Actor Quotes · Page 230

The assumption that everyone in government is a bad actor imperils our democracy.

— Asha Rangappa

I did Chicago on Broadway the year before last. That was a great opportunity and I had a blast.

— Kevin Richardson

I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.

— Aaron Paul

I suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense.

— Jack Nicholson

As an actor, my job is to go to the set, read my scene and perform to the best of my abilities.

— Jasmin Bhasin

The kind of actors I admire move through different characters and genres.

— Andrew Scott

The way theater can bring people together is so powerful.

— Phillipa Soo

“Actors are superstitious about beggars, perhaps because we're largely in the same line.”

— Valerie Martin

It's a feeling you get. You could have a hundred actors reading for one part, and they could all be spectacular, but…

— Daren Kagasoff

I'm the opposite of the actor that is bursting with confidence who just knows they're going to make it. I'm the guy…

— Leigh Whannell

I've taken so many kids out of Pittsburgh and onto the great white way in New York City right into a Broadway…

— Abby Lee Miller

The only question we should ask is, 'Are they good?' I've met great actors, black and white, and I've met bad actors,…

— Noma Dumezweni

The thing that I had saved up for myself and wanted most to bring off was a fully fledged professional production of…

— Trevor Nunn

As an actor, you are always looking for something different and challenging... 'High Priestess' gave me that rare opportunity.

— Amala Akkineni

I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino…

— Sam Rockwell

Acting is a reflex, a mechanism for development and survival. . . . It isn't 'second nature,' it is 'first nature.'

— Declan Donnellan

I just think that, you know, what young actors actors and actresses have to factor into their work is all of the…

— Lesley Sharp

I wanted to go to drama school, but when I got the part in 'Falling,' I got an agent, so it seemed…

— Florence Pugh

I think at any point in your career as a creative, whether you're an actor, writer whatever it's a real turning point…

— Karla Crome

That was a bizarre and unlikely event, which has misled a generation of drama students from my old drama school that dreams…

— Olivia Williams

I want to get better as an actor, to keep trying to work harder, trying to discover something different. In some ways,…

— Forest Whitaker

“I've wasted a lot of time in my life waiting for good things to happen, rather than acting to make them happen.…

— Scott Stabile

I was taking electives, and that branched into theater. Theater led to me taking a break during the summer between my junior…

— Wes Brown

Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a…

— Betty Buckley

I fell in love with acting while I was a student at UCLA.

— Randall Park

As an actor, I feel one should use his look to trick people.

— Aditya Roy Kapur

It's my job to be the Pierrot, the clown, in the theatrical sense.

— Marilyn Manson

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I actually tell lies for a living. Exactly. I mean, that's what acting is, really.

— Johnny Depp

That's what theatre does to you. It teaches you a lot about what moral compass really is.

— Sargun Mehta

I'm an actor, I can play anything. That's literally what I'm hired to do.

— Brett Cooper

My first lead role was a stage play called 'A Kestrel for a Knave'. I was 11.

— Justin Chadwick

I've always loved musical theater. It's a bit of a family tradition.

— Trey Anastasio

It is a proud moment for any male actor to have thousands of females chasing you.

— Karan Patel

But I'm an actor and I like to just keep working.

— M. Emmet Walsh

I have had a singing teacher in L.A. for many, many years just to work on my voice as an actor.

— Pierce Brosnan

I was a professional dancer before I was an actor.

— Alex Meraz

I had delusions of being a 'serious actor,' and I wanted to pursue those delusions.

— John Wesley Shipp

I grew up doing theater when I was very young - always enjoyed it.

— Italia Ricci

I want to show that theater isn't just talking about feelings or people wearing tights.

— Adam Driver