Actor Quotes · Page 187

[ Chadwick Boseman] is a remarkable actor, and he's a remarkable person.

— Harrison Ford

I think all actors have a sadomasochistic streak, because acting is kind of brutal, you know.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

As an actor I am prepared for every role, that's my profession.

— Neena Gupta

It's a difficult thing as an actor not to repeat one's self.

— Michael Fassbender

That's what theater does, right? You all become this little family.

— Molly Gordon

And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way.

— Matthew Vaughn

Getting into character to become 'Pretty' Ricky Conlan for the 'Creed' film was surreal.

— Tony Bellew

Martin Scorsese was very much the actor's director. We were all very in awe of Martin Scorsese.

— John Heard

In college I did theater for my first two years. It was plays, as if it was Broadway, not movies or anything…

— Brandin Cooks

I became an actor because I love solving problems. I'm a big crossword puzzle person. I love doing research. One of the…

— Anthony Heald

I always feel like I have to prove myself as an actor, otherwise you get lazy if you're not slightly terrified that…

— Scarlett Johansson

I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.' And that took…

— Jeff Daniels

Strangely, when I was a kid, my first acting job, at 5 years old, was a performance of 'The Three Little Pigs.'…

— William Zabka

I had a very embarrassing time acting extremely badly at university, which is when directing suddenly became so attractive.

— Marianne Elliott

To be totally honest, I thought I would have a Broadway debut in the distant, distant future, maybe in my 60s or…

— Stephen Karam

I started working right away as a kid, so I didn't have a chance to go to improv school or anything like…

— Kenan Thompson

I was cornered in a bathroom at a Hollywood event and someone told me I took their job from them. And that,…

— Ariana DeBose

It's always hard as an actor I think to be just on the set and have the kind of confidence to be…

— Noel Fisher

Being a TV actor is quite different from being a movie star, and I always try and highlight my character. It is…

— Divyanka Tripathi

Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was…

— F. Murray Abraham

Sometimes, as a guest actor, when you come on, you're coming into a show that's already been established, and the wheels are…

— Erin Karpluk

There's just nothing funnier or crazier than that - doing your Broadway debut as Spider-Man in 'Spider-Man' the musical. It was, like,…

— Jake Epstein

I barely slept during high school because I was too busy dancing and acting all the time. The plan was to go…

— Rachele Brooke Smith

In many ways, education is a lousy business. Teachers are not normal economic actors; almost all of them work for less money…

— Andrew Ross Sorkin

I feel that I have grown so much as an actor being on 'Homeland.

— Morena Baccarin

Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right.

— Lance Reddick

I’m a comedian who got into movies, so I don’t really think of myself as an actor.

— Eddie Murphy

That said, I'd love to do a musical, either in film or on stage.

— Reese Witherspoon

I'm an actor, I'm not a comedian, I never was a comedian.

— Jonah Hill

I think that's really the allure of acting for me. I really want to connect with people.

— Kofi Siriboe

For everybody, the tide comes in, the tide goes out - if you're an actor, particularly.

— Alan Arkin

Going to London at 18 to study drama and theatre made me grow up really fast.

— Kalki Koechlin

I wish every actor had fame like Salman Khan in the film fraternity.

— Ravi Kishan

As an actor, I still have to remind myself of daring to let go and not to repeat myself.

— Alicia Vikander

I don't know how I could have an acting career with this.

— Connie Sellecca

I never went on an audition - when they were really looking at everybody.

— Joan Chen

I didn't like the idea of acting back in school. Both my brothers were into it.

— Aditya Roy Kapur

Acting's not therapy, but it can be therapeutic.

— Josh Peck

As an actor, you use the things from yourself that you can apply to the character.

— Robert De Niro

I think I have the finest body of work of any American actor.

— Richard Dreyfuss