Actors Quotes · Page 161

When you look at photos of actors such as Raj Kapoor, Dharmendra and Dev Anand, you can see them enjoying each other's…

— Arshad Warsi

There is a difference when you work with actors who have worked on the stage. When we're out there in front of…

— Karen Allen

I'm pretty captivated by reality TV and I know that as an actor I probably shouldn't be saying that, but it's what…

— Nikki Cox

My dad didn't often bring me to the set, being an actor himself, so my infancy as an actor was wracked with…

— Josh Brolin

I should be one of those actors who has a list. A lot of people do - 'I wanna do this and…

— Jefferson Mays

Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they’re clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting…

— Gary Oldman

Everyone has to pay their child support, and no matter if you're a Hollywood actor or anyone else, it's always a little…

— Ethan Hawke

Working with young actors is really going with trust. I never see them act beforehand. Because that's not their job. It's my…

— Celine Sciamma

When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies. It was her way of getting out, and…

— Al Pacino

I think it's even harder because I think as always, Hollywood is sort of glamour central for the world, and the entire…

— Anthony Michael Hall

Film gives me live actors, editing, music, sound, a huge and powerful toolbox to play with. If there is a problem for…

— Dave McKean

It's hard to visualize James Bond without seeing one of the actors who played him. And it's hard to visualize Harry Potter…

— Yann Martel

(on Marilyn Monroe) I was walking down Broadway with her and nobody was stopping us. She was going to (Stella Adler's) actors'…

— Liza Minnelli

The funniest thing is I never understood why actors were so shady about who they're dating. Then I realized the things you…

— Emily Meade

Becoming an actor wasn’t a choice – it was something I was forced into. At 3, you can’t make those choices... I…

— Corey Feldman

We were all inspired by him as an actor and his iconography and thought, if we get somebody like Laurence Fishburne, we…

— Bryan Fuller

I think it's very rare, as an actor, that you get to a script, or an idea of a script, and you…

— Oliver Jackson-Cohen

I'm incredibly close to my family. I have two younger brothers; they're both artists and actors, and their work and the way…

— Tatiana Maslany

When you change a lead actor, everything's going to change - but you can rest assured he's going to absolutely smash it.

— Tom Riley

We became spear carriers in a great televised opera. We were props in a show. I always felt we should have joined…

— Peter Lisagor

More actors in action movies should be gangly because that way it's believable when they move through tight spaces.

— Sofia Coppola

I love stand-up. I look at it as a way to always stay productive. I couldn't imagine only being an actor or…

— Hannibal Buress

Actors are conditioned to develop a system for expressing as much as they can in the shortest amount of time because you're…

— Campbell Scott

I don't know, I find that honestly, the stand-up thing in some ways is a little bit of a cliche to carry…

— Jim Gaffigan

In Bollywood, the film's stakes are as high as the actor. In Hollywood, they are way above, and the day we realise…

— Ali Fazal

Raving mad is quite easy. You just chew up the scenery or something. It's quiet mad that's hard.

— Sarah Caldwell

It's good to feel tired at the end of the day. It's not often as an actor that you're like, "Oof. Ow.…

— Melanie Lynskey

Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism. And for them to be able to provide nuclear technology to non-state actors, that's unacceptable.

— Barack Obama

I don't believe in overcooking the actors too much. Especially when it's a real performance that I'm looking for.

— Jennifer Yuh Nelson

I really feel that the best actors out there are very centric. They're really connected. They're not in a, 'What about me'…

— Cameron Mathison

As an actor, you’ve got to live and learn, and you gotta just kind of form a hard shell and be confident…

— Jessica Stroup

People are confusing me with a good actor when I'm just a good mimic. When someone asks me to play a nun…

— Jemima Kirke

How many impressionist painters painted the same damned thing? How many actors have played the same part in renditions of a play…

— Paul Provenza

So many actors say, 'Oh, I can't bear to see myself on screen,' but it's not true. Everyone loves to see themselves…

— Pete Doherty

Michael Keaton is amazing. He's one of my favorite actors. To get to work with him was a privilege and really was…

— Linda Cardellini

Actors are players and if they're hot, or onto something, you let them go, or you and the actor can both get…

— William Monahan

[As an actor] I have ideas, but things should always be fluid. You should always be ready to follow an instinct. Something…

— Michael Fassbender

Laurence [Fishburne] is a great example of how to communicate to the audience as you're acting with another actor.

— Chad Stahelski

I always think that I'm the best thing in a lot of bad movies. Personally, I have to. I think that I…

— Matthew Lillard

As an actor, you deal in fantasy, imagination, and concentration. Those are your three weapons. Those are your bullets.

— Rob Lowe