When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I'd be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn't. I didn't get… — Ben Whishaw Copy Share Image
Every actor is riddled with insecurity, of course. But weirdly, I don't really find that I'd be daunted with taking on roles… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
The working standards on television in our country are really bad. The sad part is that many actors take this deal because… — Barun Sobti Copy Share Image
I'm friends with many actors across the southern film industry, who've been my co-stars, too, and with whom I share a great… — Shamna Kasim Copy Share Image
The sole aim of the arts of scene-designing, costuming, lighting, is to enhance the natural powers of the actor. — Robert Edmond Jones Copy Share Image
As actors, we get to hide. You can change your hair and your accent, and it's not you. You have tricks, these… — Moran Atias Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks because of my character that I'm this wild girl and I am, I'm an actor, and I have that in… — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image
I think that's all you can hope for as an actor when you read a script; that after the first thirty pages… — Cary Elwes Copy Share Image
My feeling is that in the purest form, an actor is a service to the people. It's democratic in its purest form.… — Scott Cohen Copy Share Image
I realize I have a lot of amazing opportunities, but I don't know how you can play a human being going through… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
I look at a pilot and go, "I see the landscape. I see the characters. I see the direction and the potential… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
A lot of actors choose parts by the scripts, but I don't trust reading the scripts that much. I try to get… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
In 2007, my life changed forever. I signed on 'Tashan,' a full-on glamorous masala movie, with two of the hottest and fittest… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your… — Derek Jacobi Copy Share Image
There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
That excites me, working with really excellent people, be it wonderful directors or actors or cinematographers and especially writers. My work life… — Deborah Kara Unger Copy Share Image
I am often compared to actors who were launched with me. I feel blessed with whatever I have got so far. — Anita Hassanandani Reddy Copy Share Image
Do you think if producers knew how much time & effort actors put into their audition outfits if it would make them… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
Actors want to show off and dance in front of you and get your love, because they don't think they're worthy of… — Frank Langella Copy Share Image
Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing. — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
I think most actors rarely get the opportunity to play something really close to you and speaks to something you deeply believe. — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
I was an actor as a kid in Boston. Then I went to art school with Brice Marden, the Massachusetts College of… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Most actors have a process that they can go through, that they rely on, or that they've discovered, and that can evolve… — Thomas Jane Copy Share Image
It's just unfair that talent of color aren't given the same opportunities as white and male actors, directors, producers, writers, et cetera. — Darnell M. Hunt Copy Share Image
I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired… — Joe Pantoliano Copy Share Image
I was a Shakespearean actor, I had preconceived ideas, line readings - everything was a gesture, everything was conscious. — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
I'm so envious of certain actors that have that natural facility to hear a cadence and the rhythm of an accent, that… — Geoffrey Rush Copy Share Image
For me, honestly, I'm an actor. There's one thing I know how to do - act. And that's all I know how… — Wilmer Valderrama Copy Share Image
Actors will change their face, will change their hair, will change their voice, will disappear into the role. A movie star doesn't… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
I've got a lot of friends who are actors so even when I don't have auditions of my own, I'll be working… — Charlotte Hope Copy Share Image
I'm lucky to just be a working actor. There are so many great actors out there and I'm just lucky to have… — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was… — Johnny Weissmuller Copy Share Image
One of the wonderful things about the actor's life is that's what we have the opportunity to do; we bring all these… — Keith Carradine Copy Share Image
I've never pursued a role. I always hear stories about actors going after parts and I'm, like, 'How do they do that?'… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors' characterizations; but if… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me. — Michael Gambon Copy Share Image
Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me. — Les Claypool Copy Share Image
Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors. — Malin Akerman Copy Share Image
I depended on chiropractic care when I was an athlete. I depend on it now as a busy film and TV actor. — Chuck Connors Copy Share Image