I am just an actor, I am given the script, the clothes…

I'm not really comfortable with who I am to be honest. I feel more free to step into the shoes of somebody else. There's…

— Ryan Kwanten

It's a hard thing to do, to be given a script, and know that you've got to turn up on the first day of…

— Emily Mortimer

“the sense of separateness from the rest of the world, as if everyone else knew the part they were playing but I’d never been…

— John O'Farrell

Even though it's my job to be an actor, I have given my life to God.

— Angus T. Jones

I'm really not interested in showing me or playing me. My gift as an actor, given to me, is to be able to become…

— David Suchet

In the theatre, the actor is given immediate feedback.

— Anonymous

It was great as an actor to be given the story line I was given but I didn't expect Craig to stay so it…

— Richard Fleeshman

My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's…

— Taylor Lautner

If you're just an actor you're reactive. You're saying, "Well, I hope Hollywood gives me a role, or gives me a chance at a…

— Matt Damon

I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor.

— Alexander Payne

I never saw myself as a character actor or a lead actor; I've only seen myself as just an actor.

— Swara Bhaskar

When I'm playing as an actor, I don't want to interfere at all with the director. I'm just an actor. I'm totally respectful.

— Jordi Molla

Acting is about giving yourself away, like the U2 song 'With or Without You.' You just don't stay behind a character and make people…

— Catherine Hicks

It's in the eyes, mostly. Don't listen just to the other actor's lines. Look at - and listen to - their eyes. That's where…

— Charlize Theron

I think - in general, I don't think I've been involved in a single movie that turned out the way I anticipated it to…

— Dave Franco