Actors Quotes · Page 188

We always try to leave room for the actors to come in and make discoveries on set, in their interpretation of the…

— Mike Flanagan

The work for the actor is always the same. We're looking for a human being. We're looking for believable human behavior.

— Ann Dowd

There's a constant flow of child actors. It's kind of funny to watch the new crew come through. I think, You poor…

— Tina Yothers

Being an actor is easy, just picture someone in a room and you outside waiting for your cue to go in. Elliot…

— George Burns

As an actor playing a character, I can't come in with my judgement, or else I can't play it honestly. My judgement…

— Thomas Sadoski

I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit…

— Zoe Kazan

It's one thing in this business to actually work. 5 percent of the Screen Actors' Guild works. It's another thing to do…

— Julianna Margulies

I wanted to be an actor, and when that day happened that was sort of like the end. Now let it take…

— Bryan Brown

Good actors, especially when they know their character, will come in and either tell you in advance that they have an idea,…

— Denis Leary

I watch a lot of different films. A lot of different performances and I find a lot of little things from the…

— Wesley Snipes

It's kind of a crazy thing with kid actors because a lot of them get hired without people really knowing if they're…

— Ty Burrell

I grew up in a family of actors. I grew up onstage. The choice for me wasn't, 'Do I want to be…

— James Badge Dale

When you're starting out as an actor people are very interested in who you are because they want to know where they…

— Tom Hiddleston

If you're a song writer, it's a bit different because you are expressing your own words, feelings, perspective. As an actor, you…

— Candice Accola

I did not want to put myself on the line, as an Australian playing Britains greatest comic actor. The fans of Sellers…

— Geoffrey Rush

The actors at that time had to learn all that stuff, it wasn't just hyperbole. What was appealing to me about being…

— Alden Ehrenreich

However good a communicator a director is, unless they've been actors, it's just not the same as the shorthand you get with…

— Colin Firth

I think I am looking as an actor to find ways to push myself into places I haven't been before as a…

— Brit Marling

I've always written for actors, and if you want to write for good actors, you have to write parts that are surprising,…

— Peter Hedges

If you're an actor, always be true to your character. If you are not an actor, have character and always be true…

— Robert De Niro

I didn't really know exactly the point where I wanted to be an actor. But I know at this point, because I…

— Rory Cochrane

There are so many actors that I meet that don't act enough. Definitely take class, definitely train - that's the most important…

— Hill Harper

I love boxing. I really respect the guys and admire the guys who do it. But, I'm very, very happy with my…

— Holt McCallany

Oh, the relationship with actors and managers and agents and things is a terrible problem sometimes.

— John Schlesinger

Most child actors go through that. Unless you can transition into an adult star, your career is over.

— Morgan Brittany

I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are vain, greedy…

— Kenneth Branagh

My favorite parts of work as an actor and a director are those unplanned mistakes that do happen, because it's like catching…

— David Duchovny

There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors.

— Anthony Mackie

You want to be on your toes; You don't want to be in a Nic Cage movie and just have him blow…

— Harold Perrineau

There is a whole bunch of great British actors of my age who aren't film stars or theatre actors; they're very much…

— Harry Lloyd

I feel so sorry for younger actors who aren't able to have the opportunities that I had, starting out in repertory theatre.…

— Antony Sher

I want to really stress this, I am a director, an actor, producer, action choreographer, and I'm also an investor.

— Jackie Chan

I wouldn't say that going into a weekly television series is actually stepping away from anything. It's another medium in which to…

— Laurence Fishburne

Believe me, nothing is so calculated to lose you audience sympathy as too many tears. Move your listeners all you can but…

— Ilka Chase

[John Larroquette] is very generous as the star of a show. He always made sure that if we had a joke that…

— Julie Benz

It is a great help for a man to be in love with himself. For an actor, however, it is absolutely essential.

— Robert Morley

It's hard for me to listen to any actors whine or moan about anything acting-related because look at the world. We really…

— Dan Byrd

I never interacted with actors in any way, texting or otherwise, that should make anyone uncomfortable.

— Dan Schneider

Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of…

— Helen Hayes

Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an…

— Robert De Niro