Actors Quotes · Page 162

I feel that God has been amazingly kind to me. How many actors get to stay for 30 years and play the…

— Pankaj Kapur

Some people are born gardeners, some are politicians. I was an actor. It took a great deal of pain before I figured…

— Kathleen Quinlan

An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me…

— Maggie Smith

I'm not a great fan of green screen. It's not much fun for actors. It's great for directors and technical people and…

— Dominic West

I have a PC because I don't know how to use a Mac. Actors always have Macs with them, and when I…

— Kimberley Nixon

Being an actor in movies is a lot about the power of your imagination and making the circumstance real to you so…

— Joel Kinnaman

When you're writing a story or an actor playing a role, you should never think of your characters as heroes or villains.…

— Morgan Neville

I've always felt there are three sexes: men, women, and actors. And actors combine the worst qualities of the other two.

— Peter Biskind

“Practically all writers and artists are aware of their destiny and see themselves as actors in a fateful drama. With me, nothing…

— Eric Hoffer

A lot of filmmakers and actors say, "It's so important to bring an authenticity to the role," blah, blah, blah. But then…

— Winona Ryder

A lot of actresses say they are 24 when they are 34 but I find that ridiculous. I wish we didn't succumb…

— Dervla Kirwan

There's nothing more exciting as an actor than getting to do something that you're not entirely sure that anyone would let you…

— Anna Paquin

The relationship with actor and director is probably closer to theater, in that, when we record the dialogue, there is very little…

— Glenn McQuaid

I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing. I feel the actors are being put through a…

— Wallace Shawn

There are some great actors I don't want to meet because I don't want to know how they did it. I don't…

— Rupert Friend

I've been lucky enough - well, maybe unlucky enough - to have had a lot of friends who have had their ups…

— Chris Evans

I think great directors really respect their actors and vice versa. That mutual respect makes the job fun instead of anything but.

— Lake Bell

In an ideal world, actors with conditions would play the characters with these same conditions, but that's a way off.

— Adam Pearson

Casting is so important, with any film you do. You have to get actors that you believe will fulfill the promise of…

— Jerry Bruckheimer

I don't meet stockbrokers or carpenters or coal miners; I spend all day with actors, composers and photographers.

— Michael Caine

I think the biggest reason that actors are complete a-holes as soon as they become famous is because they forget that this…

— Jennifer Lawrence

If I can make a career for myself after Potter, and it goes well, and is varied and with longevity, then that…

— Daniel Radcliffe

As actors, I really feel that unless you don't believe in the part, you won't be able to portray it on screen.

— Tripti Dimri

The comforting thing for Australian actors is that there's a strong community in L.A. as well - it's almost like you swap…

— Elizabeth Debicki

The fuss that actors began making about the difficulty of shifting to sound struck me as perfectly foolish.

— Gloria Swanson

I've never done a superhero movie. It's very nice to you as an actor in several worlds to go and to experiment.

— Felicity Jones

Some people think all young actors should come up through the ranks of theatre. I don't necessarily think that's true.

— Karla Crome

I can't really attribute my success onscreen to any formula and suggest you "do this or that" to make it as an…

— Ice Cube

Some actors merely have to appear before the camera and they are able to convey exactly what the director wants.

— Sharat Saxena

Actors, writers, directors - that triumvirate of creativity - we have to rely and trust each other to be able to get…

— Bryan Cranston

I never imagined myself as an actor who would be in films. I always only thought of myself being in a play…

— Jennifer Lawrence

It's like having children. You give birth, but then they take on a life of their own. That's what actors do for…

— Kelly Masterson

There is no racial or religious prejudice among people in the theater. The only prejudice is against bad actors, especially successful ones.

— Helen Hayes

As an actor, you're listening to the other person and always trying to be present and take everything they're giving you, but…

— Tatiana Maslany

I've always paid a lot of attention to the way that different kinds of media affect how we see the world, probably…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

You act with your soul. That's why you all want to be actors, because your souls are not used up by life.

— Stella Adler

I think when you're an actor and you're drawing on your emotions all the time, you need to be quite steady.

— Kelly Reilly

The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.

— Joan Chen

Growing up I was involved in children's theater, so I was definitely on the path to be an actor and a singer.

— Victor Garber

Don [ Handfield] was actually one of the first guys I met in town back in '94. He was an actor and…

— Jeremy Renner