Actor Quotes · Page 226

I'm a character actor so I've jumped around to all kinds of things.

— Joe Mantegna

If an actor or actress is recognizable, that changes our perception of them.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film.

— Cate Blanchett

There are some actors who are my contemporaries who I think of as purebreds and I'm not.

— Sally Field

Acting really suited me because I could connect as an actor to emotion.

— Mia Wasikowska

I have to start with elements of myself, which is what you always do as an actor.

— Kate Baldwin

Quentin Tarantino and Sam Jackson are the reasons I'm an actor.

— Ato Essandoh

It's properly scary playing a leading man. Growing up, I always wanted to be a character actor.

— Rafe Spall

My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked…

— Vince Vaughn

There is a saying that every single person in the world has something to teach you. So the more people I get…

— Roberto Aguire

Acting is a fair business. If you are not going to bring in the audience, no nepotism will work.

— Soni Razdan

As a director/writer/producer, all you ever want is to work with actors who make you look better, who make the work you…

— J. J. Abrams

I grew as an actress, and I feel I gained a lot, whenever I have worked with any great director in the…

— Huma Qureshi

I never even was in any of my high school plays. I mean, look at me. What role could they give me…

— John Matuszak

I felt as if 'Bikeriders' was a gift to Mike the actor to be reinspired by watching all of these amazing people…

— Mike Faist

One of the great bonuses of being a film actor is that I get to go to different places, meet inspiring people…

— Nicolas Cage

I've never been "celeb-y" actor. You know, you don't catch me falling out of nightclubs at three o'clock in the morning. Well,…

— James Purefoy

The culturally specific, in particular, the American porch play that American writers have cherished and loved for many years in terms of…

— Stephen Daldry

I've spent a lot of time self-reflecting. Especially as an actor, you have to know yourself really well in order to do…

— Teddy Sears

As actors, you like to think about the luxury of having choices in your career, but for the most part you kind…

— Marin Ireland

An actor cannot say no, it's against his job. If he wants the part he has to say yes. [But] it's very…

— Olivier Martinez

My best advice to actors is if you love acting, do it every chance you get. Success does not mean success. All…

— Matthew Gray Gubler

What I believe will make my acting career successful going forward is hard work. I like to challenge myself. Then it's the…

— Barkhad Abdi

I like doing a lot of research, and then you get there, you're in wardrobe, and then you're just reacting to what…

— Bill Hader

I have been a depressed kid. I wanted to lead a quiet life, never wanted to be an actor.

— Pawan Kalyan

Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.

— Lance Reddick

I think of myself as more of a comic person. I don't know about a comic actor.

— David Duchovny

I think it would be a dream for any actor to play someone like Changampuzha.

— Fahadh Faasil

I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.

— Carla Gugino

As an actor, the first day of any production is the most stressful.

— Aidan Gallagher

“I have a great liking for polygraphs who cast their fishing poles in all directions...”

— Julio Cortazar

In Europe an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isn't working, he's a bum.

— Anthony Quinn

Being a TV actor, I have done many roles. Working daily at times gets to you.

— Gautam Rode

The box office performance of a film is instrumental in an actor being perceived as saleable.

— Nushrat Bharucha

I just always wanted to be an actor. I don't remember ever not wanting to be an actor.

— Bridget Regan

The creation of the UCB Theatre is by far my proudest professional accomplishment.

— Amy Poehler

I never started out trying to be an actor. That was not my passion, this was not my thing.

— Rose McGowan

The biggest reward for any actor is to be recognised by the characters they play.

— Varun Sharma

Creating relationship is the heart of acting. It is basic. It is essential.

— Michael Shurtleff

There never were any roles for my kind of acting. That's the story of my life.

— Manoj Bajpayee