Actor Quotes · Page 182

My personal feeling is that Bernard Hopkins has never been an industry boy.

— Bernard Hopkins

I'm not especially interested in actors or their life, double, triple identities and all that.

— Leos Carax

For some reason, I seem to work well with actors. I love working with them.

— William Monahan

I call myself a literary agent simply to distinguish myself from actors' agents.

— Irving Paul Lazar

Most actors don't grow up with sweet, vanilla parents.

— Nadia Bjorlin

I grew up in suburban Brisbane, so to say you wanted to be an actor was a ridiculous concept.

— Matt Passmore

My favourite actors have always been the character actors.

— Matthew Gray Gubler

Being an actor is pretty much like being in the circus.

— Stephen Dorff

Some actors are brilliant in David Mamet, but they would crash and burn in my plays and visa-versa. You either have my…

— John Patrick Shanley

I like acting when I can pick my own roles, and I do. It's fun. I like being creative, and it's a…

— Art Alexakis

When you're younger, the mental strain of being a successful actor, jumping from role to role, and trying to have some kind…

— Kathy Baker

The weird thing about drama school is that you train for three years for one thing and then more often than not,…

— Tom Ellis

Character acting is a much braver pursuit than a guy who runs around and intermittently clenches his jaw muscles.

— Ryan Reynolds

Free trade, far from protectionism, is the path that we should take to make Latin America a thriving actor in the global…

— Enrique Pena Nieto

As an actor, I don't have an agenda. I don't have to prove a point; I am not a bastion of a…

— Huma Qureshi

Despite all the variables and advise, like love and marriage it seemed to me that learning to cast ought to be a…

— Jessica Maxwell

It's funny when people ask an actor what they want to play next, because you don't get to decide what you play.…

— Dylan Walsh

In 1913, the noted German actor and director Paul Wegener was making a film in Prague when he heard the legend of…

— Kage Baker

Acting is a stressful environment to put yourself into, and stress triggers Tourette's, but I think it's partly an outlet because when…

— Dash Mihok

There is an art to acting, and there are techniques that are acquired. You can be as emotional as you'd like, as…

— Zoe Bell

There are some tremendous actors in the U.K. who have been knighted, and I've spent much of my life admiring many of…

— Ian Mckellen

Actors are tough because they're not used to challenging questions - other than from paparazzi. And so you just ask one perfectly…

— Jake Tapper

When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, it was like saying I wanted to be an astronaut. Not…

— David Morrissey

Even now while I'm acting on Broadway, I find myself saying things like, 'Well I'm not REALLY an actor, I'm more of…

— Cole Escola

A good director will always identify the actor whom he wants to work with.

— Jagapathi Babu

I'd love to do 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' again - especially on Broadway.

— Megan Hilty

No actor ever forgets a role, so I should have realized something was wrong.

— Maureen Reagan

We are actors. We can adapt to any different look for the sake of the story and the character.

— Vijay Sethupathi

Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.

— Ram Charan

As a young actress, I started out acting in beautiful independent movies in Mexico.

— Teresa Ruiz

Acting is my passion, and Chelsea FC is my hobby.

— Phil Daniels

I actually went to college with Adam Sandler. He was a dramatic actor, too!

— Molly Shannon

It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.

— Bela Lugosi

One of the first jobs I did out of drama school was a panto at the Magnum.

— Douglas Henshall

I'm an actor first and foremost; it's my first love and passion.

— Lou Diamond Phillips

Actors are seen as celebrities, but they're just real people with families.

— Sami Gayle

“Once you drop a mask, you can never wear it again.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova

Your imagination is your most important tool as an actor, as cheesy as that sounds.

— Jane Levy

I'm not a trained actor. I surrender to my directors, and they make me act.

— Sai Pallavi

Listen - I like musicals. Even when they're bad, there's a couple of dancers I can watch.

— Richard Schiff