Actors Quotes · Page 16

I detest acting because it is sheer drudgery.

— Tallulah Bankhead

No actor in the world started off at the top.

— Daniela Ruah

It's a dream to be in a company of actors.

— Edward Norton

I have considered myself a mature actor.

— DeForest Kelley

I'm a method actor as well as a method singer.

— Jill Scott

Actors never discuss future plans.

— James Earl Jones

Actors and burglars work better at night.

— Cedric Hardwicke

Actors are inherently self-centered.

— Bryan Cranston

James McAvoy is one of my favorite actors of all time.

— Betty Buckley

I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed.

— Ving Rhames

Actors don't get to pick movies; movies pick the actors.

— Benicio Del Toro

As an actor, your main goal is to tell the truth.

— Johnathon Schaech

The American actor is very lucky... Because so little is asked of him.

— Sanford Meisner

I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing.

— Thomas Haden Church

I'm an athletic actor. I'm known for my action; I'm a guy who does my own stunts on screen.

— Akshay Kumar

Being a celebrity has taught me to hide, but being an actor has opened my soul.

— Meryl Streep

I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer, and then…

— Christopher Walken

Actors already striving in the theatre wouldn't dream of putting themselves on these shows; it means that only about 10% of the…

— Elaine Paige

My own personal process with movies is to develop the characters with the actors and, when I've done that properly, you can't…

— Doug Liman

One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, "The Sea…

— Al Pacino

I think most actors . . . We are insecure, in general. I think to be an actor, you need to have…

— Penelope Cruz

I like it when actors offer something new with their performances, and elevate the scene. I don't restrict an actor.

— Arbaaz Khan

Where I come from, you don't just say, 'Oh, I'm going to become an actor.' Talk like that and they think you're…

— Ellen Pompeo

I think I'm a very very nice director. Very supportive, very nurturing. I definitely try to challenge my actors but I think…

— David Schwimmer

Every day the Daniels [Kwan and Scheinert] would come up with some amazing solution and [make it easy] to put yourself in…

— Daniel Radcliffe

That movie [Jawbreaker] was so much fun to shoot. We were all in our mid-20s at the time, playing high school students.…

— Julie Benz

[The Man] was a case where it was a funny role teamed up with another actor. It's a great teaming. And the…

— Samuel L. Jackson

I remember in the Carpenter version, you got acquainted with the characters and really knew them. It was a real character piece.…

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I've always thought that when anyone receives an award for acting they should always thank their fellow actors, because the only way…

— Halle Berry

I enjoy Modern Family very much. Good TV program. I don't know why. I just find that so many of the jokes…

— Doug Benson

If you feel uncomfortable on stage, you can very easily descend into a sort of abyss, convinced you're the worst actor ever,…

— Stephen Dillane

As a child I wanted to be everything from a doctor, lawyer, flight attendant to an IT pro- fessional and could never…

— Lavrenti Lopes

As an actor, I'll play anything.

— Michael Caine

I'm just a stage actor from Chicago.

— Jeremy Piven

You become the movie you are making.

— Ang Lee

Actors, they come and go, you know.

— Martha Plimpton

Peter Mullan is the least method actor around.

— Harry Lloyd

As actors, you just go with the flow.

— Caleb McLaughlin

I don't really think of myself as an actor.

— Dylan Moran

Actors are supposed to take versatile roles.

— Sargun Mehta