Actor Quotes · Page 191

As an actor you're used to being the focus of attention.

— Yasmine Bleeth

I started acting when I was seven, so I've read my share.

— Ari Graynor

I think to be a good actor you need either a good experience of life or education, or both.

— Honeysuckle Weeks

My father was an actor, and we have the most important theatre company in Montreal.

— Gilles Duceppe

I grew up doing a lot of theater - acting and making sets and costumes.

— Robert Eggers

Method actors are absolutely terrible. They want to direct themselves, and it's a disaster.

— Michelangelo Antonioni

I can never forget my first film - it was instrumental in me becoming an actor.

— Mohanlal

There are so many things that go into casting that you just never know.

— Johnathon Schaech

I'd like to think that even if I wasn't acting professionally, I would still be doing it for free. It helps me…

— Kaya Scodelario

I do believe that an actor, who is self aware, will never do a film that is not an extension of his…

— Shahrukh Khan

I find auditioning to be a very illusive process, where actors come in with this really big result with no process, so…

— Adam Rapp

I knew the type of acting I liked - that very natural type of acting, but I just wanted to be successful.…

— Mike Connors

“...actors today think that being true is being nice, or being some other "set" thing. That is not the truth. That is…

— Stella Adler

The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are…

— Kabir Bedi

Honestly, I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out.

— Rupert Everett

My Mother's an actress, and she's always told me, "Boy, you're an actor." I would look forward to seeing if I'm any…

— J. Cole

I think actors who know their job know that's how you do it. You don't show up and make people miserable. That…

— Charlize Theron

Persistence is half the battle. That's what I love about independent movies. They don't have to be made. There's no studio with…

— Brad Anderson

It's very hard to find a good child actor. There are a lot of child actors out there, especially in America, and…

— George R. R. Martin

I'm a working class lad. So at 25, and with no-one in our family having any theatrical inclination, when I said, 'I'm…

— Rob James-Collier

I think what's universal is the idea of auditioning. It's something that you do in every kind of job market. You audition…

— Andrew Keenan-Bolger

You won't hear me talk about my politics, you won't hear me talk about my vegetarianism, you won't hear me comment on…

— Ian Mckellen

One of the good thing about theater in the states, is that the playwright we do have a say, especially in the…

— Nilo Cruz

“If I ever have to cast an acting role, I want the wrong person for the part. I can never visualize the…

— Andy Warhol

I have a major love for musical theatre, including a lot of stuff I don't get to do very often.

— Lindsay Mendez

When I told my parents, 'I'm going to be an actor,' they screamed and wept and freaked out.

— Alec Baldwin

I don't have much foresight, and I think that's an asset for an actor.

— Rasika Dugal

I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.

— Oscar Wilde

Actors who are super successful are the ones who thrive on the image by creating their forte.

— Ranvir Shorey

The actor's job is to divine and embody the truth, and find it.

— Paul Greengrass

I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.

— Aaron Stanford

You can't train a penguin to act. You kind of have to take what you get.

— James Tupper

Good theater is not what is expected, but what surprises.

— Mae West

I've done a bunch of Broadway, so I'm a theater nerd when I come to New York.

— Ari Graynor

He's hard-core, but I think he's actually more of an actor.

— Taylor Hanson

The idea of transformation - playing something I'm not - is the bit I enjoy most about acting.

— Mark Strong

I am not trying to make an image; I am an actor trying to sell movies.

— Ranbir Kapoor

In a normal film there would be 25 to 30 main speaking characters.

— Nag Ashwin

When I turned director, I enjoyed the challenge of making an actor perform to his best.

— Nizhalgal Ravi

I admire a lot of actors, but I don't covet people's careers.

— Jesse Spencer