Actors Quotes · Page 24

Acting is characterization, the process of two entities merging-the actor and the role.

— George C. Scott

I'm sure one reason I became an actor is my basic unwillingness to live one life.

— Scott Glenn

People order clothes out of a catalogue, put it on an actor and everything is generic.

— Sandra Bullock

You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for.

— Jane Fonda

It seems like they never say anything bad about actors, they just pump them up.

— Casey Affleck

Most actors do that. They fill in the blanks. You don't want to play a cipher.

— Tony Todd

Oliver Stone's strategy is to unnerve the actors so as to make them alert and alive.

— Claire Danes

I like small actors. They are my absolute favourite.

— Claudia Winkleman

Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get…

— Olivia Wilde

Everything that I've done was prudent and never has anyone gotten hurt in my films - not a single actor, not a…

— Werner Herzog

Because ultimately only the witness -- and not the actors -- knows the truth (Vyasa to Draupadi)

— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

When you have two people that good in a movie, I think it adds a class and a feeling of importance for…

— John Krasinski

A lot of the time you find that elements of a character are brought out by the actors playing them.

— John de Lancie

You know, as I do, actors who, having become worldwide celebrities thanks to a TV series, complain of their lot and declare…

— James MacArthur

There are a lot of actors whom I love, who personalize their work. I want to know everything about them, like De…

— Kevin Corrigan

One tries to be an observer as an actor and indeed as a director because the small things, the give-away things are…

— Janet Suzman

I think one of the things that might distinguish me is when I'm going to work as an actor I really try…

— Peter Sarsgaard

Obviously as a kid, for probably anybody who chose animation voiceover as a career in their adult life, Mel Blanc was the…

— Tom Kenny

I think the guy who has had the better films is Will Smith. I don't know if he's a better actor than…

— LL Cool J

The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and…

— Stanley Kubrick

Aside from my love of animation, as an actor I like the total lack of vanity in terms of not having to…

— Justin Long

I was living in New York City and flat broke. My next door neighbor was an actor and he always seemed to…

— Joe Flanigan

I always hated when the studios just kind of said that anybody can act. You look at people like Spencer Tracy, Henry…

— Bob Newhart

I always say YCDA: you can do anything. If you want to be a successful actor, you have to believe in yourself…

— Anonymous

My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers.

— Sergio Leone

It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no?

— Adam Brody

What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.

— Jack Davenport

Most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath.

— William Shakespeare

You know, actors are fans, too. And talent is very attractive to me.

— Kevin Kline

From Amitabh Bachchan to Ranveer Singh, I have sung for different generations of actors.

— Bappi Lahiri

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

— James Franco

Actors are real egomaniacs. They get into a movie, they think the whole movie's about them.

— Frank Vincent

I love working with good actors as it gives me a lot of experience.

— Vatsal Sheth

You never know where you're going to find a great actor.

— Lenny Kravitz

I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.

— Val Kilmer

I go for actors who do precisely what is expected of them.

— Thiagarajan Kumararaja

There are actors who can pull of a writer's lines; I am not competent enough to do that.

— Salman Khan

I just love working with actors, and I love working with writers, working with designers.

— Adam Rapp

It's very good for me to remember what actors go through.

— Martin Scorsese

When you're younger, there aren't very many kid actors. It's a lot easier to get jobs.

— Alexa Vega