Actor Quotes · Page 16

Well, I do lie for a living. I'm an actor.

— Sarah Wayne Callies

I am an actor through and through.

— Dougray Scott

I just wanted to be a working character actor.

— Michael Horse

For me, acting was something I fell into.

— Georg Stanford Brown

I think all actors experience ups and downs.

— Peter Capaldi

For any actor, voice is his strength.

— Karthik Subbaraj

“You must be an artist and an actor.”

— Ehab Atalla

Tolerance actually does exist on Broadway.

— Kelsey Grammer

An actor with too much money will usually find a way to get rid of it.

— Al Pacino

It can be a miserable profession, acting, because you always want what you can’t have.

— Eddie Redmayne

I just want to be a better actor. You can always get better.

— Nicholas Hoult

As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.

— Daniel Radcliffe

It makes me really anxious. Being seen. Which sounds nuts, because I'm an actor.

— Greta Lee

It's that event that's the beginning of the avalanche of this play. The first loose rock.

— David Dukes

I like a direct relationship between actor and audience.

— Tony Harrison

By the mid-'80s, I was an actor. I was never super-famous, but I was definitely on the map.

— Dan Schneider

I think as working actors, it's like sales. You're only as good as your last sale, so you put your all into…

— Josh Peck

No good play is a success; fine writing and high morals are useless on the stage. I have been scribbling twaddle for…

— W. S. Gilbert

I really wanted to do, more than anything else, up until I was around 16, 17, was write musicals.

— David Bowie

As an actor, that's the most important thing. You want to be able to let go and not hold onto anything, so…

— James Wolk

The audition process is always grueling. You always hope to just get offered things, and sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.

— Jake Abel

I think nerves are part and parcel of working as an actor. You can either work against them or you can embrace…

— Cody Fern

I don't think I ever want to just leave comedy and become a straight dramatic actor. But if the opportunity comes, I…

— Patti Harrison

I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it.

— Francis Ford Coppola

I love actors, both my parents were actors, and the work with actors is the most enjoyable part of making a film.…

— Michael Haneke

I think all great actors - and I don't classify myself as one of them, incidentally - but I think all great…

— John Frankenheimer

In a rehearsal room, your real resource as an actor aren't the things around you; your resources are your imagination and your…

— Stephen Lang

I'm sensitive about the criticism [for not producing new playwrights], yes. But I'm hip to it as well. I read 500 new…

— Gregory A. Boyd

Most of the people dishing out judgment have no working experience of the theatre, have not written a professional play, a sketch,…

— John Lahr

“I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do--then go ahead and do…

— Tennessee Williams

I'm thrilled that Wonder Woman and that character endures because every actor wants a role that has some positive affect and causes…

— Lynda Carter

There is an atmosphere about the picture theatre that speaks of entertainment and relaxation. The charming surroundings, good music, and the fact…

— Ivor Novello

Urvashi is a fabulous actor.

— Hina Khan

For me, acting has been my passion.

— Divya Dutta

Actors usually have a lot in common with kids.

— Jason Robards

I'd like to have one of my plays on Broadway.

— Del Shores

I'm a stage actor. That is what I do.

— Jeremy Piven

For some directors, I'm the actor from hell.

— Harrison Ford

I don't like to repeat myself as an actor.

— Joe Lando

I'd like to do more acting.

— Garry Shandling