Working in theater, film, or television are three different jobs for an actor, and I accept them as such. — James Spader Copy Share Image
I defy any British actor to deny they've not stood in front of the mirror and said: 'Bond, James Bond.' — Ioan Gruffudd Copy Share Image
As an actor, you want to keep your demons to some extent, but you also have to exorcise them so you can… — Skeet Ulrich Copy Share Image
I always wanted to become an actor but I wanted to act in films. But when I saw there are really good… — Hiten Tejwani Copy Share Image
The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? Like 'Republican party' or 'airplane food.' — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
The greatest thing an actor can experience is discovery. The greatest thing an artist can walk away with is to learn something… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
I really preferred the characters I could totally create by myself, because I always think of myself as an actor first. — Will Sasso Copy Share Image
Film, theater and television always kind of scared me. I don't ever seriously think of myself as an actor at all, and… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
When I think of character actors, I think of Spencer Tracy; I think of Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall. When I was a… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
In New Mexico, my local church did a nativity play, and I was cast as Wise Man #3. Of course, Wise Man… — Baron Vaughn Copy Share Image
So many more actors would be so much happier with the process of going to work, the process of auditioning, which is… — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
When I was in my teens, I thought, 'Would I like to try and work hard at being an actor, or do… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
I don't even think places like the National Youth Theatre (NYT) are necessarily about wanting to be an actor when you grow… — Ashley Jensen Copy Share Image
If you put me in a box, I'm a character actor. The thing that keeps popping up for me - it sounds… — Gayle Rankin Copy Share Image
I know some actors feel classes are not cool or they create negative public relations, but I continue to crave the story… — Michael Welch Copy Share Image
When I started, I was an artist; I wanted to be an artist. I became an actor almost by accident. I acted… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
It was easy for me to leave acting for school, because I wasn't really in it as an adolescent for fulfilling reasons. — Anna Chlumsky Copy Share Image
I think when your image becomes so big that it's hard for a viewer to see a character, then I think you're… — Hugo Weaving Copy Share Image
I think kids are natural actors. You watch most kids; if they don't have a toy, they'll pick up a stick and… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I thought the best route to being the great actor I wanted to be was to play the great classical parts. — Stephen Mangan Copy Share Image
The best actors are always the ones who've directed as well, as they understand all the problems you face. — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
I once asked Barbara Stanwyck the secret of acting. She said: 'Just be truthful - and if you can fake that, you've… — Fred MacMurray Copy Share Image
Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me. — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
I can totally understand why people say: 'I'm going to do this T.V. series so that I can buy a flat'. But… — Andrew Scott Copy Share Image
When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream. — Adam Brody Copy Share Image
When I realized that if I was an actor, I could be any character I wanted instead of just one particular, I… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
You must not think of yourself as looking at the stage from the audience. You must think of it as theatre in… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
Thankfully, the life of an actor can be quite balanced anyway. If you look over the course of a whole year, you… — Elaine Cassidy Copy Share Image
A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
During my first few weeks in Hollywood, I was told that Jack Warner, the head of the studio, did not believe that… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
My mom and dad always taught acting, so instead of getting me babysitters, they would just bring me to class. — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
Mithunda is a great actor. He has done all kinds of roles simultaneously and that's no mean feat. — Prosenjit Chatterjee Copy Share Image
Now that I'm an actor and I have movies, press, I have more occasions to wear suits. I like wearing suits. — Ryan Gosling Copy Share Image
When I was going into acting, my mom said, "You can't let that faze you. And if it does faze you, if… — Nicola Peltz Copy Share Image
Playing a real-life character, as an actor, gives me real high because there is so much of research material available in front… — Rajkummar Rao Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of actors who act because they have an impulse to do it and they can't ignore… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
Of course, people told me, 'Mikey, you will never be an actor. You don't have the look. You're ugly.' — Michael Clarke Duncan Copy Share Image
These days scripts aren't that repetitive and so the roles are getting more and more challenging. — Satish Kaushik Copy Share Image
Acting has been gentrified. It's become part of the bourgeoisie. But there was a time when it would be a great scandal… — Julian Sands Copy Share Image
