Actor Quotes · Page 179

My definition of a character actor is - they never get the girl.

— James Cromwell

Well, what is acting but the study of human behavior? And that's so fascinating to me.

— Amy Smart

Being a man of the theater and a hedonist, I find the idea of building coffins very romantic.

— Nick Offerman

When I went to NYU, I took as many electives as I could in acting.

— Monica Barbaro

Acting is not about knowing all this stuff; it's about character.

— Ron Silver

Old actors never die, they don't even fade away. They're always available.

— Russell Johnson

Since childhood, I wanted to be a hero, but now, I want to be an actor.

— Sunny Singh

There aren't that many actors that aren't doing studio movies getting offered studio movies.

— Neve Campbell

My favorite thing about being an actor is that I get to be so many different people in one lifetime. You sort…

— Yvonne Strahovski

The goal as an actor is to constantly surround yourself with amazing artists who challenge you and make you grow.

— Sarah Shahi

I think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left…

— Cary Elwes

The Theatre of the Oppressed is theatre in this most archaic application of the word. In this usage, all human beings are…

— Augusto Boal

When we watch a film as actors, you have to understand that we always see much more than what's on screen.

— Kunal Khemu

The reason I got into acting was the audience is right there and if you did something great they were right there…

— Alan Tudyk

For the first ten years of my career, or up to the point I did 'Local Hero,' I was always trying to…

— Denis Lawson

My favorite acting books are Stella Adler's 'The Art of Acting' and 'Sanford Meisner on Acting.'

— Krysten Ritter

When you're a kid, you imagine acting to be singing and fighting and like the movies. Then you become an actor and…

— Nicola Walker

I don't think I can call myself an actress yet. I just don't think my skill level is that high. I hope…

— Keira Knightley

From university, I tried to get into the profession almost immediately, and just got kind of kicked back in London, by lots…

— James Callis

It's such hard work doing a musical. I did my first musical last year, performing in The Producers, and it was a…

— Reece Shearsmith

That's the thing about acting - it does have the feeling of downhill skiing. When it's really all going right, you know…

— Mira Sorvino

You never stop thinking about technique, but really, the reason we're actors is because of the sheer joy of those few moments…

— Caitlin Fitzgerald

I've always been lucky in casting. The trick in casting is to hire great people, and let them do what they do,…

— Woody Allen

For me, all you want from your actor is for them to engage on a deeply emotional level with the material. If…

— Andrew Haigh

A 'Looking' musical would completely bring me back to Broadway. I would come back in a second.

— Jonathan Groff

My name had been sent for the award for Best Supporting Actor in 'Tere Naam,' but I missed it.

— Ravi Kishan

And I've been taking acting classes since I was 7.

— Elizabeth Olsen

Every job I've ever gotten has transformed me in some way as an actor.

— Viola Davis

I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor.

— Heather Graham

Acting is not being emotional, but being able to fully express emotion.

— Anonymous

I just am committed wholeheartedly to theatre with no intermission.

— Lady Gaga

I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now.

— Chevy Chase

I must agree with the role. As actors, we influence people.

— Supriya Pathak

The theater, for all its artifices, depicts life in a sense more truly than history.

— George Santayana

An actor is known by his choices, not by his box-office figures.

— Paresh Rawal

If I'd been in a school play, I'd probably have sneezed and messed everything up.

— Millie Bobby Brown

I used to have a lot of philosophies of acting; they all fell apart over the years.

— Alan Arkin

As an actor, it's hard to get work. Sometimes you have to make do with the jobs that you get.

— Colin O'Donoghue

I never felt like I completely, 100% understood something so well as acting.

— Jennifer Lawrence

I can't understand why I am always being called a 'boogie-man' type of actor.

— Peter Lorre