Actors Quotes · Page 80

Ah, nuts. I'm an actor. I just do what comes naturally.

— Humphrey Bogart

I am an actor and fiction will always be my priority

— Sanaya Irani

[Stand-up] might be ballsy, but I'd rather not be an actor. Actors are tools.

— Doug Stanhope

Theater actors are just tolerated. You have to be a movie star to be a celebrity.

— Michael Gambon

I've just always had a soft spot for character actors.

— Les Claypool

I don't have any [favourite role]. I'm just a working actor.

— Anthony Hopkins

I'm not one of those actors who lies about their age.

— Sara Ramirez

I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.

— Elia Kazan

There's a misconception that actors with no background don't get any exposure from big production houses. I think people should start rethinking…

— Harshvardhan Rane

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

“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

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

— Daniel Sunjata

Hopefully what you do as an actor is strong enough and has enough of an impact that people get what you're trying…

— Christina Ricci

I've done a lot of theater work that has been quite diverse. I feel very fortunate to have had many different people…

— Michael Stuhlbarg

Acting is a child's game. It's your willingness to suspend one reality and substitute it for another. That reality lives and breathes…

— Walton Goggins

I had parents who were working actors, who did really well in their careers, but it was a living. So it was…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Go find very early versions of things: the first TV pilot of a later-successful TV show; early audition tapes by famous actors;…

— Derek Sivers

When watching movies, I was always inspired by the performances of the cast. Of course, the story and the direction and all…

— Rinko Kikuchi

It's just that the characters are speaking their mind. As opposed to it just being an expression, they're actually saying what's on…

— Bryce Dallas Howard

I had a real feeling of being fated to be an actor and do my work, and I remember so much speaking…

— Zoe Kazan

Just go into the room, sit in the centre of the room, open the doors and windows, and see who comes to…

— Ajahn Chah

As actors you don't want to have one label. You'd rather have seven.

— Neil Patrick Harris

Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.

— Walter Winchell

I'm an actor in between jobs right now, so I kind of live the life of a 7-year old.

— Aaron Yoo

Mr. Hitchcock did not say actors are cattle. He said they should be treated like cattle.

— James Stewart

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

— R. Lee Ermey

I work with different actors with varied degrees of experience.

— Sean Baker

I find that a lot of child actors are ruined once they've done a job.

— Taika Waititi

I am an actor, and actors should be willing to play all kind of roles.

— Rishi Kapoor

It's almost a work-shopping process to create the characters with the actors.

— Doug Liman

Even great actors have to polish their skills and rejuvenate.

— Asrani

One's performance is often heightened by the brilliance and generosity of other actors.

— Cyril Cusack

There is always chemistry between two good actors.

— Arshad Warsi

And my dad, you're a great actor but you're a better father.

— Angelina Jolie

Not all actors get dream roles. We have to choose from whatever we are offered.

— Koena Mitra

Tom Cruise is one of the most successful actors of all time.

— Ezra Koenig

I love working with actors, and it's all been based on my being trained in the theater.

— John Wells