Actor Quotes · Page 91

I never stop. I don't want to stop acting because I'm afraid it'll all end, so I never say no.

— Allison Janney

I hope I get the chance to keep acting in great projects.

— Randall Park

Before 'Coronation Street,' I was a jobbing actor, and after it, I'm a jobbing actor again.

— Rob James-Collier

I'm Rachael, and I just really, really like to act. But I don't think it's who I am.

— Rachael Leigh Cook

The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.

— Bernadette Peters

It was a real sort of synergistic 'Aha!' moment when I started acting.

— Pete Ploszek

I am an actor, but my most important job is provider of my family.

— Ian Ziering

I don't sit around with other actors and talk about the pain and the magic of acting.

— Rhys Ifans

It's one thing in this business to actually work. 5 percent of the Screen Actors' Guild works. It's another thing to do…

— Julianna Margulies

My first professional audition as an actor was when I was about 12 years old, and it was for a children's television…

— Bel Powley

The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different…

— Cameron Monaghan

If you drugged me with truth serum and said I can only do one thing, I would probably have to say that…

— Brad Hall

Heres the thing: If youre taking roles that arent intimidating you, and I think this is a cliche that a lot of…

— Matt Lauria

My parents were struggling actors who had a hard time getting work. That's why I hesitated about getting into acting, I had…

— Camila Morrone

Some of the joy in acting is switching it up: being able to do something that's different than what you've been doing.

— Susan Kelechi Watson

'M. Butterfly' is usually the answer to the question, 'What has been your favorite experience?' The reason being, it is an astonishing…

— John Lithgow

I am in control of my career, and that's what so many actors don't take advantage of. You get to these successful…

— Kevin Hart

I wanted to find something I was passionate about, something with the possibility of upward movement, and I wanted freedom. I need…

— Dawn Olivieri

An Actor is an interpreter of other men's words, often a soul which wishes to reveal itself to the world but dare…

— Alec Guinness

I think I actually did a production of "Under Milkwood," this Welsh play, with my drama group (at school), and I always…

— Felicity Jones

I'm lucky because my two best friends are from kindergarten so they never thought that it was a big deal that I…

— Miranda Cosgrove

I like to work and there's no movies for actors, period, especially black actors. When white actors are like, 'Man, there's no…

— Marlon Wayans

On my set, people have to respect the actor's process. I totally respect what actors do. I give them whatever time they…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

I want to take on more diverse roles, and I keep building, and I hope to one day write or direct something.…

— Ashley Thomas

Theatre is alive and it is now, and then it's gone.

— Kevin Spacey

Acting was always on my mind so when the offer came to me I happily agreed to do it.

— Disha Parmar

My background is in theater. I was a theater major in college.

— Amy Schumer

As an actor, you just can't do stuff you don't believe in.

— Mohnish Bahl

All I've ever wanted to do as an actor was move people.

— David Harbour

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

— Julianne Hough

Acting is my way of investigating human nature and having fun at the same time

— Meryl Streep

The show is in the casting. Choose the right people.

— Susan Nattrass

I wasn't looking to be a star, I just happened to love acting, I was a reluctant actor.

— Abhay Deol

The best thing an actor can bring to a role is himself - that's no secret.

— Dean Winters

I didn't want to be an actress. It wasn't a dream. I didn't have any dreams at all.

— Sandrine Bonnaire

I want to explore more sides of humanity and myself. That's what acting is about.

— Noomi Rapace

I think any actor has to be adventurous because he/she plays a gamble with his/her life.

— Nikitin Dheer

Am I a good actor? I don't think about it. But I'm working on it.

— Dennis Farina

Interviews are good if you want to be an actor because they raise your profile.

— Jack Gleeson

Simon Russell Beale is an incomparable speaker of Shakespeare and a superb all-round actor.

— Claire Tomalin