Actor Quotes · Page 197

I am an actor. What I am on screen is what matters.

— Radhika Apte

It's more important to be a good person than a good actor.

— Aparshakti Khurana

People know me as a TV actor but they don't know who the real Abhinav Shukla is.

— Abhinav Shukla

Every actor chooses their story at the beginning.

— Shia LaBeouf

As an actor, you are always looking for subtext, for layers, for what's going on underneath.

— Antje Traue

I was interested in acting right from my childhood.

— Esha Deol

I want to be part of projects where I can showcase my growth as an actor.

— Shriya Pilgaonkar

Working with talented people and challenging myself as an actor [excites me].

— Mark Wahlberg

I am constantly trying to push my boundaries and break the mould that has been made for leading actresses, and it is…

— Bhumi Pednekar

My acting is atrocious, to say the least. But I've found that it's not acting that people are concerned about, it's your…

— Chuck Norris

All my roots are Broadway. I got my Equity Card doing a Broadway show, and my first love is theater.

— Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Acting is not that far from mental disease: An actor works on splitting his character into others. It is like a kind…

— Vittorio Gassman

I did a couple of plays in junior high school, maybe high school, and then I did a play in college.

— Jodie Foster

Actors will change their face, will change their hair, will change their voice, will disappear into the role. A movie star doesn't…

— Nicholas Meyer

When I was 12, I did my first sort of speaking role. But I wouldn't say I had a passion for it…

— Yasmin Paige

I am very straightforward. If I have something to communicate about dance steps, I just go up to the actor and tell…

— Prabhu Deva

I try to think of acting in terms of thinking and doing. People think of it as, "Oh, let's get inside this…

— Tobin Bell

I was on the verge of taking over a company myself, from my father, before I left Knoxville to become an actor.…

— John Cullum

I think there are some people who have talent flying out of their fingers and other actors who hone their craft. I…

— Suranne Jones

I feel like most actors just dig and dig and work and work in whatever way they do to try to do…

— Katherine Waterston

I did 'I'd Do Anything,' and then a play and then 'A Little Light Music.' I played jazz in a night club…

— Jessie Buckley

In theater, you are there, you have a character, you have a play, you have a light, you have a set, you…

— Diego Luna

John Cassavetes' films have really altered the way I see film and acting and storytelling and emotion and love, so I see…

— Tatiana Maslany

When I was a young actor I was in a lot of film doing one day work and two days' work, and…

— Michael Caine

I think once you've allocated an actor to the role that the character will evolve slightly.

— Nathalie Emmanuel

I thought I was an actor until they pointed the camera at me.

— Salim Akil

It's always possible as an actress that your last job could really be your last job.

— Melissa Peterman

Acting is characterization, the process of two entities merging-the actor and the role.

— George C. Scott

I'm sure one reason I became an actor is my basic unwillingness to live one life.

— Scott Glenn

As an actor, I usually have to find something to love about my character in order to play her.

— Lorraine Toussaint

All I had growing up was like 'Aladdin,' maybe I could be animated - or terrorist roles.

— Ramy Youssef

For an actor like me, there are very few options to choose from.

— Varun Sandesh

Eventually, I'd love to be known as a character actor.

— Jess Weixler

If I wasn't an actor, I probably would've tried to get a job with the Braves.

— Matt Lanter

So, when I write, I am the last choice as an actor.

— Anoop Menon

I'd love to do a musical. I have a little list of them in my head.

— Swoosie Kurtz

Casting is everything. If you get the right people they make you look good.

— Todd Solondz

No actor is worth $3 million, not even Marlon. It puts too many other actors out of work.

— Conchata Ferrell

I'm a musician. Anything I've done as an actor has come from that.

— Harry Connick, Jr

You're always going to have to prove yourself, because acting is such a capricious game.

— Pierce Brosnan