Actors Quotes · Page 66

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

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

— Burt Reynolds

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

— Emilia Clarke

I'm not intimidated by other actors at all - or directors. I don't care who they are. But I am intimidated by…

— John Mahoney

Why hire these geniuses if they're forced to stick with the script? You want to empower your actors as collaborators.

— Shawn Levy

I think sometimes actors who have predominately done comedy get a little typecast by some people.

— Chris Chibnall

For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the…

— Daniel Day-Lewis

As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room…

— Domhnall Gleeson

The reality of an actor's life is that we do not always have the luxury of choice. We take what comes to…

— Stephanie D'Abruzzo

I think less so now in the industry, but that was a big thing, actors going method, throwing chairs. And I'm like…

— Nicola Coughlan

That's always something that's really important for an actor - to find an opportunity to do a scene where there is a…

— Bruce Davison

I found that golf saved me from going to the pub every day, so instead, I play golf with other unemployed actors.…

— Phil Daniels

We have to find ways in which, collectively, we agree there's some things that government needs to do to help protect us,…

— Barack Obama

“When St Genesius, the patron saint of actors, refused to act in a Roman play that ridiculed Christianity, the legend goes, the…

— Samuel G. Freedman

I never thought I was going to be an actor. And I never really thought of myself as one. Even though I…

— Paul Walker

In my career, I've had kind of a strange trajectory as an actor. I started out doing movies and theater and stuff,…

— Fred Melamed

I feel quite blessed that I can actually balance between the two worlds, because a lot of really talented actors I know…

— Donal Logue

I don't think the concept of "directing actors" exists in the sense that if you get what you order from an actor…

— Pirjo Honkasalo

And that's how show business is like in Israel - it's very, very small. It kind of feels like a high school…

— Meital Dohan

The big thing for actors is the level of commitment.

— Shia LaBeouf

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

I actually like working with the other three actors on the show.

— Sean Hayes

I think actors should stay grounded and humble and open.

— Tanc Sade

Sometimes actors come in, you record them, and they do their role.

— Walt Dohrn

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

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

— Tim Robbins

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

— Conor McPherson

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

— Evan Esar

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