Actor Quotes · Page 202

Theatre is alive and it is now, and then it's gone.

— Kevin Spacey

I don't sit around with other actors and talk about the pain and the magic of acting.

— Rhys Ifans

I think my high-school acting career lasted a day.

— Dennis Farina

At the end of the day I want to known for my acting skills.

— Satyadev Kancharana

I love to act. And oh-so-love telling stories through film as an actor. Even on my 'days off.'

— T. J. Thyne

I have a theater background, so I like finding beats, working on things and having rehearsal.

— Kaniehtiio Horn

Remain true to yourself while practicing this business of being an actor. And it is a business.

— Carrie Preston

I see myself as an interpretative actor rather than a creative one.

— John Hurt

I was in eighth grade when I did my first Junior Theatre show. I was in 'Annie Get Your Gun' as a…

— Casey Nicholaw

My father - I have grown up with him being a respected actor, and I have taken a lot with me from…

— Gustaf Skarsgard

Some of the actors that I love most have challenged themselves throughout their entire career. That's my goal.

— Taylor Lautner

“An actress wants to be seen. An actress wants to be loved. By multitudes of people, not just one lone man.”

— Joyce Carol Oates

Fortunately and unfortunately, people don't see me as a character actor. They see me as a leading man or nothing, which makes…

— Josh Holloway

As an actor, my No. 1 focus was to be on the same page with the writer, director, and producers.

— Haaz Sleiman

I'm sure my mum was a huge influence on my wanting to be an actress: just seeing her doing it, seeing her…

— Hattie Morahan

As actors, you do have to be aware of your audience. You can't act in a vacuum, even if that audience isn't…

— Tom Irwin

I ended up going into the Master's program for Asian-American studies at UCLA, in part because I was passionate about it, but…

— Randall Park

The trouble with audition process is, when you're an unemployed actor, it's the only time you get to act, and it can…

— Olivia Williams

Film has to be reflecting the world that we live in, and that's all you want to be a part of. Actors…

— Alan Rickman

When I was in college, I did sort of want to be a journalist. Being an actor, you kind of have the…

— Sigourney Weaver

I'm very, very lucky to be a working actor, but I've also been careful. I don't just take anything. 'Durham County' came…

— Hugh Dillon

Most actors will tell you this - I don't really know how to connect, empathize with, or make worthy of any revelation…

— Jeff Perry

It doesn't matter if a character is a lawyer, a cop or a geography teacher. If there's a story in there, where…

— Clive Standen

Legends have composed music for Ambareesh anna's films during his illustrious career and it is a great honor to be able to…

— Arjun Janya

I'm an artist - I'm an actor - so when I'm looking for something, I'm looking for stories.

— Brandon Victor Dixon

I never liked being told what to do, so even in school plays, I never liked being an actor.

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

I want to keep bettering myself as an actor and singer.

— Shraddha Kapoor

Not a lot of people make that transition from child actor to bigger, better roles.

— Moises Arias

I don't think there's a defined contemporary American musical, do you?

— Harold Prince

I wanted to be a Broadway actress; I was always interested in music and theater.

— Randi Zuckerberg

I love the way we do theatre in London: I love the fact that everybody is trained.

— Janet McTeer

I am a total sucker for an actor's autobiography/biography. I have probably read most of them.

— Kate Fleetwood

As an actor, I have tried to do new things, and that's why I have done few films.

— Anushka Sharma

I'm no good at acting. I don't want to do that, and I don't need to do that in life.

— Guenther Steiner

I have always wanted to be on Broadway, whether on ice or on the boards.

— Robin Cousins

The last thing you want is an injured actor. That, or having to use a stuntman too much.

— Wade Eastwood

I made the decision to take acting seriously after high school.

— Mary-Kate Olsen

I guess that is a good compliment for an actor for people to hate you wherever you go.

— Tom Verica

I have a problem with the star tag itself. I believe I am an actor.

— Jisshu Sengupta

I had never thought that I would get into acting but I was very cute and pretty looking.

— Rashami Desai