Actors Quotes · Page 164

I think there's something fun about television where, as an actor, when you read the script each week, it's like how the…

— Matt Barr

I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an…

— Kerry Washington

As an actor, I look at scenes much differently than I would look at them as a director, and I never realized…

— Jensen Ackles

What great comedians, great comic writers, great comic actors do is that they just read the headlines with the right eyebrow position…

— David Salle

There's something really natural to me about being what they call in the business a "hyphenate." Being a musician-actor or writer-musician-actor.

— Lola Kirke

Not knowing what's happening, from script to script, as an actor and as a character, lends itself to the same tension and…

— Matthew Davis

An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to…

— Glenn Ford

Yes, I can play younger than my age. But I can play characters older than I am, too. I'm not an actor…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I was an actor when I was a teenager and it could have been the direction that I headed in. But music…

— Lenny Kravitz

As an actor, you want people to see you as a whole person, not just a single facet of your emotional spectrum.…

— Scott Porter

If you've got 15 actors on stage who are all trying to shine a light on themselves, they are all trying to…

— Rachael Stirling

I am a bit of a gourmet chef. I love cooking mostly Thai food. And a lot of times on movies, you…

— Will Ferrell

I knew that they were going to be reading actors for Manute, and I wanted to give it a shot. I wanted…

— Dennis Haysbert

What I love about him [Robert Rodriguez] is that he understands that actors are transformational. It's a natural instinct to ask people…

— Carla Gugino

Auditions are great, and you definitely want to continue to make progress as an actor, you want to continue to see some…

— Mike Colter

In the (film) industry, body size doesn't matter. What matters is how much an actor contributes through his performance and not his…

— Deepika Padukone

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time.

— Jack Nicholson

When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really…

— James MacArthur

As an actor, I've just gotten insanely lucky. I quite like being surrounded by lots of different talented people lots of different…

— Domhnall Gleeson

I'm not tough when it comes to people criticizing the people that I protect, and those are the actors. It makes them…

— Lee Daniels

I know how to be strong. I know how to be ruthless. It's part of my nature. I wouldn't be an actor…

— Anthony Hopkins

As an actor, that's the best thing you can do, really take people along on a story and tell them something.

— Austin Peck

It's very true that non-actors feel more comfortable in front of a digital camera, without the lights and the large crowd around…

— Abbas Kiarostami

I think directors should at least take acting lessons to see what's going on. And I think all actors should direct to…

— Penny Marshall

I like watching the other actors, but the hard thing about watching yourself is that the performance is done, and no matter…

— Linda Cardellini

I want to make a clear distinction between people who take acting seriously and people who call themselves actors because they've been…

— Damian Lewis

My favorite newer movie is "Training Day." Denzel Washington is, to me, one of the greatest actors ever. The way he gets…

— Virgil Green

I think there are enough professional actors to fill in for me in my absence. I enjoyed it, but I can't imagine…

— Lou Dobbs

I only want to work with actors that really get it and make it work. I didn't want it to be a…

— Darren Aronofsky

It's harder to work with people who are not as dedicated to their craft. It also leaves you a better actor when…

— Viola Davis

I admire actors and artists who devote just as much time to their life as they do to their work.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he…

— Jean Renoir

I'm a physical type of actor and love projects in which I can get physical. The more action, the better.

— Wesley Snipes

When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie,…

— Melanie Laurent

I'm very involved in all of my social media activities. I'm not an actor. I play myself, and I take that very…

— Jon Taffer

I think one of the big challenges about science fiction is finding truth to relate to as an actor.

— Amanda Schull

As a kid, I used to run around our garden waving a stick and pretending to be a million different people. That's…

— Douglas Booth

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.

— Jessica Chastain

If you give the actors the characters that they are comfortable with, they've no issues with what another actor is doing.

— Luv Ranjan

There was a time when television was sort of frowned upon among people who wanted to be serious artists. John Travolta kind…

— David Rasche