Actor Quotes · Page 116

My favorite way of learning for acting has been doing it, not talking about it.

— Joan Allen

I spent most of my teenage years in the National Theatre.

— Finty Williams

I'm not a good actor, I can play myself and a much gayer version of myself. That's my range.

— Daniel Tosh

Seriously, I would go in a second. I'd be the first actor in space and I'd love to do it.

— Tom Cruise

I got into acting classes. I didn't want to just go by luck.

— Kathrine Narducci

I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need to do it.

— Ralph Fiennes

Drag wasn't really on Broadway. It was considered low-class.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I think, you know, actors rely on each other all the time.

— Linda Cardellini

For me, acting was a way of releasing all of this stuff that I had inside - and a way for me…

— Ving Rhames

As an actor, to be able to experiment and grow and be pushed, it's been phenomenal for me, and it's given me…

— Josh Holloway

As an actress, I always wanted to do movies, and I never dreamt about doing movies in America just because I didn't…

— Marion Cotillard

The kind of acting I love is when you watch and you discover what you think perhaps you weren't supposed to see:…

— Marian Seldes

I always think that I'm the best thing in a lot of bad movies. Personally, I have to. I think that I…

— Matthew Lillard

After 'Brothers & Sisters' ended, I was back to the old game as an actor. Doing pilot season, choosing a script and…

— Dave Annable

Laurence [Fishburne] is a great example of how to communicate to the audience as you're acting with another actor.

— Chad Stahelski

As far as controversies are concerned, as an actor for the first time when there was something written about me I was…

— Jasmin Bhasin

Actors endow the villain in fiction with a warmth and quality that makes them memorable. I think we like fictional villains because…

— John Rhys-Davies

It's not like I prepare anymore, or have to think about my son being dead to get emotional. If you're working with…

— Maria Bello

I don't care more about '13' because it's in the Olivier than I did about 'Cock' in a 100-seat studio. They both…

— Mike Bartlett

Most difficult thing in the world, to write a play. Do you know the story of Shaw at the Fabian society? H.G.…

— Peter O'Toole

I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the…

— Vin Diesel

To me, one of the things I love about being an actor is that it's never done; it's never perfect, and so…

— Kerry Bishe

I'm an actor. My life as an actor depends on who sends me what. I'm just taking the best stuff that I…

— Alan Arkin

I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own…

— Michael Gambon

Its rare to see a proud and out LGBT person win an Oscar in a lead or supporting actor role.

— Karamo Brown

Acting was something I wanted to work at and put the time into.

— Aya Cash

A lot of people now don't know I've been on Broadway.

— Wesley Snipes

the role of the Do-Gooder is not what actors call a fat part.

— Margaret Halsey

That's what acting is about - for me, at least - tackling different personas and characters.

— Joanne Whalley

In my opinion, theater shouldn't give advice to citizens.

— Vaclav Havel

Now that I'm in my late 40s, I'm trying to make up for a little bit of lost musicals time.

— Sarah Lancashire

I am no champion, no great name, just a small actor who loves working for cinema.

— Rishi Kapoor

Oh, you're an actor??? Why don't you act like a waiter and get me another beer.

— Nikhil Saluja

A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.

— Richard Schickel

Landing a role now is not based on my looks - more on my acting ability.

— Jude Law

I was on the verge of quitting… The Acting Center actually saved me as an actor.

— Cady McClain

Every character actor, in their own little sphere, is the lead.

— Dabbs Greer

I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.

— Ram Kapoor

There are actors who don't get out of their Barbie Doll avatars, but that's not who I am.

— Neha Dhupia

I'd love to do a play eventually, if theaters ever open again.

— Phoebe Dynevor