Actor Quotes · Page 131

I very rarely get nervous as an actor. Very rarely.

— Corin Nemec

I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.

— Joseph Barbera

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

— Alan Rickman

I think my beard (in 'Drag Me To Hell') is getting a better IMDb rating than I am.

— Dileep Rao

My first performance was as one of the orphans in 'Oliver!'

— Brad Hall

Theater is about life, not about television or movies.

— Jason Robards

I love and admire the late actor Farooq Shaikh and his style of speaking.

— Sangram Singh

A good comedian has to be a fine actor all around.

— Paresh Rawal

Now I'm 18, I'm about to turn 19 - I'll get a script for, like, a college frat boy type, and if…

— Skyler Gisondo

I think acting for sure takes a lot of dedication, especially when you're starting out, because it's so much rejection and it's…

— Bitsie Tulloch

I'd been playing the piano since I was 6 and wanted to be a composer, but I also wanted to be an…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

It's part of your job as an actor to put your personal problems behind you and work. Good actors can do that.

— Rob Lowe

I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work…

— Dan Stevens

There was not an industry for child actors. I never really made any money. It was all about fun for me.

— Michiel Huisman

When I do scenes with Alec Baldwin, he just stares at my boobs. That's how good of an actor he is, he…

— Jane Krakowski

I've always wanted to be one of those actors who could change from character to character, like Daniel Day Lewis or Jeffrey…

— Kevin Daniels

Plays are frequently infected with ideas that came from actors or even sound engineers. Some Shakespeare scholars wonder whether some of the…

— Clive Thompson

It's very important for singers to feature in their videos because when we do playback for Bollywood, we tend to become the…

— Tulsi Kumar

I remember when I told my parents that I wanted to be a filmmaker, and no longer was I planning to be…

— Lee Isaac Chung

You can feel yourself trying too hard, doing too much. Nobody wants to watch somebody when they're needy, and actors are in…

— Jess Weixler

How you look is part of what acting is, but the way I look at it, every actor is a character actor.…

— Santiago Cabrera

There is no single approach that actors take to their craft. And the best thing you learn is that you have to…

— Todd Haynes

I always say to every actor, and to people that want to get into this industry, to just try to be on…

— Camila Morrone

The casting of any film is around 60% of the film, but it's also about the right casting insight. It's a bit…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

That's one of the fun parts of becoming an actor: You can become whoever you want to be.

— Michael B. Jordan

No matter how much technique you draw on or how much training you have, acting is a mystery.

— Colin Firth

I swear I'm not bossy in any other aspect of my life - it's just on set.

— Margot Robbie

Of course, as a model and actor, one has to look good and maintain oneself.

— Catherine Tresa

When I was an actor, I liked throwing a challenge to other actors.

— Nizhalgal Ravi

To grow: that is your deepest and truest need when you say, 'I want to be an actor.'

— Stella Adler

I don't feel like I properly started acting until I did my first play, 'Tusk, Tusk.'

— Bel Powley

I think when actors run away from their work that they're slightly crazy, really!

— Andy Serkis

I think of being an actor as a blue-collar profession.

— Joe Mantegna

I want to be remembered as a great actor - and a shining example of humanity.

— Jesse L. Martin

I love musicals, I started acting because I wanted to be in a musical.

— Scarlett Johansson

In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'

— Viggo Mortensen

If I can be a working actor, if I can be an actor and not have a day job, I'll be fine.

— Colin Hanks

I want to walk the bases - I want to do all the actor-y stuff.

— John Cho

With a famous name, you have to work that much harder to get the part.

— Max Minghella

I didn't grow up wanting to be an actor, and I didn't go to acting school.

— Paul Schneider