Actor Quotes · Page 245

I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water.

— Vanessa Redgrave

My desire to be an actor or a model precedes my identity.

— Hari Nef

I just happened to step into acting. And now I can't imagine myself doing anything else.

— Dylan O'Brien

I know that one day I would love to do a musical.

— Guillaume Canet

Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.

— Charlie Chaplin

I always say what makes acting so much easier is when you get to act off of good actors.

— Noah Schnapp

I think that's every actor's dream, actually: to play lead parts.

— Wes Studi

I was an activist long before I even entertained the possibility of being an actor.

— William Baldwin

I was definitely in acting class in school, but I was never the princess of the play. I will always remember: they…

— Vicky Krieps

If you are worried about what people think of you, you should go into politics. Real actors take chances.

— Rob Lowe

There's nothing wrong with making little kids happy, but there's nothing wrong with wanting to be an adult actress. I mean a…

— Anne Hathaway

My work requires acting at its most committed - it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesn't…

— Mike Leigh

I think, you know, when you're an actor who's had periods of unemployment, it makes you feel really good to have a…

— Gillian Jacobs

I am always excited to be an actor. If I wasn't, I would be acting, and the audience wouldn't watch me.

— Varun Dhawan

Usually, I'm the kind of actor where you show me once or twice, I can do it. I don't do it creatively,…

— James Cromwell

In film, movies schedules are based on three things: actors availabilities, when are sets being built, when you can rent the place…

— Kevin Spacey

My father was Abe Burrows, who was a Broadway legend. 'Guys and Dolls,' 'How to Succeed,' 'Cactus Flower,' '40 Karats,' 'Can-Can,' 'Happy…

— James Burrows

I've produced before, and sometimes it's by default. In the indie level, you can't just come to set and be like, 'Oh,…

— Sung Kang

I'm not a booky actor, I don't go away and do loads of reading up on a part, generally. I'm more interested…

— Andrew Buchan

People ask me, 'How's 'Teen Wolf?' and I tell them it's literally the best job I've ever had. It's hard. Everybody wants…

— Shelley Hennig

In Montana, when we did 'Return to Lonesome Dove', we rode on the side of a hill at night in the dark;…

— William Sanderson

It is not that I am only looking at doing biopics. But of course, as an actor, I always love portraying real-life…

— Rajkummar Rao

I try to stay away from tropes, or if there is a trope there, I ensure that it's cleverly written and isn't…

— Adam Pearson

The only way to deal with yourself as an actor is to follow the emotional truth of what you have to do…

— Sanford Meisner

Actors are cave dwellers in a rich darkness which they love and hate.

— Iris Murdoch

I think it's a room full of insecure actors, which is ultimately very comforting.

— Jesse Eisenberg

I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.

— Bela Lugosi

As an actor, I am happy that I am able to entertain the audience.

— Sanya Malhotra

I've loved musicals ever since I saw 'The Lion King' on Broadway.

— Mark Indelicato

Part of being an actor is letting things come about organically as opposed to forcing them.

— David Duchovny

Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.

— Thomas Kretschmann

After 'Shamitabh,' I am aware of my strengths and limitations as an actor.

— Akshara Haasan

It always surprised me that I was getting acting work.

— Mary Lynn Rajskub

I always wanted to be an actress. I couldn't imagine being anything else.

— AnnaLynne McCord

To me, acting is simple. People put other things in front of it, but it's staying in truth.

— Malik Yoba

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

— Anonymous

I fit into the quirky, character class type of actor.

— Debra Wilson

Luckily, the public sees me as a character actor.

— Tony Shalhoub

I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself.

— Taraji P. Henson

I am an actor and mouldable enough to do films like '2 States,' 'Gunday,' and 'Finding Fanny.'

— Arjun Kapoor