Actors Quotes · Page 157

You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.

— Saffron Burrows

I know that Philadelphians hate New York actors passing off New York accents as Philadelphian when they are quite different.

— Jacki Weaver

We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie.

— Javier Bardem

I think even if you're on a screen or you're in a play, it's always a group effort. It's not just the…

— Stockard Channing

Regeneration, however it is described, is a divine activity in us, in which we are not the actors but the recipients.

— Sinclair B. Ferguson

I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's…

— Aaron Eckhart

I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I…

— Rooney Mara

Actors are intelligent. Yet, many of them do not communicate well. That's what makes it so hard to have a relationship with…

— Omari Hardwick

When I hear people comparing Mike's [Jordan] work to Denzel [Washington] I think it's amazing.. Because Denzel is such an amazing, textured…

— Michael B. Jordan

I like to work with actors that have varied experiences. But I don't choose them because of their experience, I choose them…

— Jim Jarmusch

In the scenes I try to be a giver as much as possible, giving the other actor something to work with. When…

— James Preston Rogers

The theater is a baffling business, and a shockingly wasteful one when you consider that people who have proven their worth, who…

— Ilka Chase

Wong Kar Wai is a very intense character, very personable, and I believe in general he does not like and he would…

— Andy Lau

I don't resent being identified with B science fiction movies at all -why should I? Even though they were not considered top…

— John Agar

When you're in film and you're in close, charisma in the eyes and confidence can take over. But when someone's sitting twenty…

— Alison Pill

I don't think you should sit around and wait for people to give you an opportunity to express yourself or do your…

— Edward Norton

You know, actors lie all the time. 'Can I ride on the horse? Are you kidding? Of course! I was born on…

— William Lucking

Every industry has actors good and bad. Crypto is no exception. The best actors should be left to innovate, while the worst…

— Ritchie Torres

You've seen how actors make movies like Star Wars and stuff. They're never really there. They're in front of a green screen…

— Rider Strong

I know you hear horror stories about child actors, but I think in my family when I did start acting it was…

— Ashley Johnson

You have actors who begin at a certain young age and there's very little change in their technique and the depth of…

— Alec Baldwin

I'm a Navy brat. You find that a lot of stage actors are Army or Navy brats, because they have the ability…

— John Michael Higgins

I would like to feel that I have a range and that it's not just a matter of being a comic actor…

— Jeffrey Jones

Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job.

— Dermot Mulroney

I was on a well-beaten path of actors - what we all call 'the Law and Order route'. I spent two years…

— Idris Elba

I've done stuff to pay my dues and that's what actors are supposed to do, because I was a really bad actor…

— Rachael Taylor

I wanted to be an actor. I decided when I was very young, when I first saw movies, that I wanted to…

— Dennis Hopper

I grew up loving actresses or actors who were very classy but who seemed a little bit mysterious because you couldn't grasp…

— Diane Kruger

I've always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites…

— Gia Coppola

As an actor, you don't want to be typecast, because Hollywood is so quick to put you in things that you've succeeded…

— Danny McBride

For non-state terror actors, the United States must develop the ability, no matter how difficult, to track down and incapacitate those responsible…

— Donald Trump

My job has always been to not only make my character look like a badass but to also make the actor I…

— Zoe Bell

I'm notorious for giving a bad interview. I'm an actor and I can't help but feel I'm boring when I'm on as…

— Rock Hudson

You ever spent eight hours acting in water? It's a lot easier to get in and out of a bath. Hot tubs…

— Adam Pally

I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that it's more of an actor's medium. I think that film is more…

— Kim Cattrall

I always thought the leading actor should be the best supporting actor, because you're the only person that can help every other…

— Kevin Costner

For some reason it gives people pleasure to equate the life of certain movie actors or actresses with their actual lives.

— Woody Allen

It's often wrong to write for specific actors because one ends up using what is least interesting about them, their mannerisms and…

— Claude Chabrol

The reason the contracts are so long is because actors are very spontaneous; we may want to do Shakespeare one day and…

— Jorja Fox

I've always been hopeless at everything when I was a kid. That's why I became an actor - 'cause I couldn't do…

— Anthony Hopkins