Actor Quotes · Page 321

I told my mother I wanted to be an actress, and the next thing I know is that I'm studying in a…

— Bhumi Pednekar

For me, Domhnall is an acting teacher as much as anything. If I turn out to be half the actor he is,…

— Brian Gleeson

I never planned to become a choreographer. I never planned to become an actor. I never planned to be a director. It's…

— Prabhu Deva

I can meet any producer in Hollywood and look them in the eye, knowing I didn't sleep with them, or do drugs…

— Morgan Brittany

I am an actor and I don't have any language barrier. If I get a Tamil film, I will learn the language.…

— Saba Qamar

I got into standup because I wanted to be an actor, and then I ended up loving standup for the next eleven…

— Jermaine Fowler

I mean, an actor's got to be known for something. Typecasting is an unfortunate kind of reflex punishment for having done a…

— John de Lancie

I always go for just really, hopefully, great writing and great acting, being in the company of great actors.

— Paula Malcomson

My teeth are all right, but they are not American teeth, and my hair is not thick and luscious. Los Angeles is…

— Stephen Merchant

The opportunity to completely become someone else and inhabit them is something that has always fascinated me greatly as an actor. With…

— Adhir Kalyan

My parents are actors, and I'm the oldest of my siblings - I have three younger sisters and a brother who's my…

— Maya Hawke

There is a lot of hype about drama school, I think. If you're an actor in England, that's just the way to…

— Eleanor Tomlinson

Every job I've done so far, every character has been completely different, and that's really important to me because I don't want…

— Aneurin Barnard

For actors, being successful is generally getting a job. If you can work a lot, you're really successful. If you work a…

— Anne-Marie Duff

For 30 years, which I never talked about in Hollywood, I actually worked with doctors lecturing and doing some medical intuitive counseling…

— Diane Ladd

It's easy to stereotype twins into any role. There's not a lot of great twin roles written, and oftentimes, when there are,…

— Dylan Sprouse

I've never really thought of myself as just an actor; I always thought of myself as aspiring to be an artist, and…

— John Leguizamo

People want their actors to do comedy, too. They don't want any comedians next to the actor. They want one solo hero…

— Akshay Kumar

As an actor, it's your job to find the way to play a character. I think you can latch on to some…

— Justin Timberlake

"I've never see you do something like this before and I'd love to see you try." For a young actor, that's about…

— Dan Stevens

I always knew I wanted to go into acting. So I dropped out of the modelling circuit and started taking acting and…

— Priyanshu Chatterjee

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to…

— Jodie Foster

Most actors are either a shower of bloody scruffs or think they should dress like Hamlet off stage.

— Martin Freeman

Those of us who are writers and have to perform to communities that aren't used to coming to book events, I would…

— Sandra Cisneros

The thing about good acting is asking, how much are you going to reveal and when should you let the viewers' imagination…

— John de Lancie

I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into…

— Taylor Kitsch

I consider myself absolutely a character actor, and that's what I want as a career. I don't need to be the lead…

— Aaron Paul

That period between finishing the film and opening night is agonising. That's part of why actors go from job to job -…

— Katherine Waterston

I wanted to just surround myself with people who I think are better than I am, whether they're actors or directors or…

— Mila Kunis

So often when you meet child actors, they're weird - they're freaks. No, I mean it, they're really odd people.

— Helen McCrory

When actors are comfortable enough, and you release all your inhibitions, and you stop judging yourself, you're suddenly so supportive that it's…

— Lindsay Sloane

As a professional actor, I don't have much choice about what I've gotten into. I tend to be cast in comedies and…

— Fran Kranz

I wasn't one of those kids who get up on the table and dance at a young age, but I always wanted…

— Joe Alwyn

For actors coming out of long-running soaps, it's really important to have a little break from the screen and look for roles…

— Bradley Walsh

The industry gives an actor many reasons to feel insecure primarily because of its fleeting nature.

— Ishita Dutta

With Superman, there are certain limitations for an actor. You can't go past certain boundaries because then you cease to be what…

— Henry Cavill

Off the top of my head, Alan Cumming was probably my biggest inspiration, as an actor and as a queer person.

— Tommy Dorfman

I went and saw him [ John Hurt ] here in L.A.He did a one-man Beckett show of Krapp's Last Tape. I…

— Judd Nelson

I have just gained a deeper and deeper respect for acting and the whole art of it because you're really trying to…

— Billy Magnussen

Daddy had never wanted me to be an actress, so it was wonderful that he saw my success in 'The Jewel In…

— Geraldine James