Actors Quotes · Page 174

We actors have it pretty easy and pretty hard. Easy 'cause we have a meal provided to us every 6 hours every…

— T. J. Thyne

But I think there are more good young actors now than ever. It's a medium that everyone wants to be connected with…

— Robert Duvall

Movie studios aren't making too many dramas anymore; they're in the superhero business. Material for television is much, much stronger for actors…

— Julianne Moore

Some friends of mine who are actors feel directing shuts them down and kills all their impulses, but the worst thing for…

— Cynthia Nixon

God, I hate interviews with actors pouncing on. Who wants to know about their lives? I don't want to know about Al…

— Jason Isaacs

Getting bad reviews or doing something thats not great is also really good for you as an actor. It also makes me…

— Greta Gerwig

Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.

— Malcolm McDowell

God felt sorry for actors, so he gave them a place in the sun and a lot of money. All they had…

— Claude Rains

I'm an actor, and, beyond that, the thing I do most compulsively is writing. So I come at it very much from…

— Edward Norton

I think I had the good fortune to watch Sly the Artist [Sylvester Stallone]; to watch him in all arenas. As an…

— Milo Ventimiglia

The biggest concern for most actors has and always will be getting enough work - it's just part of our profession -…

— Ken Howard

There are the jobs you get that do something for your confidence, like, 'I can do this with my life' kind of…

— Rosemarie DeWitt

I think that when you're first shaping the play and trying to find a character, the initial actors that develop it end…

— Lynn Nottage

And costume is so important for an actor. It absolutely helps to get into character; it's the closest thing to you, it…

— Gary Oldman

I love actors; I love seeing great performances. I just love that, when I'm seeing a performance, that inside me, I just…

— Sandra Oh

I am pretty sure that all young human beings have, at one time or another in their growing-up, been actors. They have…

— Tyne Daly

I've read about actors trying to prevent their kids from getting into it, and I think that's from what they themselves experienced…

— Dan Levy

I think the toughest thing about being an actor in a film is to be with a director who doesn't know what…

— Ricky Jay

Human beings are, necessarily, actors who...can be divided...into the sane who know they are acting and the mad who do not.

— W. H. Auden

Actors can be many things - vain, venal, self-serving, obnoxious, bullies - but all of the good ones are great storytellers.

— Paul Bettany

I never dreamed of being an actor, but I'm beginning to love it more and more because I like challenging myself. When…

— Kristin Kreuk

Yeah, the actors really come in as lumps of clay. We're ready to work with the directors and find our way. These…

— Jason Graae

One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it…

— Joe Pantoliano

I was thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we can just get…

— Michael Tolkin

I’ve never taken time off from being an actor. This is the kind of career I’d be so happy to do until…

— Ansel Elgort

Every role is physical to a certain extent, but as a viewer, I don't respond well to actors doing more than they…

— Jamie Dornan

Drinking coffee is kinda my major hobby... the great benefit of being an actor is you have all this spare time. My…

— Craig Parker

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing…

— William Manchester

Trying different things is very important to me. I see people and want to wear their clothes and drive in their cars…

— Fred Ward

I probably drive casting people crazy because I'm not thinking about actors so much as real people.

— Mike Judge

My mom and dad have had a huge impact on my life, so I look up to them. As a actor, I…

— Jacob Hopkins

I would say, don't smoke. I'm kidding, but yeah, I did smoke in college and as a young actor and it's stupid.

— Meryl Streep

I've dealt with a few method actors, and I don't know if should say this, but I think it's a bunch of…

— Natalie Portman

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

How many times, in any actor's life, do you get to be a part of something that has a legacy like [Buffy]?…

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

Even though my parents were famous actors, I honestly felt most of the time that I didn't understand what was going on.

— Sean Astin

All the actors I've worked with as a director over the years I really love and I thought they were all right…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I always wanted to do a Hollywood story. The thing about actors, though, is that they go through a streak of roles.

— Tom Folsom

You always like to learn from people as a young actor. I think every young actor says that, but its true.

— Tom Weston-Jones

As an actor, you want to remain vulnerable. You don't want to always have all the answers and you want to be…

— Mark Ruffalo