Actor Quotes · Page 103

I fell in love with acting. I thought, 'This is what I want to do.'

— Daniel Breaker

Acting is something I had been thinking about all the time, though not seriously.

— HoYeon Jung

I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town.

— Taryn Manning

I can do a film only if it excites me as an actor.

— Anushka Sharma

Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.

— Elia Kazan

As someone who makes his living as an actor, my routine varies almost every day.

— Eric Lange

I wanted to be an actor when I was young, and I wanted to be a detective.

— Susanna Reid

An actor should take lessons from a painter and a sculptor.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you…

— Ellen Burstyn

As an actor, you have to be able to put yourself into the character since your job is literally making the character…

— Hafthor Bjornsson

I liked Westerns for two reasons: First, it took the actor outside. They were all very physical at that time and not…

— DeForest Kelley

I'm just an actor, and if I can leave something behind that my kids will be proud of, then that's what I…

— Johnny Depp

I started doing musical theatre when I was six years old. It was all I ever wanted to do - my mother…

— Myha'la

When you're doing the same scene over and over, all day long, you need to keep your levels up for your own…

— Iwan Rheon

The kind of acting that's wholly literary or cerebral is wrong. It's useless for me to have actors so much in their…

— Mike Leigh

As an actor you feel constant pressure as you are watched continuously... you have to be presentable and good in every area.

— Prachi Desai

I've always known that I wanted to be an actor. My family kind of was a theatrically inclined family. My father came…

— Peter Vack

“Because the actor always moves among and in relation to other acting beings, he is never merely a "doer" but always and…

— Hannah Arendt

No one likes to think of themselves as a one-trick pony as an actor, but on the other hand, it's nice to…

— Robert Picardo

Certainly, I've loved musicals for a while, so I did some short films in college that had musical numbers and things like…

— Damien Chazelle

An actor uses his body as a tool and an instrument. In the same way a musician plays an instrument, the actor…

— Rob Minkoff

When you're at drama school you spend so much time working on amazing texts and analyzing them, digging into them, and figuring…

— Jared Harris

Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my first reflex has always been to exude humility - but it doesn't help…

— Steven Yeun

I spent a lot of my time, growing up, at the Beck Center. I'd be in plays there, and I'd get there…

— Rory O'Malley

I think, at the end of the day, if you're a good actor, then you're a good actor.

— John Benjamin Hickey

My job as an actor is for you, so why should my private life be for you, too? That's not fair.

— Martin Freeman

Being a celebrity has taught me to hide, but being an actor has opened my soul.

— Meryl Streep

I've become an actor rather than trying to be one, if that makes sense.

— Callum Turner

I do want people to think of me as an actor, not just a posh actor who does posh parts.

— Freddie Fox

I'm often confused with other actors. But the people who know my work don't have that problem.

— Bill Pullman

Movie stars are insecure like everyone else. Thats why they go into acting!

— Penny Marshall

Working with good actors is a pleasure as acting is all about reacting.

— Supriya Pathak

As an actor, your main goal is to tell the truth.

— Johnathon Schaech

All theatre has truth, from Theatre in Education to panto to Shakespeare.

— Clive Rowe

The American actor is very lucky... Because so little is asked of him.

— Sanford Meisner

I'm an athletic actor. I'm known for my action; I'm a guy who does my own stunts on screen.

— Akshay Kumar

Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months.

— Kristin Scott Thomas

I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed.

— Ving Rhames

In 1993, I was working at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.

— Gary Cole

Acting is a tough business, but if you really want to do it, you should go full force.

— Madeline Carroll