Actor Quotes · Page 112

Everybody is an actor, whether you play the main lead or one of the supporting characters.

— Deepti Naval

No actor is totally happy with the roles they get.

— Ashish Vidyarthi

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

— Anonymous

I never have particular actors planned when I'm in the process of writing.

— Susanne Bier

Vary the pace... is one of the foundations of all good acting.

— Ellen Terry

We had no idea, you're like, an amazing actor, man.

— Jonah Hill

Dancers are the unsung heroes Broadway musicals.

— Stephen Schwartz

The most important thing in acting is honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

— George Burns

I met my partner, actor David Elliot, when we were both in the play 'La Ronde' by Arthur Schnitzler.

— Helen Baxendale

I never wanted to be an actor. It was something I found a passion for; it wasn't there immediately.

— Neve Campbell

Normally when people ask me what I do I say I'm an actor, and that's what I always wanted to be and…

— Simon McBurney

I have a hard time being career-minded, but I want to be able to survive as an actor and do work that…

— Jason Ralph

The thing I love about theater is the fact that everyone's complicit. We're either there as a storyteller, or we're there as…

— Sarah Goldberg

I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed…

— Kirk Douglas

I'm an actor, and so of course I want to see TV companies making good dramas. I want that to be a…

— David Jason

I was always a supporting actor. It is nice to know one has the equipment to be a leading actor.

— Nigel Hawthorne

Acting is so much about waiting... waiting for an audition, waiting for the right part to come along. It's nice to write…

— Emily Kinney

Auditions are already the worst thing in the world. They're so nerve-racking. It's so unfair to ask someone to show you all…

— Melissa Barrera

My teacher at RADA said I was going to have trouble when I left because I wasn't an obvious juvenile lead, although…

— Anne Reid

We actors are superstitious creatures. We do all the homework, and we put all of the components together, but there's always one…

— Lorraine Toussaint

People think stage school is a little star factory but the truth is kids like me learned about being in a team…

— Amy Winehouse

If I do a scene with an actor who doesn't have much experience, I say, 'I tell you what we're going to…

— Jon Voight

A lot of critics sometimes get into analyzing the way actors direct versus non-actors directing. And they really always miss it. It's…

— Sean Penn

There are days when you are busy even without having work as you are going for auditions. So you are not acting…

— Anupriya Goenka

I got a BFA in Fine Art, and then I told my family I was going to be an actress.

— Mickey Sumner

Sincerity and the correct use of the voice are the greatest things in the art of acting.

— Alla Nazimova

Maybe it's a personality thing individual to me, but actors always benefit from body awareness.

— Kristin Lehman

“Is this what school was like in the United States? It was like theater.”

— Cristina Henriquez

Since I got out of grad school at NYU, I've always done as many plays as I can.

— Marin Hinkle

I've done a lot of Broadway plays, and I'm fortunate they've all been so successful.

— John Benjamin Hickey

I can't do TV; I think I'll die as an actor first and then as a person.

— Kirti Kulhari

As an actor, my body is my tool to flesh out the roles I play.

— Parvathy

I was aiming for an acting career in 40. I never thought I would get recognition so early.

— Abhishek Banerjee

I admire Cate Blanchett as an actor: that's my ultimate goal. To be as good as she is!

— Indiana Evans

There are worse things than death. Many of them playing at a theater near you.

— Woody Allen

Acting is something I love to do. I love to perform and I love the art, the craft of it.

— Jill Bennett

I have a lot to show as an actor, and I will take my own sweet time for that.

— Ayushmann Khurrana

I was trained on stage at NYU in New York City; I did a lot of theatre then.

— Michaela Conlin

I think any actor in their right mind is afraid of getting pigeonholed.

— Zosia Mamet

It's so funny, actors usually have a directing ambition. I've got no ambition for directing.

— Majandra Delfino