Actor Quotes · Page 63

I made my acting debut in 1996.

— Arbaaz Khan

Broadway is intimidating. Don't think it's not.

— Henry Mancini

Good acting is really excellent carpentry.

— John Lithgow

I am not a greedy actor.

— Nana Patekar

I'm scared of actors with a scheme.

— Cate Blanchett

I believe, as an actor, I want to tell stories.

— Mithila Palkar

I love musicals more than anything.

— Matthew Broderick

As an actor, I was just satisfied to work.

— Thayer David

As an actor, you need to use everything at your disposal.

— Vijay Sethupathi

Movie acting may not have a certain kind of glory as true art, but it is damn hard work.

— William Holden

“The last act is bloody, however fine the rest of the play”

— Blaise Pascal

Even as an actor, when you have a kissing scene it's still weird.

— Jennifer Lopez

Maybe I should take more acting classes or pursue a career in that.

— Kiki Bertens

I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

— Michael Caine

Casting directors are like these fairy godmother witches.

— Merritt Wever

I'm an actor. I'm trying to be the character and do what they're doing.

— Sally Field

You'll very rarely find that you can enhance a performance to give it a real emotional centre and truth... after the fact.

— Andy Serkis

There were two paths I was on: pre- and post-meeting my wife. I wanted to be an actor, but I didn't have…

— Jake Johnson

The joy is when you work with great actors, it just comes to life in a way that you never even imagined.

— Victor Garber

I'll never admit that I'm an actor, because the next horrible follow-up question is always, "Oh, what have I seen you in?"

— Michael Ian Black

There is a part of me that is not fulfilled by acting. It is a self-involved life; it can feel shallow, but…

— Kelly Reilly

Sometimes I don't feel like an actor. Sometimes I speak about it like it was another job, and then I go, 'Wait…

— Michael Keaton

Nobody has yet proven that taking a chance and doing something unique that an audience isn't used to is a bad idea.…

— Harold Prince

Growing up I didn't want to be an actor. I sort of didn't want to go into the family business; the main…

— John Lithgow

I'm what you call a good, old-fashioned working actor who has had delusions of grandeur for my entire career and has known…

— Chris Diamantopoulos

One of the joys of being an actor is that you're always learning new things. And I've been doing this since I…

— Richard Gere

I'm a working actor so I never really pick a film because of a genre, and I don't really turn them down…

— David Keith

When I was a young actor in Vienna, already my hair was falling out at a rapid rate. I went to a…

— Otto Preminger

An actor had made a comment and said, 'You are so unapproachable.' He called me boring and said, 'You're no fun.' He…

— Sameera Reddy

I think there is something so compelling about the truth that whether you're a lawyer or judge or an actor, when you…

— Sarah Jones

I enjoy acting now more than I ever have. I've had lots of difficult times when I was younger, but that was…

— Brian Cox

The weird thing is that, with actors, filmmakers and directors, it doesn't really matter if it's Robert Downey Jr., who's one of…

— Noomi Rapace

A lot of what acting is is paying attention.

— Robert Redford

“The great actors always play themselves.”

— Scott Farris

I think I was born to be an actor.

— Arfi Lamba

I'm very happy to be a working actor.

— Adina Porter

I love working in the theater.

— Didi Conn

“An actor is the sum of his parts.”

— D W Wilkin

Why are people so harsh on actors?

— Sana Khan

Every good singer is a good actor.

— Kumar Sanu