Only bad actors memorize lines. Good actors are…

I don't write shows with dialogue where actors have to memorize dialogue. I write the scenes where we know everything that's going to happen.…

— Larry David

Bad actors try to cry, and good actors try not to. Bad actors try to laugh, and good actors try not to.

— Martin Landau

There are plenty of bad actors and there are plenty of bad directors. There are actors who will always be bad and there are…

— Mike Leigh

I've said before that the common perception that all good actors should be good liars is exactly the opposite; only bad actors lie when…

— Rob Lowe

The actor has to have some degree of craft, along with the talent. No one tries to laugh except bad actors. No one tries…

— Martin Landau

“But she could only play herself with Kyle and Lou, and that was the one role for which she could never memorize the lines.”

— Diane Chamberlain

Theater is a physical activity as much as anything. It's harder for me to learn the lines than it was 30 years ago. At…

— Brian Dennehy

“And in this role (the Stage Manager) I could speak from my heart, you know!…provided I can memorize the lines.”

— Spalding Gray

I stick to the script I memorize the lines, cuz life is a movie that I seen to many times…

— Lil Wayne

I stick to the script, I memorize the lines

— Lil Wayne

You really have to work hard to create a three-dimensional character. You have to rehearse and explore and take your time. You can't just…

— Dolph Lundgren

Being an actor is actually pretty easy if you can memorize lines.

— Jon Hamm

I stick to the script, I memorize the lines. Cause life is a movie that I've seen too many times

— Lil Wayne

I stick to the script, I memorize the lines Cause life is a movie that Ive seen too many times

— Lil Wayne

I memorize my lines and I show up. I think it's just instinctual, and sometimes it's wrong and the director says, "No, do it…

— Jennifer Lawrence