My experience as a young actor on network television was that I couldn't make it work. I was drowning as an actor. — James Badge Dale Copy Share Image
I'm foremost an actor. I feel embarrassed being compared to the guys who really work at it. I fake it, I make… — Lloyd Bridges Copy Share Image
The script is the foundation, but it's not the full story for the film, which only comes alive with the actors. — Mora Stephens Copy Share Image
I think in both of those situations, it's important as an actor to learn, despite the success I had as a kid,… — Anthony Michael Hall Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was growing up, really. So when I decided to go to university… — Hugh Dancy Copy Share Image
I believe I am a better director than actor. I enjoy acting if the part is right. Directing comes very naturally to… — Jack White Copy Share Image
There's two types of character actors. There's character actors who play all different characters. Or there's actors who always play the same… — Timothy Spall Copy Share Image
It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'm looking for things that I can actually physically use… — Ioan Gruffudd Copy Share Image
Strange, how such a small realization can affect everyone's life forever. In movies there is always a carefully staged moment - a… — Silas House Copy Share Image
Because national borders are eroding, because of the growth of non-state actors. It's a different kind of a world. We are tied… — Brent Scowcroft Copy Share Image
I've always been terrified about being bored. I always think being bored is the worst thing. The only strategic decision I ever… — Alfred Molina Copy Share Image
Acting doesn't have anything to do with listening to the words. We never really listen, in general conversation, to what the other… — Jack Lemmon Copy Share Image
I left acting for 15 years, and I think it's really nice to have another life. I took too much for granted… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
If people offer me decent roles in good films, of course I'll take it. But I just didn't like the actor lifestyle.… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
There's a lot of great writing, and characters, and stories being told in television nowadays. And much more than there used to… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
In my collection, to me at least, the theatre of the past lives again and those long-dead playwrights and actors have in… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
But my favorite period for actors is the 70s. I think so many great movies were made in the 70s. The 90s… — Ethan Suplee Copy Share Image
I never achieved my first goal in the National Actors Theatre, which is to have a permanent Acting Company — Tony Randall Copy Share Image
When you've got good actors, they're going to come up with good stuff, but you're never quite sure how the dynamics are… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
You always have to make positive choices as an actor, even when you're playing someone who may not be doing the best… — Aaron Tveit Copy Share Image
As an actor for hire, my job is to do some pre-production work for myself. Then my job is to show up… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
Just getting to be a part of the 'Star Wars' universe is not something most actors anticipate as part of their careers. — Tiya Sircar Copy Share Image
And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
[On Lisa Kudrow:] She's like the best kind of jazz there is. You don't know what note she's going to hit and… — Meg Ryan Copy Share Image
It is strange that there are times when I feel the stars are not at all solemn: they are secretly gay. — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
I'm an actor and I love to find new collaborations and new characters where I can grow as an actor and human… — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I feel like part of your job as an actor is you're going to get noticed, and the more successful you get,… — Lynn Collins Copy Share Image
Theres no way that I could be the president. You cant have a pacifist in the White House... Im an actor. This… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
Actors and directors work on things together. That's how I like to work, anyway. I don't want to be told what to… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
Seems to me that this business, for actors anyway, is not so much about whether or not you do good work. It's… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
You can't worry too much about profile; otherwise, you become a different kind of actor, and that's not the kind of actor… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
I still don't think I'm a good actor. The only reason I'm doing it is because I've got a lot of support… — Israel Broussard Copy Share Image
Sometimes when an actor says something almost perfect, but you know you have to edit it, if you tell them to change… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who's Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a Mary Astor… — Mary Astor Copy Share Image
I've never thought of myself as an actor, so somebody recognizing me for that would be a real shock. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Any role that big is going to be a challenge for any actor, but for an actor of a young age, it's… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
They think actors are freaks - that we're a lot of drunks who party all the time and never work. Well, I… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Dog movies nowadays are not what dog movies were 50 or even 10 years ago. For one thing, the dogs have become better actors. — Benjamin Cheever Copy Share Image
[Reanu Reeves] is a very imaginative actor. He can have this wonderful balance of humor and fear. He's got these skills to… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how… — Patrick Macnee Copy Share Image
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