Actors Quotes · Page 97

I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.

— Samantha Bee

Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.

— David Twohy

I never started out to be an action actor. I was an ensemble actor.

— Sylvester Stallone

Stars can never replace strong character actors in roles that demand histrionics.

— Mukesh Tiwari

The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.

— W. H. Auden

There's always down time when you're an actor, especially a character actor.

— John Cariani

You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can.

— Sharon Horgan

I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor.

— Isabella Rossellini

An actor who's a control freak, that doesn't work. We have to be malleable. We cannot come in and try to control…

— Nicole Kidman

The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it…

— Jacki Weaver

My tips for any budding actors would be to go out and see as much as you possibly can. Find the people…

— Andrew Gower

I try to cast really good actors and give them a chance to do their very best work, give them as much…

— Ben Affleck

You must be so thoroughly immersed in the given circumstances of the play, then you decide what it is at any given…

— Constantin Stanislavski

When you do an animated movie - at least the ones that I've been a part of - you never see any…

— Steve Carell

Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady…

— Walter Koenig

I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - 'I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be…

— Alexander Skarsgard

There are so many brilliant, trained actors of color in America. If you just think about it, every year in the spring…

— Andre Holland

Bigg Boss' is a show where you cannot fake or act. And most of these television actors pretend to be the characters…

— Nikki Tamboli

You know obviously a big TV or film break would be lovely, but I find that I’m essentially a theatre trained actor…

— Kit Harington

If you ask any of the other actors, they'd probably say nice things because they're nice people, but I was always like,…

— Steven Yeun

Hiding my migraines on the set may have been my toughest challenge as an actor. There were times when the pain from…

— Morgan Fairchild

You don't really have to do the things that your character is doing. But us actors, we use something called sense memory.…

— Jeff Bridges

I wanted to be an actor ever since I was five. My grandparents - my mom's parents in New York - were…

— Lydia Wilson

The thing is, that great actors are everywhere. They're everywhere. They're doing good parts on television. They're doing television commercials. They're doing…

— David Fincher

As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending.

— John Hawkes

Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.

— Barry Levinson

Being an actor is a much more structured life than being a musician.

— Grant-Lee Phillips

When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back.

— Jason Patric

All actors are protecting something, in their own way, that happens in front of a camera.

— Todd Haynes

I've always been fascinated with actors who have to be heroes, whereas I shy away from that.

— Ricky Gervais

You're literally being an actor - you're pretending - and that's not what I like to do.

— Kristen Stewart

I think any good singer needs to be a good actor. You have to be able to tell the story.

— Erica Schroeder

“Do most gay women love each other?” Doc asked. “A lot of them love closeted movie stars.”

— Sarah Schulman

At the end of the day, an actor is only a cog in the wheel.

— Randeep Hooda

Actors are observers of human life, of human behavior.

— Kelsey Grammer

I love to combine first-time actors with seasoned actors.

— Sean Baker

I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.

— Michael Caine

What would I have done if I wasn't an actor? Probably rob banks.

— Bob Hoskins

Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from.

— Beau Bridges

I think, in all this race and competition, we actors forget how to have fun.

— Ali Fazal