Actors Quotes · Page 114

Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience.

— Nicholas Lea

The truth is, I just love to work. I love being on set. I love being around crews. I love being around…

— Jaime Ray Newman

I'm just a hired actor who was hired for a particular job, but I think one of the joys of reading the…

— Jeremy Northam

I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as…

— Zoe Wanamaker

A challenge is always important; as an actor, as a human, it's good to face challenges and it's good to push your…

— Ed Speleers

I would not like to direct, I would be one of those terrible directors who can't help line reading the actors their…

— Ruby Bentall

Directors are the fulcrum of the movie. They guide us well, not merely rein actors in. Whenever we stray, they bring us…

— Vijay Sethupathi

To have the freedom to be able to make choices is something I guess every actor aspires to. Most actors don't have…

— Stacy Keach

Working with great actors - being part of something of that magnitude and not knowing the business and what the business entailed…

— Mekhi Phifer

Two types of films: those that employ the resources of the theater (actors, direction, etc...) and use the camera in order to…

— Robert Bresson

I don't even like the show that much, I mean, it's about doctors. It's not like doctors are as important as actors…

— Zach Braff

I think there's an essential problem in movies and TV that I think a lot of people experience now: Audiences are way…

— Michael Angarano

Particularly, the actors, to have analyzed the script in great detail from the point of view of their specific character. So that…

— Christopher Nolan

When I was in high school, I was the guy directing plays after class. I started my first theater company at 19,…

— Matthew Lillard

I shoot people in a way that makes the audience feel equal to them. And it's hard to express and it's hard…

— Michel Gondry

I'm a big fan of James Garner. That was the other thing. When I heard that I'd get to play his younger…

— Drew Waters

I think there's a limited amount of planning you can do, at least in the position I'm in. Maybe more successful actors…

— Christian Bale

As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what's personal to you. You have to be personal…

— Alan Alda

Part of being an actor is almost self-hypnosis during those brief moments when the cameras are rolling. You want to actually believe…

— Will Smith

Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically.

— Aaron Eckhart

But I've always been hard to cast, I've never been an ingenue, I've never been the romantic lead. I'm an actor; give…

— Edie Falco

I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible.

— Kevin Bacon

I don't think any actors love taking their clothes off on film, unless you're an exhibitionist, which I'm certainly not.

— Tamsin Egerton

In sha Allah, God willing, must be the expression of humility of the active actors and it must never be the justification…

— Tariq Ramadan

A lot of actors just don't seem grown up no matter how old they get... just juveniles with grey hair.

— Todd Haynes

I think I started out because I was desperate for approval and acceptance and praise. Some actors never break away from that.…

— Judge Reinhold

“Toxic people are great actors. They will utilize whichever props are available to maintain control in the relationship.”

— Shannon Thomas

Like every actor, you get notorious for maybe one role and then get offered a lot of similar roles.

— Kit Harington

Some kids are fine, but often I don't like what I see in child actors. My kids are young and they are…

— John Leguizamo

Pretty much every artist in Scotland - musician, writer, poet, actor - they're all part of a thing called the National Collective.

— Roddy Woomble

You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the…

— Jon Lovitz

Nothing is harder than working with an actor who doesn't take it seriously or show up in the same way that you…

— Jesse Eisenberg

The only problem with Mitch [Pileggi, the actor who plays Skinner] is that his bald head means there's nothing to hold onto…

— David Duchovny

As actors, when we keep working every day, after a point of time, we just know all our emotional cards and how…

— Aditya Roy Kapur

I am a big fan of horror movies but I had never thought that I had wanted to act in one because…

— Julia Stiles

I always think as actors, we have the privilege of going to red carpet events and dressing up and having glam teams.…

— Nicola Coughlan

I have actor friends, but they're not famous. I feel like if you're an actor or - famous, you have to overly…

— Amanda Bynes

The big reason why I became an actor in the first place was to communicate. I never acted in high school...I was…

— Bruce Dern

I'll miss the relationships I have built with these actors. I'll miss the devotion we have to this work. Over this length…

— Dennis Franz

I've never had sex with boxers on and it's an odd thing to watch actors do. That's not saying I haven't tried...…

— Jake Gyllenhaal