Actors Quotes · Page 76

I guess I work well with others I handle younger actors well.

— Hector Elizondo

Actors are merely the medium through which a story happens.

— Ian Mckellen

Actors have far fewer choices than the public thinks they do.

— Powers Boothe

I haven't done any training. I come from a family of actors, but I haven't done any training.

— Eleanor Tomlinson

I'm not in the loop; I don't know any actors, really, just the ones I work with.

— Denzel Washington

Hamlet has been played by 5,000 actors, no wonder he is crazy.

— H. L. Mencken

As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.

— Mia Wasikowska

Somewhere in the '60s, actors became wimps and basket-case psychotics.

— Paul Morrissey

The first time I had got an offer to come to Hollywood, I turned it down. I said, "No, I'm an actor…

— Kirk Douglas

I hate the idea that people should listen to what actors have to say on certain issues more than anyone else. Actors…

— Gemma Chan

A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action…

— Damian Lewis

Thankfully, the life of an actor can be quite balanced anyway. If you look over the course of a whole year, you…

— Elaine Cassidy

Come on, if you don't win tonight it doesn't mean you're not a good person, it just means you're not a good…

— Ellen DeGeneres

The nation of Dubai banned the movie Charlie's Angles because it's offensive to the religion of Islam. Apparently, the religion of Islam…

— Jon Stewart

I can totally understand why people say: 'I'm going to do this T.V. series so that I can buy a flat'. But…

— Andrew Scott

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.

— Jamie Lee Curtis

All I'm saying is we got plenty of Texans, and people from Montana, and New Jersey, and Wyoming, or Kansas City. We…

— Billy Bob Thornton

In L.A., I was meeting people who were all actors. My mind started to open up to what acting was. I didn't…

— Kellan Lutz

On indies it's hard to do, but in rehearsals, you make mistakes in rehearsal. It's really hard rehearsing a play or what…

— Jeff Daniels

You have to make sure that you find projects that are not too similar and roles that are not too similar, so…

— Stellan Skarsgard

Female directors, directors of color are a big thing for me, which are both important voices and potent voices that need to…

— David Oyelowo

Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success upon the stage.…

— Ellen Terry

You're an actor, you want to do a scene in class. But one of the things I've always had is I've always…

— Quentin Tarantino

People still tweet me like, "Oh my god, I just found out you guys are married!" Which makes sense to me because…

— Mary Elizabeth Ellis

I think male actors get confused by their own vanity.

— Shirley MacLaine

[There's] nothing special about an actor's imagination, except that he uses it a lot.

— Ian Mckellen

Two actors can be friends very easily. I think two actresses can also be friends.

— Arjun Kapoor

I'm a self-confessed genre nerd. I'm a very serious actor, but a genre nerd, all the same.

— Penelope Mitchell

The American actor is very lucky. Why? Because so little is asked of him.

— Sanford Meisner

Actors who say they can dive inside a character are either schizophrenic or lying.

— Bruce Campbell

I just personally feel like the best writing for actors exists in cable television.

— Donal Logue

I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself.

— Taraji P. Henson

I fit into the quirky, character class type of actor.

— Debra Wilson

My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.

— Malcolm McDowell

Part of being an actor is letting things come about organically as opposed to forcing them.

— David Duchovny

I care more about the directors that I get to work with as opposed to the actors.

— Lisa Haydon

Actors are no strangers to self-doubt, fear, and rejection.

— Monica Raymund

What is it in the actor, the stage, that casts so powerful a spell on the young imagination?

— Joyce Cary

I think female actors should also play male characters.

— Sunil Grover

I feel very privileged working with other actors. Actors tend to be the best company I know.

— Sam Neill