Actors Quotes · Page 38

An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.

— Bruno Dumont

You become an actor because you don't want to do the same thing all the time.

— Jean Smart

So many of these former child actors and actresses seem to go off the rails.

— Sarah Harding

I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again.

— William Sanderson

Movie making is really, it's a director's medium, it's not even so much an actor's medium.

— Rebecca Romijn

An actor is a man with an infinite capacity for taking praise.

— Evan Esar

I just want the actors to put their faith in the language. Just let the words do the work.

— Conor McPherson

There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.

— Tim Robbins

Although there was a screenplay, the actors never knew what questions I was going to ask them, and all of my character's…

— Griffin Dunne

As an actor, you ask yourself what you can do to put yourself in a position where you can play that role.

— Jeremy Northam

Every time I work with real Southern actors... we immediately go into white trash, and we just get along really well within…

— Lucas Till

It's like playing tennis, you play a different rally with different people. Every actor is different and the chemistry between actors is…

— Tom Hiddleston

This created world really helped me as an actor. It heightened everything, which made it more dangerous, more interesting and more liberating.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Inspiration can come from anywhere. But I do love actors. I wish I could drop a bunch of names, but there are…

— Kevin Corrigan

I knew the President would run for reelection in 1984. Why not? Actors love sequels ... and returns.

— Bob Hope

He[John Cassavetes] was just being an actor. A very successful actor, especially in live TV. He did many wonderful performances.

— Gena Rowlands

I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to…

— Claire Danes

I started out as an actor, but I forced myself to be a writer, even though I wasn't very good at it…

— Sylvester Stallone

When you hit your strive, and you feel confident in what you're doing and in your process, you really want to do…

— Sigourney Weaver

I don't think any actors love taking their clothes off on film, unless you're an exhibitionist, which I'm certainly not. Those are…

— Tamsin Egerton

It is the dissenter, the theorist, the aspirant, who is quitting this ancient domain to embark on seas of adventure, who engages…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We write for actors and even down to the smallest character in the film, they all have their moment. You take that…

— Todd Farmer

American actors who voice animated movies are so brilliant at it, because by the nature of American speak, it's full of energy…

— Helen Mirren

Robert DeNiro, who may be the greatest living actor, usually acts in a way which is very stone-faced, like Steve McQueen. For…

— Michel Hazanavicius

I tend to be shy in asking people for photos - other actors that I really like and admire.

— Matt McGorry

'Wayward Pines' has largely been, in my experience, a show left to the actors.

— Melissa Leo

On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.

— Aisha Tyler

As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

— Laura Carmichael

To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended.

— Jackie Cooper

If I hadn't made it as an actor, I might have wound up a hood.

— Steve McQueen

The actors have confidence in me to let me lead them to unexpected things.

— Christophe Honore

The biggest reason for choosing 'Save Me' was the opportunity to work with excellent actors.

— Ok Taec-yeon

Some members of Congress are among the best actors in the world.

— Shirley Chisholm

Denzel [Washington] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that.

— Viola Davis

The big thing for actors is the level of commitment.

— Shia LaBeouf

I came out of my mum's stomach going, 'I want to be an actor!'

— Emilia Clarke

There are three stages of an actor's career: Young, Old, and 'You look good!'

— Burt Reynolds

I just wanted to be a guy who could earn a living as an actor, and I did that for a long…

— Gene Barry

I like it when actors depart from the script to find their characters.

— Fatih Ak?n

Ill never be as good an actor as I want to be…but I'll be good.

— Steve McQueen