Actor Quotes · Page 181

As an actor, we are, in a way, a mirror of other people.

— Chris Sarandon

Acting is reacting. You can't react if you're not paying attention, if you're not listening.

— Reid Scott

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done

— William Hurt

It is so funny because I was always embarrassed because I never had formal training in acting.

— Haley Bennett

I never really considered myself an actor because I never pursued it.

— Robert Coppola Schwartzman

I am not a method actor. I would call myself a spontaneous actor.

— Andrea Jeremiah

I came to my mom and told her I wanted to do this[acting].

— Selena

What we are as actors, for better and for worse, is visible.

— Scott Bakula

If you're a kid who's not necessarily attractive, and you don't have money, and you're not hip and cool, chances are you're…

— Jim McKay

Nick Offerman is my hero. He just cracks me up. He's so funny, but he's a true actor, too - he's bringing…

— Chris Pratt

The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant juggernaut. That was lucky.

— Sarah Vowell

I've only had one dramatic role in my entire career and when I did it, I was in heaven and I thought,…

— Jennifer Coolidge

With my work in 'Mardaani' being well-received, I am more aware than ever that I have to keep the game up. I…

— Tahir Raj Bhasin

I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn't want to go full-bore into it…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I'd love to tell actors about all the things they don't need to worry about. Less is more. If you have it…

— Sigourney Weaver

I'm an actor. I'm just a creative person. I figure if I wasn't a good writer, I'd take to renovating homes... not…

— Andrea Gabriel

I went to a very mean school and was bullied like crazy. I was a bit of a goth with purple hair,…

— Christina Hendricks

I hate the word "method acting." It's just so silly. You hear people going, "Yeah I'm a method actor." I'm like, "So…

— Jeremy Irvine

It's more than usually possible that I won't do a play again. But Skylight is one of the great plays in the…

— Bill Nighy

Still, on 'Friends', we had some guest-stars who were less than spectacular, not the stunt-casting, but just regular guest-stars, and they weren't…

— Matt LeBlanc

I wouldn't have been able to go to drama school when I was 19. I don't think I was even conscious of…

— Claire Foy

When 'Newsies' first came out, it just crash-landed with a thud; it won a Razzie for worst song of the year, and…

— Alan Menken

After all these years in the business, I really feel that actors are used. People treat actors worse than they treat children.…

— Diane Ladd

I was fortunate enough to book a pilot, and we just got picked up for a midseason replacement for ABC. It's called…

— Kelly Stables

As an actor, of course, you want to be in something that's successful.

— Marina Sirtis

If the actor believes in the moment, the audience believes in it, too.

— Radhika Apte

Acting is an emotion which has to be felt. Some feel it, some don't!

— Nushrat Bharucha

I think, for any actor, L.A. is where it all seems to be.

— Samara Weaving

As an actor you have good spells and bad spells.

— Ncuti Gatwa

I love musical theatre and my dream is to do Once On This Island.

— Syesha Mercado

At first, I didn't really have a passion for acting.

— Jacob Batalon

Doing audiobooks is kind of an actor's dream because you get to play all the parts.

— Michael Beck

'The Light in the Piazza' is one of my top three musicals of all time.

— Joshua Henry

Actors are greedy. They can never be satisfied. I want praise as well as box office returns.

— Anonymous

I always wanted to become an actor. I just followed the passion step after step.

— Pulkit Samrat

My mum very much wanted me to go into the theatre.

— Peter Sellers

So, suddenly I was an actor. I don't remember being nervous. I learned to be nervous later.

— Roger Rees

I was a terrible actor. The analytical part of my mind never quite let go.

— Edward Hall

Every actor has a top 10 or top 15 list of actors they wish to work with someday.

— Jackky Bhagnani

For me, I can't live without acting or drama and writing - I also run a theater company.

— Tom Cullen