Actor Quotes · Page 228

Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies.

— Mel Gibson

Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.

— Rainn Wilson

When you're a young actor, you're expected to live a transient life.

— Charlie Heaton

I only saw myself as a dancer and an actor but to be a host is also a wonderful experience.

— Sudha Chandran

It's always important for me as an actor to reflect human behavior for a sense of reality.

— John Spencer

I've been acting since 2002, around about there.

— Isaiah Mustafa

We should realise that Hollywood is not obliged to write roles for Asian actors.

— Kabir Bedi

Audition is the worst thing. It's like cleaning furniture in a department store.

— Udo Kier

I often think now I'm a lot older, what would have happened if I was born in the middle of the city,…

— Dennis Skinner

Actors who are not accepted are the ones who have to put in the extra effort to get somewhere in their careers.…

— Arbaaz Khan

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action.

— Anonymous

Sadly, a lot of our traditions are fading away and theatre can be a great tool to ensure that it doesn't happen.

— Himani Shivpuri

I'm always trying to do weird things - when you have that part of your mission statement as an actor, half of…

— Thomas Middleditch

There are some things that as an actor scare you, and if you can capture that fear on screen, it will be…

— Alice Lowe

There'll always be a difference between a star and an actor. I've nothing against stars. They've earned it and deserve it. I'm…

— Ashish Sharma

A lot of actors like saying, 'Don't judge a character; you might fall in love with him!' Not me.

— Penn Badgley

Though all actors do not make good directors, Dhanush is really one of the finest. He knows exactly how to direct an…

— Aditi Rao Hydari

When you take this journey of becoming an actor, there are only destinations - one, where people give you that limelight and…

— Vicky Kaushal

Actors in general have become very spoiled in the roles they choose these days. When I first started in this profession -…

— Brian Cox

Without discipline and detachment, an actor is an emotional slob, spilling his insides out. This abandonment is having an unfortunate vogue. It…

— Bette Davis

I know too many playwrights, or would-be playwrights, or would-have-been playwrights, that are around my age, who were bitter or have gone…

— Jennifer Tipton

As an actor, I just go off the director. I never ask how big the part is. I don't look at it…

— Greta Gerwig

I've only ever played 'God of War' while we were shooting it. I've seen a lot of the videos, but while we…

— Joseph Gatt

The reason it's important is that there was a point, earlier in my career, where I really worried that it wasn't possible…

— Emma D'Arcy

“There was a time when actors went in at the back door. Most of them still should.”

— Raymond Chandler

I saved every script I'd ever worked on as an actor.

— Taylor Sheridan

Actors should avoid talking about their personal lives.

— Bertie Carvel

Literature is an easier way to study acting, because then you can take any kind of spin.

— Shia LaBeouf

I think great acting is about inhabiting a skin and transforming yourself.

— David Ayer

I like restraint. Even with actors, restraint is something that I work on the most.

— John Hillcoat

As an actor, it's hard to approach any character with negatives.

— Jimmy Smits

To be a good actor you really have to want to act first.

— Anthony Edwards

I would work as hard as possible at school so I could keep acting alongside.

— Felicity Jones

It's fascinating to see actors who do voiceovers every day.

— Karine Vanasse

Theater is a living creature. It takes a while to break in, like a new pair of shoes.

— Darren Criss

I think acting is all about the other people. Sounds like a worthy thing to say, but it's true.

— Martin Freeman

I want to better myself as an actor, more than anything else.

— Athiya Shetty

I'm always shocked when actors have diva-esque behavior.

— Julianna Margulies

I studied in Glasgow and, when I was young, I spent four years solely in theatre.

— Denis Lawson

I've no apprehensions and inhibitions as an actor.

— Nithya Menen