Actor Quotes · Page 374

I would absolutely recommend for actors to start in the theater because it establishes a foundation in your craft that you can…

— Freddy Rodriguez

There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be…

— Tim Robbins

I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future…

— Laurie Metcalf

The main reason for choosing a project is not really the renown of the director that's making the project. I feel like…

— Song Kang-Ho

I'm always conscious of what I'm writing, conscious of what the actor may ask me. I have a defense for nearly every…

— Stephen Sondheim

I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character…

— Shirley MacLaine

I did well as an actor in Australia, and then Paramount invited me over... to have a look at me.

— Rod Taylor

You appreciate just being able to work because there are so many actors that aren't. You have to appreciate every single job…

— Chris Zylka

I was living in London and I thought, 'There's nothing here for me anymore.' I don't want to become this actor who's…

— Brian Cox

'Five, Six, Seven, Nate!' opens on my 13-year-old protagonist packing up a duffel bag and bidding his Midwestern town goodbye, heading off…

— Tim Federle

I think the biggest advice I would give to any actor who's directing and also acting at the same time is don't…

— Paul Wesley

“You know, one thing I learned about actors and actresses - I mean the big stars. They can be the most ignorant…

— Anne Rampling

Everyone has a different path. I knew no one in the acting industry growing up. I never did a play until college.…

— Peter Facinelli

Whenever I see a film or read a book, the only thing which keeps me alive is acting and the fact that…

— Supriya Pathak

I've always had a really developed sense of justice. As a child, I would rotate my dolls' dresses for fear that they…

— Susan Sarandon

Our job, as actors, is to just try to be as accurate and as mindful of what the audience is going through…

— Jason Bateman

I always knew I wanted to act, but my parents neverencouraged me. If I was talentless, they didn't want me to be…

— Gwyneth Paltrow

Great actors like Willem Dafoe and Ellen Page and Samuel L. Jackson will go and do a videogame, because they understand that…

— Andy Serkis

I did 'Eubie!' on Broadway with the Hines brothers, 'Comin' Uptown' with Gregory Hines, and then 'Hairspray.'

— Jenifer Lewis

The reason why a filmmaker will invest in a male actor is because he will be able to sustain footfalls in the…

— Nushrat Bharucha

How is a young deaf actor supposed to get their foot in the door, when the door is firmly shut on them…

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

I just enjoy working with really wonderful actors and amazing creative people and I hope to keep doing that, no matter where.

— Stana Katic

They have a desire to put on plays and to fulfill that traditional role of a theater in a community: to be…

— David Mamet

An actor's job is to find variations of the same emotion in his being so that every time he expresses grief or…

— Naseeruddin Shah

I think kid actors may grow up faster, with the responsibility of having to do school work, learn all lines.

— Storm Reid

I feel like every time I walk into the audition room, they can tell if you're faking it and if your heart's…

— Jennifer Damiano

I want to be a commercially viable actor. I want that the distributors and producers should earn the money; then only, you…

— Kartik Aaryan

I love the term 'young actress' because it just means that I don't know everything yet, and I hope I never do.…

— Danielle Campbell

In the work that I normally do, you have a whole script, a whole arc, that you play. And I do believe…

— Jessica Pare

Being an actor opened doors for me to explore my emotions as different people and characters, and expand my own inner soul.

— Scott Bakula

We all had jobs that were just fronts. I felt like I was in the mob. I had a job, but that…

— Jessica St. Clair

I think, as an actor, you create things for your character that you think will make it more personal to you, because…

— Kelly Marie Tran

I think every time you take on a new role, you're trying to help find that voice and you add your own…

— Naomi Watts

As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you.

— James Cromwell

In Hollywood the man who cleans your pool is an actor. The man who sells you your copy of Variety is an…

— Neil Gaiman

They say pantomime's a lost art. It's never been a lost art and never will be, because it's too natural to do.

— Buster Keaton

Acting, for me, is not an end in itself. It's more a means to asking the questions I'm obsessed with about life.

— Kerry Bishe

There are a lot of people out there who offer roles to actors because they'll elevate their movie to a place the…

— Kevin Spacey

It's so funny because, here in Hollywood, an actor who really is versatile and who has the ability to transform between comedy…

— Rocky Carroll

Acting is a very weird job. But if you know you're an actor, you just have to do it. You can't do…

— Vanessa Kirby