Actor Quotes · Page 152

Theater is exciting because it is collaborative, but it is also exhausting for the same reason.

— Mark O'Donnell

You try, as an actor, to wear a mask; you're serving a story.

— Mark Rylance

I mean, I've acted professionally since I was 16.

— Nicolas Cage

Growing up in an atmosphere of storytelling made me an actor.

— John Lithgow

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

— James Earl Jones

Part of the privilege of being an actor is the people you get to work with.

— Joel Edgerton

I'm this dude that can play a farmhand and a handyman and sometimes a Greek god.

— Luke Evans

And since I have become an actor, not one person has asked me what degree I got.

— Charlotte Ritchie

The great thing about 'Justified' is that the writers will craft a scene, but if the actors come up with a great…

— Neal McDonough

I am ambitious to do more than what has been offered me. I want to be the best in whatever career I…

— Uday Chopra

I will also fulfill my profession commitments as an actor as I would not let the actor in me die after joining…

— Gurpreet Ghuggi

As an actor, you don't want to be typecast, because Hollywood is so quick to put you in things that you've succeeded…

— Danny McBride

I grew up loving actresses or actors who were very classy but who seemed a little bit mysterious because you couldn't grasp…

— Diane Kruger

I didn't act in school. I didn't study acting, either. I learned everything when I got to New York.

— Manish Dayal

My very first role was when I was 2 1/2 years old; I was one of Nora's children in 'A Doll's House,'…

— John Lithgow

I've always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites…

— Gia Coppola

Kurt [Sutter] is one of the few showrunners that actually sits down and talks to the actor alone, and then with all…

— Theo Rossi

If you look at the paths of other actors, most people have a curve where you hit it and there's a time…

— Casey Affleck

That's where the theatre of dreams is, over in L.A.; it's the land of opportunity for actors, and to go over there…

— Luke Pasqualino

If I audition for a job that I don't get, to be honest with you, I'd rather my friend get it. I…

— Ben Schnetzer

I saw 'Starbuck' before I ever knew I would be involved in 'Delivery Man,' but I liked it, and then a couple…

— Cobie Smulders

Once I was in L.A., I realized anyone could act. Why not give it a shot? I started going to a ton…

— Kellan Lutz

I feel an obligation to set the record straight. Actors that say they're affected by something, that it changes their life, that…

— Joaquin Phoenix

My fear of drama school is that the natural extraordinary but eccentric talent sometimes can't find its place in a drama school.…

— Helen Mirren

It's always a good day when I get to work with Jim Belushi, who I adore.

— Rob Lowe

We all want to escape our circumstances, don't we? Especially if you are an actor.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Any actor will tell you that you go where the work is, especially when you have children.

— Nicole Ari Parker

If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.

— Uta Hagen

I decided at age 5 to start acting and I have never wanted to do anything else.

— Lois Robbins

Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best.

— Nathan Fillion

I think I am a good actor myself. If I wasn't a director, I would have been an actor.

— Priyadarshan

I would love, love, love to do theatre. It's how I started, and essentially, it's my heart.

— Candice Patton

I want to be an actor who always tries the best regardless of roles.

— Rain

I'm a technician whose efforts go into hiding my limitations as an actor.

— Vijay Antony

But I'm not a tough guy or a street fighter for real. I'm just an actor.

— Channing Tatum

I like to consider myself an actor who just happens to be Hispanic

— Mario Lopez

As an actor you want to just like, act as much as possible.

— Alia Shawkat

I just want to continue to learn as an actor and as a person.

— Julia Garner

As an actor, a lot of things you do, people don't see it.

— Beck Bennett

I was an accidental actor. I was never formally trained.

— David Soul