Actors Quotes · Page 52

I think actors should stay grounded and humble and open.

— Tanc Sade

I'm not a big method actor. I'm much more superficial.

— Colin Quinn

A lot of good actors tend to be quite introverted as people.

— Antony Sher

Most actors don't really have a director's sensibility. They have an actor's sensibility.

— Jodie Foster

'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

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

Please don't refer to me as "channeling Mark Twain." I'm an actor. Not a channeler. That word is an iPhone shortcut. Acting…

— Hal Holbrook

Everywhere in TV and films, actors who become mothers are treated differently. Suddenly, people will be like, 'Oh, she's a mom, so…

— Kashmira Shah

“In icy footsteps do actors tread in moonlight's chill, In crystalline depth, The players set, To entertain and do no ill. ©…

— Stewart Stafford

If you work in casting, it's sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting directors…

— Catherine Keener

Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not.

— John Cleese

However, I hope I am also judged on my accomplishments as an actor and not just on my pretty face!

— Jonathan Brandis

Actors often want to look like they're comfortable. You want to go into an audition saying, 'I'm your gal. I'm what you…

— Valerie Harper

There are so many young talented actors today whose work I respect and admire - Ryan Gosling is probably primary among them.…

— Daniel Sunjata

Human nature is not amenable to prediction based on the trends or tendencies prevailing at the time. It is amenable to startling…

— Maurice Saatchi

There are so many examples of such talented people who have not come from the film background like Ranveer Singh and Anushka…

— Ananya Panday

There is so much to learn that I find the entire debate that Pakistani actors shouldn't work elsewhere senseless. By working in…

— Fawad Khan

My film school is making movies. But, I do think that being an actor has served me immensely, as both a writer…

— Josh Radnor

Im so bored of answering that. Are there differences between black actors opportunities and white actors opportunities? Yes, there are. Its been…

— Idris Elba

I think everyone's different but in comedy, I try to do my scene to make the director and the other actors laugh.…

— Ken Jeong

As actors, we have that in common that we go for slightly out-of-the-box or genre stuff. They're great when they work, but…

— Jason O'Mara

I am very direct and I tend to treat everyone exactly the same, which sometimes gets me in trouble because some movie…

— John Landis

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

— Tim Robbins

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

— Matt McGorry

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

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

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

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

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 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

The big thing for actors is the level of commitment.

— Shia LaBeouf