Actor Quotes · Page 462

Then if the actor comes up with, "It's more logical to do this," I just change it [a scene] on the spot.

— Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr

As an actor, you're used to putting on characters, taking them off, becoming someone else, doing your research, and working on that.

— Angela Bassett

As an actor, Sean [Penn] is brilliant. And he's really an excellent director, as well. We got along really well.

— Vilmos Zsigmond

I wanted to be an actor to act, and now, being an actor, you have to dress up, you have to be…

— Vincent Cassel

I never applied to any acting schools. I don't know if that's just bad reporting, or - sometimes I just make stuff…

— Christian Bale

I left the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin in 2004, and I did five years of theater after that.

— Aidan Turner

My father was a GP; my mother was a teacher and amateur actress. My father was a bit of a storyteller, but…

— Ciaran Hinds

Create your own path. Cultivate it. It'll take time. It doesn't happen overnight. I was an actor for many years before I…

— Matthew Bonifacio

Part of acting is having the security to turn yourself loose and let yourself go in order to reach whatever depths a…

— Morgan Freeman

I'd just got back from filming my role as Flo in 'Kidnap & Ransom' when I got the news that Channel 4…

— Kimberley Nixon

I was amazed by how much you have to think about as a director. As an actor, you don't have to think…

— Misha Collins

I may not be a great actress but I've become the greatest at screen orgasms. Ten seconds of heavy breathing, roll your…

— Candice Bergen

I was undeclared. I was in my third year of school. They said you have to decide upon a major, and my…

— Michael Douglas

By 14, I had decided on three modest goals and repeated them often to everyone. I wanted to be a world-class filmmaker,…

— Sean Astin

As an actor, the ambition is to play interesting characters. And in the indie genre world, the budgets are low. That allows…

— A. J. Bowen

The main difference between the art of the actor and all other arts is that every other [non-performing] artist may create whenever…

— Constantin Stanislavski

I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things…

— Paul Haggis

It's a really unique acting opportunity to play two roles who are not only interacting with each other, but vastly different.

— Jesse Eisenberg

My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young. I was in fifth grade and my teacher saw an…

— Ajay Naidu

I've always believed in trying to be as open as possible. I think it almost comes with the job - if you…

— Emilia Fox

I'm from the old school of actors who are convinced too much exposure on TV isn't good for a long career.

— Van Heflin

I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an answer for myself, for the theatre, or…

— Arthur Miller

I did great things in the theater. I did some nice roles, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' or 'La Vie en…

— Emmanuelle Seigner

Wyndham's is a beautiful old theatre. The sensation on the stage isn't as different as you might think from the Royal Court.

— Sophie Thompson

Acting is wonderful therapy for people. Instead of suffering for yourself, someone will do it for you.

— Sophie Marceau

I think any actor who talks in beatings-up is just talking himself up. I tend to not bring them up.

— Sam Worthington

You can get a bit world-weary in this job, and 'The Passion' reminded me of what a fantastic job acting is and…

— James Nesbitt

I feel as though, as an actor, you can only make brave choices when you're acting with people that you're so relaxed…

— Jaime Murray

Most actors will tell you, when they've got emotional stuff that's hard to carry around for hours and hard to try to…

— Jeff Perry

We actors can't say every line as if it has weight, but what we want to do is be true to the…

— Anika Noni Rose

I set a goal for myself in being an actor and moving out to L.A., and I really felt I had achieved…

— Nick Gehlfuss

I never wanted to be a fashion designer, although there is a book somewhere of fashion design I did for a collection…

— Gwendoline Christie

I had been a real problem child, but once I got into acting, my parents never had any more trouble with me…

— Patricia Richardson

Sometimes you look at a movie and you can see that the actor or actress said, 'I'm taking this onboard because I'm…

— Viggo Mortensen

My dad passed when I was 6. I found out when I was about 21 that my dad always said acting would…

— Malachi Kirby

There's no better gift to an actor than when you walk into an audition, and the casting director is your partner.

— Annaleigh Ashford

I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write…

— Harvey Fierstein

I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.

— Billy Eichner

I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff.

— Matthew Lewis

As an actor, you don't want to say, 'I'm going to be loud and big.' Because that looks awful; that looks fake.

— Alan Tudyk