Actor Quotes · Page 217

To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon.

— Giancarlo Esposito

But I'm not, I'm legitimate, I'm a legitimate character actor of the theatre and film.

— William Hartnell

Foremost is the casting; you need convincing faces. Most of our films suffer from casting.

— Shoojit Sircar

An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.

— Javier Bardem

In the story, I think as an actor you're just trying to fit into the world.

— Charlize Theron

You are always damned by things that you do well as an actor.

— Christine Baranski

I've been on the stage my entire life as an actor.

— Jeremy Piven

Sonakshi Sinha's single 'Aaj mood ishqholic hai' is the worst auto-tuned song sung by an actor.

— Amaal Mallik

I am just an actor waiting to be cast, and it is really up to the filmmakers whether they want to cast…

— Arjun Mathur

While Hollywood has had a huge influence on the Indian industry, Bollywood and its actors, too, are garnering a lot of attention…

— Madhur Bhandarkar

You can never fight for a part or can't beg them to do another audition. You can try, but that rarely works.

— Rita Moreno

When we heard that actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson, who were also in Australia, had contracted coronavirus, it was…

— Neeti Mohan

There's a time for casting silver; a time for casting cannon. If that isn't in the red, it should be!

— Paul Revere

I feel like people who come out to Los Angeles hoping to be an actor give up too easily, and/or they don't…

— Sterling Beaumon

I grew up the son of an acting teacher but I've never been really good at articulating what that process is. It…

— Vin Diesel

You have to remind casting directors out here that you don't just do one thing. There's a lot of people who do…

— Stephen Root

I always say leave things at the door. Whether it's at your audition or at your house, leave the problems of the…

— Jenna Ushkowitz

As an actor, there are a lot of personas and personalities that you carry. Whatever you wear, you adapt to it, and…

— Sonali Bendre

It's the idea that when you say 'actress', people think of an airy, floaty, no-brain person, which of course you can't be…

— Miranda Richardson

But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you…

— Dan Stevens

The avant-garde theater is fun; it is free-swinging, bold, iconoclastic, and often wildly, wildly funny. If you will approach it with childlike…

— Edward Albee

I got my Actors' Equity card officially by playing Nana the dog in 'Peter Pan' at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. That was…

— Norbert Leo Butz

I did school plays, and then, at the age of 18, I applied to drama school in London, and I got in.…

— George Blagden

It's important for an actor to feel like they're really being watched and to receive feedback and encouragement about the aspects of…

— Bennett Miller

As an actor you have to deliver what the director wants.

— Saqib Saleem

I am so happy about the opportunity I got to direct music for my favourite actor, Rajinikanth.

— Anirudh Ravichander

I've been trying to get cast as a lesbian for years.

— Gabrielle Union

Theater was a big part of my life from the beginning.

— Megan Hilty

I would love to do a musical. Put that in the universe! A rom-com musical!

— Betty Gabriel

Contrast of emotions is definitely something interesting that you like to do as an actor.

— Alfie Allen

Most theatre people and composers are like research hounds.

— David Bryan

I am the most fortunate self-taught harpist and non-speaking actor who has ever lived.

— Harpo Marx

Backstage life is terrific training for an actor, seeing shows from the wings.

— Alan Alda

I'd like to create a role on Broadway. That would really heighten my senses.

— Jamie Farr

I decided that I wanted to be an actress at the age of 7. This is something I've always known.

— Imani Hakim

I don't think actors should have to do anything but come in and act.

— Billy Crudup

I actually was the accompanist for a couple of the musicals I was in growing up.

— Kirsten Nelson

Given the choice between 'actor' and 'actress,' 'actor' is a non-gendered word that I use.

— Asia Kate Dillon

I hope viewers see me as an actor who always strives to try new characters and reinvent myself.

— Lee Je-hoon

Well, if I hadn't have been an actor I would have gone on to play college sports.

— Joe Manganiello