Actor Quotes · Page 121

“In the first place, I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.”

— J D Salinger

When I moved to Bengaluru to study law, I was looking forward to joining a theatre troupe.

— Shraddha Srinath

I love working with Alec Baldwin. He's one of the five greatest actors ever to live.

— Tracy Morgan

It's not a matter of being choosy as an actor but a matter of liking the right script.

— Aditya Roy Kapur

Acting is a spiritual quest to touch human beings.

— Larry Moss

The worst feeling in the world is giving a bad audition.

— Aya Cash

I needed someone really intense, but also somebody with a lot of theatrical credibility.

— Denis Leary

I think most actors like to do things that are right outside of their comfort zone.

— Stephanie Beatriz

I don't want to be alone; the thing I love about acting is the other people you're doing it with.

— Martin Freeman

Deconstructing your performance is the curse an actor has to live with. That's why I don't watch my films.

— Manoj Bajpayee

I'm a terrible actor. I would suck in films! The only way I would do well is if I was playing myself,…

— Daniel Bryan

One of the most incredible and important things about the theater is that we're creating a safe space for all feelings, but…

— Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Some people think all young actors should come up through the ranks of theatre. I don't necessarily think that's true.

— Karla Crome

Most theatre is still really bad. It has to appeal to people who do jobs and have lives. Theatre about theatre is…

— Mike Bartlett

Having experience in film and television both, I feel both are equally powerful and satisfying for an actor.

— Nikitin Dheer

The fuss that actors began making about the difficulty of shifting to sound struck me as perfectly foolish.

— Gloria Swanson

The actor's relationship to the crew is really a big dynamic that influences everything. When actors are assholes, it becomes problematic. When…

— Paris Barclay

Acting isn't something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you're going to start with logic, you might as well…

— Anonymous

That's the great thing about university: you've got people around you who are taking a risk and trying things out themselves. It…

— Adam Rayner

My very first acting job ever, the first time I got paid to be an actress, was in 2001, right between my…

— Katy Mixon

In playwriting, you've got to be able to write dialogue. And if you write enough of it and let it flow enough,…

— David Mamet

There is a lot of things to be outraged about these days, and I think that getting outraged about an actor on…

— Chris Sullivan

I got a grant for the Old Vic Theatre School in London, which had just started. It was only five terms; they…

— June Brown

I don't have to act for work anymore; I can act for passion. That's freeing, but it's also a prison of its…

— Ashton Kutcher

Theatre should remain accessible even to those of us who have health condition.

— Liz Carr

I'm just an instinctive actress, I've never had a lesson in my life.

— Elizabeth Taylor

I think the periods of being unsuccessful have made me a better actor.

— Peter Capaldi

I just wanted to be one of those actors who works at the National Theatre the whole time.

— Robert Emms

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.

— Marcia Gay Harden

I'd done stage musicals for quite a few years, starting with 'Grease' in Auckland.

— Russell Crowe

It's great to be an actor, and it's great to embody something more than who you are.

— Janet Varney

Being an actor is actually pretty easy if you can memorize lines.

— Jon Hamm

As a sensible actor, I can easily judge which scene looks vulgar and which will look aesthetic.

— Gautam Rode

When I started cracking auditions I got confident and that's when I felt I can act.

— Rohit Saraf

When I left drama school I was prepped to be in shows and tour around England by van.

— Josh O'Connor

After school, I was planning to jump from regional theater to regional theater.

— Timothy Simons

Although he appeared in some awful movies, Elvis could also be pretty damn good as an actor.

— Ian Gillan

I don't know if I have really made it as an actor. I don't even look at it that way.

— Naveen Andrews

I am able to do social service only because of the name I gained from acting.

— Suresh Gopi

I'm doing more acting, but I'm also focusing on strongman.

— Hafthor Bjornsson