing, what they are thinking, feeling, meaning, intending at any one time.

— Sean Mathias

I was going to be a Marine before I was going to be an actor. I was really serious about joining the…

— Steve Zahn

When I saw John Turturro in 'Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,' I realized that was the kind of actor I wanted…

— Bobby Cannavale

Media is a powerful thing, and you see it with so many actors, where one role that brings them a lot of…

— Sheryl Lee

The acting that one sees upon the stage does not show how human beings comport themselves in crises, but how actors think…

— H. L. Mencken

Questions about political theatre always overlook America's most powerful and effective political theatre, which is always thriving: the American musical. The politics…

— John Lahr

Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled…

— Jim Henson

Acting didn't solve much! If it did, I would have ended up much less crazy than I am today, but I'm not.…

— Dustin Hoffman

“ Gawd , this guy was hawt . Super hawt. He was giving off heat. Josh was getting hard just looking at…

— Helen Louise Caroll

Something people say about acting is that acting is listening. But I think that writing is listening, too. That you really have…

— Greta Gerwig

I was just 19 years old when I did my first film and had no plan to act, or to become an…

— Prateik Babbar

I wish to boast that Pygmalion has been an extremely successful play all over Europe and North America as well as at…

— George Bernard Shaw

I do the same thing for myself (as an actor) that I do for others.

— Ben Affleck

I would like to call myself a spiritualist more than an actor.

— Rajinikanth

I know I'm a black actor, but really, I'm an actor who happens to be black.

— Stephan James

Going into my 20s, I was uncertain, trying to figure out what my relationship to acting is.

— Gaby Hoffmann

I feel like the reason I've survived in this business is because I love acting.

— Conchata Ferrell

Tim Burton... as an actor you wait and wish and hope and pray you'll work with him.

— Casper Van Dien

I don't mind auditioning. Sometimes, I think it's necessary.

— Jessica Pare

I'm fascinated with actors, and I've never quite understood the process.

— George Saunders

You never stop learning your craft. That's the key to success within yourself as an actor.

— Julianna Margulies

I'm not an actor, really. I can play myself pretty well.

— Glen Campbell

Theatre is a mirror, a sharp reflection of society. The greatest playwrights are moralists.

— Yasmina Reza

I wanted to become an actor so I didn't have to put on a suit and sell insurance.

— Dean Winters

Broadway, I have to memorize everything. You get one time to do it right.

— Toni Braxton

I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent

— Julie Christie

It's a long struggle being an actor; I don't know if I'd ever recommend it to anybody!

— Marc Warren

On '50/50,' even though it was 8 million dollars, it was all acting-intensive.

— Jonathan Levine