Actor Quotes · Page 184

As an actor, Coppola trained me. That was my training ground.

— Laurence Fishburne

In a weird way, I live vicariously through the characters I play as an actor.

— James Badge Dale

I'm an actor. That proves how lazy I am. It's foolish to take on any other jobs.

— Fred MacMurray

I'm open to the idea of doing more musicals if it's one that I really enjoy.

— Oscar Isaac

Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts.

— Sarah Bernhardt

As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.

— Talisa Soto

I always love to learn new things. That's the reason I like being an actor.

— Lupita Nyong'o

When I got to Broadway, I conducted five Broadway shows.

— David Friedman

I thought that studying the performing arts and becoming an actress would give me a reason to leave home at a younger…

— Zhao Wei

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be an actor. It has just always been an inevitability on some…

— Rebecca Hall

Supporting actors are the support. You can't make a building without support. You can't buy dinner without support.

— Melissa Leo

I got to New York when I was eighteen. I was knocking around, trying to be an actor, writer, musician, whatever happened.

— Sam Shepard

After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.

— Clive Owen

The part I like best was my role in 'Blood and Sand.' If I had died, I would have liked to be…

— Rudolph Valentino

I've always wanted to write, I've always wanted to direct. The conscious decision was always to not be an actor.

— Sam Levinson

Jackson doesn't bother to read the scripts anymore. He just checks to make sure he has one loud scene where he gets…

— Samuel L. Jackson

Here's what happens in a play. You get involved in a situation where something is unbalanced. If nothing's unbalanced, there's no reason…

— David Mamet

I think there's this idea that the depth of an actor's performance is built on tough times or horrible events or isolation,…

— Milo Ventimiglia

Sanjeev Kumar is one actor whose performances have inspired me. The way he looked and the way he performed are two different…

— Pratik Gandhi

I started doing the big Hollywood stuff, and I realised, 'Oh, there's no rehearsal at all; you just turn up on the…

— David Thewlis

As an actor, often you're stuck with these scenes in which a great period of time is in between them - for…

— Aden Young

It's exciting to do something like this because usually what happens in theater is that, after the first or second reading of…

— Treat Williams

I always looked up to great actors and great films. A lot of my family would be like, 'Come on, you should…

— Jacob Latimore

Acting has helped me understand people, not only because you are acting as a character, but also because you are watching other…

— Steve Martin

I've been acting for a long time - I started when I was 12.

— Lucy Boynton

When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.

— Rachel Ward

I have no complaints with the whole childhood acting thing, because I wanted to do it.

— Tina Yothers

Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos.

— Maynard James Keenan

I think I've got some actor's form of ADHD. I just can't do the same thing day in, day out.

— Dervla Kirwan

I didn't grow up knowing actors' names, and my parents weren't theater people.

— Carrie Coon

I learned a tremendous amount about dialogue because I suffered as an actor.

— Taylor Sheridan

Long time ago, we used to sit around eating popcorn and drawing up plays.

— Nick Nurse

When I was nine, I got my head stuck in a bucket trying to be Darth Vader.

— Adam F. Goldberg

I think of myself as an actor or a personality, the personality of Divine, an entertainer.

— Divine

I loved B.I.G., but not like I liked Tupac, because he was an actor, so I related to him.

— Derek Luke

A great actor is simply just seeing him or herself, and reacting to what exists around them.

— Shailene Woodley

I have no qualms approaching directors who I know will help me grow as an actor.

— Naga Chaitanya

I was very, very happy in Chicago as an actor making $168 a week.

— Brad Hall

If I'd been an actor in the 1940s, I would have been in fashion.

— Rachael Stirling

I never expected to become an actor at all. You can do anything you put your mind to it!

— Karrueche Tran