Actors Quotes · Page 6

An actor is a sculptor who carves in snow.

— Lawrence Barrett

Actors' careers are random with a capital "R."

— Cillian Murphy

Actors are adults playing hide-and-ego-seek.

— Penny Johnson Jerald

Actor of the low IQ, let's hear your view.

— Jethro Tull

There are no small parts. Only small actors.

— Anonymous

All actors are self-critical.

— Skyler Samuels

As an actor, you want to push yourself.

— Sarah Baker

Class clowns become actors.

— Jasper Fforde

I'm a character actor, so as a character actor, I'm always looking for something interesting.

— John Noble

A lot of male actors are method actors and they become the characters which they both were.

— Izabella Scorupco

I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.

— Baz Luhrmann

I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I did.

— Peter Shaffer

You'll never see any two good actors approach a role in the same way.

— Constantin Stanislavski

You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.

— Elia Kazan

I'm not one of those actors who gets physically fit for a role and then loses it all again.

— Ryan Kwanten

People don't yell nasty things at actors - they let them continue.

— Larry David

It's a pretty good job being an actor, but it's work sometimes. And when I say work, I mean it's a job.…

— Matt Dillon

I just can't say enough about the actors having faith and trust in the writers and the writers having faith and trust…

— Kyle Chandler

I grew up in the theater with my mom and that's how I knew I wanted to be an actor in the…

— Condola Rashad

I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for it, but all I wanted to be…

— Gwyneth Paltrow

Whenever you read interviews with actors, they always seem to be given three months to do something - get fat, get skinny,…

— Sam Riley

Actors like me endeavour to look for great roles and portraying them to the best of our ability. At times, it's noticed;…

— Manoj Bajpayee

All of these red carpet events may seem natural for you journalists, but it doesn't feel natural for actors.

— Toby Jones

I don't want to be an English actor doing the greatest American accent you've ever heard. I want to be an American…

— Michael Caine

For 'Ant-Man,' I never knew what days I'd be working. The schedule changed constantly. You've got all these A-list actors that have…

— Katy O'Brian

Don’t ever underestimate the power of mentoring someone, or helping some young actor, doing a favor for them, or introducing - everyone…

— Allison Janney

Sometimes your body language is enough for an actor to know that you're not happy. And you don't really need to say…

— Tom Hooper

Having children has helped me become a better actor because they remind you to play make believe. It's the ease and naturalness…

— Matthew McConaughey

What it is is that comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. Anyone can write,…

— Michael Caine

I'd like to drill in a little more detail into one aspect of cutting which is particularly close to me and that's…

— Lee Unkrich

Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the…

— Jodie Foster

I've had a chance to really stretch and do a lot of different genres. When I started acting, my whole focus and…

— Kyle MacLachlan

The better the actor, the more stupid he is.

— Truman Capote

Some actors play themselves, don't they?

— Christian McKay

Condemn the fault and not the actor of it?

— William Shakespeare

I had no ambition to become an actor at all.

— Danny Huston

Each actor requires a different language.

— Oliver Stone

I didn't think I'd ever be an actor.

— Seth Rogen

An actor has to embody a role.

— Taylor Hackford

Im a character actor at heart.

— Shuler Hensley