Actor Quotes · Page 30

Acting is a form of confession.

— Tallulah Bankhead

I have no qualms being a character actor.

— Ranvir Shorey

The only thing that matters is the theater!

— Lily Rabe

Not bad for a bunch of castoffs and misfits.

— Bruce Bochy

I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star!!!

— Peter O'Toole

Acting is really a give-and-take; it's a dance.

— Anya Taylor-Joy

As an actor, I love challenges.

— Radhika Pandit

I just love working with actors in general.

— Treat Williams

The hardest part of acting is not when I'm acting, It's when I'm not.

— Dakota Goyo

It helps me as an actor to always be on top of my stuff.

— Josie Totah

Being an actor is really, really hard, no matter how you slice it.

— Amanda Peet

There are a lot of people in my family who should have become actors.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I knew early on that acting was cathartic. It was powerful.

— Paul Raci

I feel that when it comes to acting, Shahid and I approach roles differently.

— Ishaan Khatter

When it comes down to it, I'm kind of a nerdy actor.

— Janina Gavankar

I grew up at the piano, and I longed to write musicals.

— Marsha Norman

Obviously when you cast someone who hasn't acted before it can be a massive opportunity for them.

— Andrea Arnold

I do not like to label the characters I am doing or even myself as a particular type of actor. I try…

— Neeraj Kabi

“On one memorable occasion Vronsky played all the parts in an abridged version of Anna Karenina when the rest of the cast…

— Jasper Fforde

Depending upon shock tactics is easy, whereas writing a good play is difficult. Pubic hair is no substitute for wit.

— J. B. Priestley

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

— Adam Driver

Every TV actor wants to do a film, but the thing is that if you sign up for a film then you…

— Abhinav Shukla

Being a good actor is sort of understanding the complexity of the human psyche and also knowing that we are none of…

— Paula Malcomson

My mom always wanted me to be an actor. And I started going to theater and going on auditions young.

— Angelina Jolie

As an actor, there's always the question, especially for someone like me: Will I ever get more opportunities? You don't want to…

— Greta Lee

That is the responsibility of the artist, of the actor, to inhabit these roles and put on somebody else's shoes. It's the…

— Christian Slater

I went to college for one semester, and I took every subject I could, and I ended up failing. So I thought…

— Derek Luke

In my opinion, the actors I admire the most are also character actors - the Dustin Hoffmans and the Robert De Niros.…

— William Sadler

When I came into this profession, my first condition to myself and my managers was that I don't want to work every…

— Atul Kulkarni

We shoot with three cameras, try to shoot both sides of coverage if possible. That allows the actors to overlap and to…

— Jason Katims

I would never blame an actor for taking on a role. The only time that I think I have to question why…

— Lydia Hearst

I'm an actor, and I keep observing people and their reactions to figure out what they are thinking. There's only so much…

— Preity Zinta

I don't really know what kind of actor I am.

— Paul Dano

People really don't understand what actors do.

— Sally Field

I'm very serious about acting.

— Victor Garber

I don't actually drive trains. I'm an actor.

— Chris Pine

I'd wanted to be [an actress] all my life.

— Gena Rowlands

Drama school taught me not to be precious.

— Michaela Coel

I started a theater company when I was 17.

— Stephen Moyer

I'm an actor, and I don't judge my parts.

— Swara Bhaskar