Actor Quotes · Page 221

He was also very clear that the decision to cast me as Cora was all Michael's.

— Madeleine Stowe

I think actors always find the dialogue doesn't quite fit, so you always have to play with it.

— Felicity Jones

I'm an actor, learning lines and saying them in the right order.

— James Nesbitt

My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.

— Yael Stone

When actors aren't filming they just go to their dressing rooms and relax.

— Daniel Radcliffe

Actors love to do good work irrespective of country and borders.

— Mahira Khan

My daughter told me that she wants to become an actor even before she learnt to speak properly.

— Supriya Pathak

I was a young actor in my 20s, going out in Soho, having a wild time.

— David Thewlis

Stripping away artifice - it's the constant standard I aim for in acting, to approximate life. People talk about being bigger than…

— Robert Duvall

Acting, producing, writing, directing - it's all part of something that I believe I was born to be part of.

— Crystal Lowe

Actors are responsible to the people we play. I don't label or judge. I just play them as honestly and expressively and…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I am not the kind of person who makes his bread and butter on how hyped I am. I am an actor,…

— Barun Sobti

In modern life, we hide behind ourselves. In Shakespeare, there's nowhere left to hide. It's life, larger than life, and every actor…

— Ray Fearon

I love observing people. Each face tells so many stories. It lets me understand emotions, and that, in turn, helps me apply…

— Nawazuddin Siddiqui

“You can choose to create a drama and get what you acted for or remain silent and get what you planned for.”

— Gloria D. Gonsalves

I refused to describe myself as an actress until 'EastEnders' because, until then, I couldn't support myself without doing other jobs.

— Anita Dobson

I never understood who all those people are behind the actors! When you see them on the red carpet on TV, you…

— Lupita Nyong'o

I'm so excited about 'Shattered;' it's something I've really enjoyed working in, and it's very different from anything I've done before. I've…

— Callum Keith Rennie

Failure is always present as an actor. I make my living by taking chances. If I'm not risking something, then I'm not…

— Damon Runyon

I'm an actor. If you had said to me before I started acting that I'd get two bites of the cherry -…

— Colin Baker

What I really mean is that actors do the interview process because they have to. It's a good bargain: If I can…

— Kristen Stewart

I'm not really sure if I have anything that inspires me. I think what goes into my work is everything beforehand that…

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

I grew up with the great Sir Laurence Olivier, and I think it's fair to say that a lot of actors of…

— Ian Holm

I don't think RADA wanted me, actually. When I was at Oxford I had a boyfriend at Central [School of Speech and…

— Rosamund Pike

It's sacred for an actor to keep their personal life personal.

— Jennifer Carpenter

The journey that we go on as actors is an interesting one and sometimes a revealing one.

— Kevin Spacey

I didn't start acting until I was in college, which was in the 70's.

— Ray Liotta

I've always done pretty well in auditions. I just go in and give it my best shot.

— Ariel Winter

I started out fighting before I was acting, actually, then got hurt and got into the acting.

— Mickey Rourke

When you are comfortable with your co-star, it reflects on screen.

— Bhumi Pednekar

I was planning on going to Yale to theater school.

— Shia LaBeouf

All actors do what they do differently, and it doesn't matter.

— Christopher Walken

I've never been one to shortchange the importance of actors.

— Warren Beatty

My son is a better actor than me, only I was luckier.

— Jeetendra

I'm naturally more of an actor - I'm not saying I'm very good, but it's what I trained for.

— Omid Djalili

I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.

— Rachel Weisz

It is important for an actor to learn how to face a live audience.

— Asrani

I've always wanted to be like the Hollywood Golden Age actors.

— Julianne Hough

Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.

— Kevin Kline

I have nothing against the film industry, but my mom asked me to do anything but act.

— Shenaz Treasury