Actor Quotes · Page 203

I wanted to be an actor because I saw 'Dog Day Afternoon,' you know what I mean?

— Martin Freeman

I pretty much immediately ran away from university to be an actor.

— Rege-Jean Page

It dawned on me that theatre is a powerful weapon for change.

— John Kani

As an actor, I am extremely fortunate to portray Milkha Singh on the big screen.

— Farhan Akhtar

I don't like other actors much. The industry tends to attract insecure, needy people.

— John Gordon Sinclair

I made more lousy pictures than any actor in history.

— Humphrey Bogart

I actually never got in a play in school. My teacher said I never learned my lines.

— Sissy Spacek

Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else.

— Sean Connery

A lot of people have asked whether acting is in my genes. I don't know if anyone is born to act. And…

— Laura Dern

During my adolescent years, I watched a lot of theatre. I had the habit of enacting every scene I saw in front…

— Saswata Chatterjee

As an actor, what I can do is tell the truth. At least, I hope I can tell the truth - a…

— Larry Drake

Indeed, the actor's lot is a much harder one than that of the director's, from one simple standpoint: The actor has to…

— Charles Keating

The life of an actor is sort of abnormal in the sense where you never know what's going to happen, which I've…

— Nick Gehlfuss

I just like to keep things small and subtle and authentic, and ground everything in reality. So that is something that I…

— Pamela Adlon

When you feel good about the work you're doing, that's what's important, not the budget or anything like that. If you're happy…

— Chazz Palminteri

And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you…

— Olivier Martinez

I'm not just friends with fellow actors, but I find that a lot of people are out here in L.A. I go…

— Topher Grace

“A newly converted Trinidad African Muslim, identifying with and being inspired by a Hollywood-made fantasy of a Libyan revolutionary being played by…

— Raoul Pantin

I worked my butt off in high school and received a lot of scholarships for college and to throw all that away…

— Kellan Lutz

People say that one of the most important things about being an actor is to have thick skin, but I don't think…

— Jess Weixler

I started acting as an amateur when I was a kid, but I wanted to become a diplomat. It was self-centered and…

— Stellan Skarsgard

I love when I get to play these characters that are bigger than life. There are roles in animation that I never…

— Virginia Madsen

If you really want to become an actor, but only providing that acting doesn't interfere with your golf game, political ambitions and…

— Michael Caine

In the old days when I first was coming up, you would turn up on set in the morning with your coffee,…

— Paul Bettany

I was the only person in a class of 12 in theatre school who played hockey.

— Noah Reid

I love being an actor and a job is a job, and I'm always happy to have a job.

— Toks Olagundoye

“Emotions don’t interfere in my acting, nor in my life.”

— Simona Panova

Thankfully I'm a better actor than football player, or at least I hope so.

— Ryan McPartlin

I never wanted to go to drama school. I thought that was too many eggs in one basket.

— Juno Temple

I like to prepare for my roles well, so you can call me a method actor to an extent.

— Keerthy Suresh

I am not a television actor, so much love coming my way makes me humble.

— Rahul Vaidya

Acting is the most brotherly and sisterly profession in the world.

— Cyril Cusack

I have never taken my career seriously. My only ambition was to grow as an actor.

— Val Kilmer

I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion.

— Anthony Anderson

I spent all of my twenties doing theater in a little 50-seat theater with my friends.

— Cameron Britton

I went to my last three years of high school in New Jersey. I just wanted to act, you know?

— Stacey Dash

I find there aren't that many options as an actor.

— Rupert Everett

I started doing visual effects for many years, and after that, I became an actor.

— Rana Daggubati

But I want to be an actor who fulfills any roles assigned to me.

— Seo In-guk

I've never worked with an actor that I did not like.

— James Gandolfini