Actor Quotes · Page 179

Every actor is remembered for one particular film.

— Urvashi Rautela

I don't know of anyone as natural born an actor as Sridevi. She was a complete actress.

— Satish Kaushik

I am still seeking to become firmly established as an actor.

— DeForest Kelley

I want to leave a deep impact of my acting in people's mind.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

An actor has to be able to play many kinds of roles; I can only play a fighter.

— Iko Uwais

Here in England, my becoming an actor was considered unimaginative.

— Jared Harris

Yes, years of compromise and disappointment have added depth to my acting.

— Rufus Sewell

I'm an actor. I try to play a character in a really cool story, the very best I can.

— Matthew Fox

I spent most of my 20s working as an actor. I started writing and directing because I was frustrated with the types…

— Marielle Heller

Every actor prepares differently and to different degrees of privacy. Some want to talk everything out. Others really don't want to talk…

— Todd Haynes

In the sixth grade, I auditioned for a play called 'Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.' I got the lead, and I…

— Michael Mosley

As an actor if you're working you're usually in three places, you're either prepping something, you're shooting something, or you're post on…

— Miles Teller

I'm in a play on Broadway, I have an animated TV show coming up, I have a few movies that just came…

— Neil Patrick Harris

Ellie Kemper I just adore. She is such a warm, generous actor, and we have this wonderful rapport off camera, and that's…

— Tituss Burgess

I dropped out of my drama course at university after a year and just floated from rubbish job to rubbish job, with…

— Gok Wan

I used to worry a lot about what people thought about me, and about the kind of actor I was because of…

— Jacob Elordi

“Damn everything but the circus!. . .The average 'painter' 'sculptor' 'poet' 'composer' 'playwright' is a person who cannot leap through a hoop…

— E.E. Cummings

I'm not a trained actor, so there was always going to be a certain amount of bringing my own... I was going…

— Mel Giedroyc

Lee Strasberg told me I had talent. Real talent. It was the first time that anyone, except my father--who had to say…

— Jane Fonda

I think most people think that kids in the business are brats, but you don't have to be a brat to be…

— Dakota Fanning

I always say that life is not easy for anybody. People hear about the young actors who have a rough life, but…

— Johnny Crawford

I was genuinely expecting 'You're just a shit actor' instead of 'We want you to do it.' I realized immediately how much…

— Andrew Garfield

Being an actor, you know what it feels like to be directed, so when the chance comes for you to direct someone…

— Camila Morrone

My parents were involved in community theater in New Jersey. Instead of hiring a baby sitter, they would take me with them.…

— Jane Krakowski

I knew I would never be cast as the pretty girl.

— Christina Ricci

I did act as a kid, but I quit when I was seventeen.

— Gaby Hoffmann

The problem with being an actor is that you have to be reactive to what other people want.

— Marisa Coughlan

To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before.

— Jessica Lange

I rehearse my script with my co-actors and take their tips quite seriously.

— Hina Khan

Among the actors, I think my name has been misused the maximum number of times in the industry.

— Riya Sen

Good actors can make a huge difference to a scene that might sound or read flat.

— Karthik Subbaraj

I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.

— Ian Hart

If Hitler were alive the best punishment would be to put him out-of-town with a new musical.

— Donna McKechnie

I'm a reasonably good actor, and I'm an average naval officer. Ha, ha!

— Mark Hadlow

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

— Ralph Richardson

One of the things you can do as an actor, is compensate for the things you can't do in life.

— Dustin Hoffman

If I wasn't an actor, I would probably be writing or doing something with psychology.

— Maddie Hasson

Actors are like race horses. They like to run - they don't like to be hanging about.

— Adrian Dunbar

I never got to Broadway. I would love to do that.

— Vicki Lawrence

When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard.

— Sidney Poitier