Actor Quotes · Page 142

I played Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz.' That was my first role on stage.

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

There was nobody telling me, 'You should be an artist,' or, 'You should be an actor.'

— Frank Grillo

I've been acting since I was a child doing church plays and stuff like that.

— Brian Michael Smith

I feel that every actor should do at least one movie with Tigmanshu Dhulia.

— Ravi Kishan

I had given up on acting because I would go for auditions every day, but nothing would happen.

— Fatima Sana Shaikh

Actors betray. Technicians don't. Movies are made by technicians.

— Pooja Bhatt

I'm aiming to do what I need to do for acting and nothing more. I'm bowing down to acting.

— Abbey Lee Kershaw

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

— James Earl Jones

It was my life, playing Juliet. From that moment on I was convinced I was going to be an actress. That was…

— Mary Elizabeth Winstead

It's harder to work with people who are not as dedicated to their craft. It also leaves you a better actor when…

— Viola Davis

I admire actors and artists who devote just as much time to their life as they do to their work.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

In my previous profession, when I was a producer, scriptwriter and actor, I wanted to get an Oscar, I wanted to be…

— Volodymyr Zelensky

I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it…

— John Lithgow

An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie.

— Christopher Walken

I enjoy acting, and it's given me a ton of happiness and it's affected my life and my family's lives in ways…

— Jay Baruchel

I started doing drama after school, and it just developed into something that I did and I enjoyed very much.

— Dominique McElligott

I have nine years of scholastic actor training, and what I've learned is that training does not an actor make. You have…

— Jonathan Majors

So much of being an actor is trying to force yourself into these roles and sometimes it's a good fit, and sometimes…

— Andrew Rannells

I hated the idea that I would be like my father. Which is one of the reasons I decided I didn't want…

— Loudon Wainwright III

I would not want to be a part of any project that I feel would not work. An actor like me always…

— Rani Mukerji

So many actors get caught up in their technique, and to be honest, I see it really getting in the way. I…

— Gerard Butler

I'm a character actor. Nobody's ever seemed to think of me as a leading man. I'm 6'6''. I've got a big nose.…

— James Cromwell

If you have another actor like Ranveer Singh, same energy and same vibe, you probably won't look at that person. There are…

— Raftaar

My parents weren't involved in show business, but my parents would show me. We'd watch old films in the house. Little film…

— Alden Ehrenreich

That is the fun of being an actor. You play all different kinds of people.

— Chris Messina

We actors have lives beyond the film industry too!

— Zeenat Aman

I do not care for musicals. In fact, I hate them.

— Mary H.K. Choi

Every actor needs someone to take a chance on them.

— Robbie Amell

I have to thank Nawazuddin for being such a wonderful co-star and a supportive actor.

— Kubra Sait

I've always learned in show business: you take the job.

— Margo Martindale

All of the press and stuff - that's the scary stuff. The acting is what I got trained to do.

— Emilia Clarke

I am not an actor who enjoys negative comments on other heroes.

— Allu Arjun

I was the first Indian actor to do a film with Jackie Chan.

— Mallika Sherawat

When I was 16 and wanted to be an actor, people told me to go work at the supermarket.

— Steve Valentine

As an actor, I love playing something kind of outside of who I am as a real person.

— Justin Prentice

If I weren't an actor, I'd either be a teacher or a critic.

— Dennis Haysbert

Then when I got to Hollywood, the first musical I did was Festival in 1977.

— Gregory Harrison

My husband is an actor, and we don't talk about acting at home.

— Nicola Walker

So I decided to start writing plays, and went to Yale.

— Richard Foreman

The professional's love for the theater is less pure than that of the non-professional's.

— Van Heflin