Actor Quotes · Page 204

I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.

— Abhishek Bachchan

Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.

— Eli Roth

I guess I've always wanted to push the boundaries as an actor.

— Alessandro Nivola

“could anyone know when an actor was true and not acting?”

— Ira Levin

I just love the idea of doing an all-female play on Broadway.

— Elizabeth Marvel

I studied at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano; I was a theatre actor.

— Franco Nero

Im an actor, full stop. Not an Arab actor. Not an actor of Algerian origin. Just an actor.

— Tahar Rahim

'Scandal' is certainly different from anything else I've been involved with as an actor.

— Joshua Malina

It's always tempting to cast someone you enjoy being with. You've got to hang out with these people for a number of…

— Ethan Coen

Not even my excellent training at Juilliard prepared me for my first movie role, where I played a transsexual who falls in…

— Lee Pace

I go to the theater because I need help dealing with my life; I want to see the greatest questions addressed. I…

— Ellen McLaughlin

Honestly, one of my favorite things about a director is when they understand what an actor brings to their role.

— Chris Messina

People are lazy when they cast. It's natural to think of the most obvious fit to your character.

— Soni Razdan

I think actors always have that fear of unemployment so when the opportunities are there, you just jump on them.

— Rosemarie DeWitt

Actors have an innate sense of self and humanity, the good ones do, and of being generous of heart and generous of…

— Pierce Brosnan

In all of my press junkets for 'Spy Kids,' I was saying that my two favorite actors are Johnny Depp and Steve…

— Mason Cook

I was born Joseph Lane, but when I applied to the actors union, they said they already had a Joe Lane on…

— Nathan Lane

I don't know why people feel that I am only interested in films, but I very much want to do fiction. My…

— Karishma Tanna

Privacy is important to me. But it's not just about sticking two fingers up and saying I don't want anyone to know…

— Natalie Dormer

I sang "Patience" by Guns N' Roses for my sixth grade talent show and I wanted to be an actor when I…

— Ariel Pink

With its missed lines and falling tombstones, 'Dark Shadows' was sometimes inadvertently funny, but what made the show work was the fact…

— William J. Mann

Neither should the theater in our country be regarded as a luxury. It is a necessity because in order to make democracy…

— Hallie Flanagan

As an actor, I feel my job is to perform with utmost honesty and then it is just the film's fate. Of…

— Radhika Madan

Like any art, what is the most imprisoning thing is also the most delivering thing. If an actor knows he only has…

— Derek Walcott

Johnny Depp was the most polite young actor I've ever worked with.

— Robert Englund

When the actors look your character, half the problems are solved.

— Priyadarshan

I went to Long Beach State, started out as an actor.

— David Twohy

I started acting young, and I was a dramatic actress.

— Carol Kane

No actor can just have failures and no actor can just have successes.

— Neha Sharma

My favorite actors are Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Smith - guys like that.

— Liam Hemsworth

Acting after being asked is compliance. Acting without being asked is kindness.

— Ron Kaufman

I was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous.

— Helen Mirren

I'd never been to acting school, so I never thought I'd get this far.

— John Ratzenberger

As an actress, I always wanted to become a versatile actor who can play any role or part.

— Shehnaaz Gill

I would recommend any young person who wants to be an actor to go and get some training.

— Maya Hawke

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

— Jane Badler

I loved musicals, love them still. But also, I'm really inspired by comedy music.

— Rachel Bloom

But I always see myself as the filmmaker. I wonder if everybody else sees me more as an actor.

— Evan Glodell

Acting isn't a singular profession, it is a collaborate profession.

— Edie McClurg

What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.

— F. Sionil Jose