Actors Quotes · Page 122

I don't want to be like the actor who rehearses everything in the bathroom, then comes to the set and carries on…

— Ben Kingsley

The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors.

— Stella Adler

I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap.

— Dominic West

I just want to keep doing things completely different from the other. I just want to keep working with great people, great…

— Christopher Egan

When a director is making a movie after four years, it's not considered his comeback. It should be same with actors.

— Mahima Chaudhry

I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are…

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any…

— Charlie Kaufman

I think athletes in general are actors. We perform in front of big crowds. People pay to come see you play. So,…

— Wade Boggs

I understand that actors lose their looks, they change over time, but people don't lose their talent. I think that, as people…

— Kurt Fuller

I'm still waiting to hit it big. But there was the moment when I didn't have to work at the restaurant anymore,…

— Lizzy Caplan

I think most actors go into the business thinking, 'I can play everything. Why can't I play a black woman? Just give…

— Eric McCormack

I've worked over four dozen nine-to-five jobs before taking the chance to chase my dream of wanting to become an actor and…

— Malcolm Goodwin

I experience psychic phenomena, so people think I must be crazy. But you have to be accessible and intelligent to be a…

— Christine Ebersole

I'm not a super-actorly actor, my-body-is-an-instrument type of person, but I do want to do fun, exciting, interesting things. I have a…

— Paget Brewster

If people want to see more representation of trans people you just have to look around, because with the explosion of digital…

— Brian Michael Smith

As much as it's nice to step into that massive world of Hollywood and be a big, famous actor, I prefer the…

— Idris Elba

I think you have to have different tools for each job - you know producer is very different from a director and…

— Renee O'Connor

I did everything pretty cliche as an actor in New York. I read the trades, I sent out 'head shots.'

— Nicole Ari Parker

You know what I would like to do: make a film with actors standing in empty space so that the spectator would…

— Michelangelo Antonioni

It's always tough for me to make a movie, and then sit on an airplane and watch somebody watch it on their…

— Harvey Weinstein

An actor alone is a bit naked. Like when you do something in front of your mirror, you're usually really bad, because…

— Clemence Poesy

There's a nimble quality to the way a television actor can work. When that muscle gets strong it's a very valuable thing.

— David Oyelowo

You hear stories of intense actors who can't shed their character and who don't know who they are for a week or…

— Brad Pitt

I live in Minnesota. Lots of people assume that if you want to be an actor, you have to live in Hollywood,…

— Chris Massoglia

Actors don't listen to each other. You're so obsessed with what you're saying or doing that the other person could be talking…

— Toby Stephens

At the end of a movie, all my outfits are missing. They even call: 'Tara, those were $700 shoes.' What are they…

— Tara Reid

Till the age of 40, actors are pleasing others, but after that is the time to command characters and ask for what…

— Rajpal Yadav

I'm just an actor who happened to love these [Marvel] comics when I was a kid, and got to rediscover them.

— Clark Gregg

Even if you have a gift, it's nearly impossible to become a good actor in just a few weeks of training.

— Signe Baumane

Going out with other actors is never good; actresses are neurotic, and actors are horrendous egotists.

— Chris O'Dowd

The dance that happens, between actor and director, is a very delicate thing...it's why people tend to work together on many films…

— Sydney Pollack

Claude Rains was what we call an actor's actor. He was very involved with himself and his performance.

— Gloria Stuart

[To reporter who telephoned with news of her Oscar:] If you are joking me, I will get up immediately and kill you…

— Anna Magnani

There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.

— Omar Sharif

AMC has a track record for finding actors who have been working actors but not names yet and casting them.

— Mireille Enos

All my career, I've said this: Critics and producers think audiences want actors that only present the silhouette and hit the points…

— Patti LuPone

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of…

— Matt Damon

Actors make bad lovers. Their most important kiss is for the camera. Not in a superficial way, in a really deep way.…

— Rupert Everett

I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren't remembered for anything.…

— Julie Walters

I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring…

— Ben Kingsley