Actor Quotes · Page 49

You never really know why you become an actor: it's a visceral thing, an emotional thing.

— Andy Serkis

I'd love to work with Sir Anthony Hopkins, but if that doesn't happen, I'd sneak on to a film set and watch…

— Marc Warren

I think I do have a good eye. It's quite liberating, being in a position to read a script and say, 'No.'…

— Matthew Macfadyen

As an actor you pull your socks up and look for the next job.

— Ashley Walters

The life of an actor can be very enviable.

— Wallace Shawn

I'm very happy to have the heritage that I do, but I'm not wanting to be 'the Latino actor.' I just want…

— Oscar Isaac

I always wanted to be an actor. My father inspired me since I was three years old.

— Bobby Deol

I'll just put it this way: I've struggled enough as a working actor - and, most of the times, a not working…

— Corey Hawkins

Promotions are the worst part of making a movie. We are actors and not salesmen. Still, you have to go to so…

— Ranbir Kapoor

It is hard as an actor when you are typecast at a really young age and come out of that pigeonhole thing.

— Emily Atack

I always joked with my parents. I told them, 'If I don't make it as an actor, my fallback is musician.'

— Oscar Isaac

I feel these shows allow you to be yourself, this is why I like to be part of them. Also, reality shows…

— Rithvik Dhanjani

I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely…

— Sami Gayle

As an actress - and as an actor, too, but it's worse for actresses - you constantly get picked apart for how…

— Lizzy Caplan

I'm the opposite of the actor that is bursting with confidence who just knows they're going to make it. I'm the guy…

— Leigh Whannell

I would be lucky to be remembered as Harry Crane. That being said, I think it's a goal for most actors to…

— Rich Sommer

They call David O. Russell the actor whisperer because he can get stuff out of actors that maybe some other directors can't.

— Jacki Weaver

I've often wondered about people that come to the profession late in life. I've wanted to be an actor since the first…

— William Christopher

Ben Stiller, who I love and who is a friend and is such an incredible actor - he's hilarious, obviously, but I…

— Laura Dern

I really do want to just be able to sit in the corner of the pub with my friends... to just be…

— James Purefoy

I was happy being a lawyer, and the thought of becoming a model or even actor never came to my mind, even…

— Shaheer Sheikh

In the case of 'News Radio,' I loved that show. I loved the actors and the producers, but I was longing very…

— Khandi Alexander

I don't feel secure as an actor. I want to do more films and get accepted by masses.

— Saqib Saleem

I enjoy dramatic narration, of course, because I'm an actor and I started as an actor. But I love things that are…

— Peter Cullen

I learnt a lot about how to negotiate the camera: everyone had told me an actor doesn't really need to do anything…

— Stephen Mangan

I got into standup because I wanted to be an actor, and then I ended up loving standup for the next eleven…

— Jermaine Fowler

You know, I think Chris Nolan is an incredibly intelligent filmmaker, and I think Leonardo DiCaprio is an incredibly talented actor.

— Ryan Kavanaugh

For a while, I was known as Canada's hardest working actor. Then I went to Holly wood, and almost became a nobody.

— James Doohan

My mom is an art teacher and my dad owns a women's shoe store, so they're not actors by any means. Well,…

— James Wolk

I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life. Anybody who wears their feelings on their sleeve and has a…

— Fred Durst

If you have life's experiences with you, nothing can stop you from being a competent actor.

— Randeep Hooda

As a kid and even to this day, I want to be an actor when I'm done playing. I work on music,…

— Andre Drummond

As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what's personal to you. You have to be personal…

— Alan Alda

The fear of every actor is when is this life going to be snatched away from me? Which is the day or…

— Akshaye Khanna

My job as an actor is to live the role that I do.

— Mithila Palkar

I've always found it strange that a director can hire any designer he wants from any country. But if he hires a…

— Kevin Spacey

As an actor, I'd rather turn into Joffrey.

— Dean-Charles Chapman

Pransaab was a great character actor. What he has achieved as an actor, I cannot think of achieving even a part of…

— Rishi Kapoor

I want to be known as an actor who can do all kinds of roles.

— Naga Chaitanya

The most fun part for an actor is the writing and the story and the character. That's very fulfilling.

— Dominique McElligott