Actors Quotes · Page 40

It is quite common for actors to think that every job they get could be their last.

— Nick Searcy

If life is a performance, and I am not an actor, am I supposed to lie down and die?

— Juliana Hatfield

I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.

— Fergie

Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors because he takes chances.

— Bai Ling

Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.

— Don Rickles

Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?

— Gene Siskel

An actor is like an instrument, tune them, play them the right way.

— Ricky Schroder

What you always try to do, as an actor, is find the thing that's universal in the person.

— Finn Wittrock

I started to study, because I knew I had to learn a lot about myself as an actor; you can't act the…

— Roddy McDowall

When you're a short actor you stand on apple boxes, you walk on a ramp. When you're a short star everybody else…

— Michael J. Fox

I don't want to be an actor, but why not take these opportunities when they come to you? I'm not killing myself…

— Adam Levine

There's probably a half-dozen movie actors I really like. But a lot of them just aren't that interesting.

— Graydon Carter

Regardless of what level the actor's at, you always learn something. And you can learn something from bad actors as well, who…

— Reece Thompson

I always believed that I never wanted to be an actor. I only did it because I was allowed to do it…

— James McAvoy

When I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor. I was acting in all the school plays. I went to…

— Aaron Sorkin

All that back-story stuff doesn't help. What you get paid for is to stand toe-to-toe with the other actor and get him…

— William H. Macy

I'm the youngest of four, but my closest sibling is 10 years older. I had a lot of imagination. I was running…

— Daniel Breaker

We [actors] are so lucky to do jobs that fulfill us and make us happy. We don't go to work thinking okay,…

— Vanessa Paradis

I honestly think if I had made a ton of money as an actor, I wouldn't have done anything else. (Hah!) Then…

— Steven C. Harper

I do not like the Broadway theatre because it does not know how to say hello. The tone of voice is false,…

— Julian Beck

Even when I was an actor in training, one criticism my teachers had was that I should think about directing instead of…

— Jason Alexander

I think all actors want to change. When you do something many times, over and over, you want to do something fresh.…

— Jet Li

I feel like my early experiences of acting, and I think a lot of other actors' too, are probably at camp or…

— Matt McGorry

Actors that I like to watch, if they're lucky and given the ability to play different roles through their career, there's a…

— Fred Hechinger

Hollywood is more concerned about its male actors being in shape than its female actors.

— Vin Diesel

As an actor, no matter what, you're at the whim of so many other people all the time.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

It’s not the job of an actor to judge your character.

— Daniel Craig

Like a dull actor now, I have forgot my part, and I am out, Even to a full disgrace.

— William Shakespeare

For an actor, there is no greater loss than the loss of his audience.

— Charlton Heston

I think as an actor you're always learning, you're always trying to experience more things.

— Matthew Lewis

I think it's great when dramatic actors do lighter, funny roles.

— Noureen DeWulf

I don't socialize. I'm kind of a hermit. The life of an actor can be very lonely.

— Peter Dinklage

I love to watch good actors who surprise and amuse me.

— John Malkovich

I think that an actor who is working should be a happy actor.

— Brian Dietzen

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time.

— Elvis Presley

I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor.

— Richard Donner

The variable that really boosts your performance is the actors around you.

— Angourie Rice

I was trained as a dramatic actor. Im really excited to do some more dramatic stuff.

— Spencer Boldman

It's always fun watching new actors and new voices come out.

— Joseph McGinty Nichol

...an actor is exactly as big as his imagination.

— Minnie Maddern Fiske