Actor Quotes · Page 184

I spent a lot of time in the trenches in New York doing a lot of off-off-off Broadway theater.

— Allison Janney

Every actor wants to find a piece of work that's innovative and powerful and moving.

— Sean Bean

Rory McCann is an amazing actor and a very strong man.

— Gwendoline Christie

That's the job of an actor. You get to be in all these strange new challenging situations.

— Lotte Verbeek

I didn't get into drama school after university. Looking back, I think I was really bad.

— Lolly Adefope

I love acting. This is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

— Michelle Trachtenberg

A good actor is somebody who can be truthful and fascinating and interesting and enlightening.

— Bruce Davison

I'm an actor's director. I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life.

— Fred Durst

Theatre is a must for actors. They should try it at least once. It makes you disciplined, teaches you to respect your…

— Sushant Singh Rajput

I grew up with a mom as a director and still didn't believe it could happen for me, because it was so…

— Molly Gordon

I have always chosen subjects which are little different, and not subjects that you see. That challenges me and the actors who…

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

As an actor I'll be as madcap as you like, but in character, and after weeks of rehearsal. Don't expect me to…

— Rebecca Front

Going into auditions, there is a wonderful butterfly feeling in your stomach - an equal balance of being utterly terrified and exhilarated…

— Rose Leslie

If a movie doesn't even have financing yet, they'll do a table read for it at a casting director's office with actors,…

— Bill Hader

It really was a true test to try to act for 14-hour days when people don't think that you're acting.

— Desi Lydic

It occurred to me that actors are selfish, and they think that the world revolves around them. For one year, I quit,…

— Jim Sarbh

As an actor, the ambition is to play interesting characters. And in the indie genre world, the budgets are low. That allows…

— A. J. Bowen

The main difference between the art of the actor and all other arts is that every other [non-performing] artist may create whenever…

— Constantin Stanislavski

People always think that I came from this dynasty of actors. But that's not true, because it was just dad. So as…

— Gustaf Skarsgard

Part of acting is having the security to turn yourself loose and let yourself go in order to reach whatever depths a…

— Morgan Freeman

I'd just got back from filming my role as Flo in 'Kidnap & Ransom' when I got the news that Channel 4…

— Kimberley Nixon

I was undeclared. I was in my third year of school. They said you have to decide upon a major, and my…

— Michael Douglas

I may not be a great actress but I've become the greatest at screen orgasms. Ten seconds of heavy breathing, roll your…

— Candice Bergen

I was amazed by how much you have to think about as a director. As an actor, you don't have to think…

— Misha Collins

Snake Plissken walks in the room, any young actor is going to be a bit speechless.

— Chris Sullivan

When you cast, you can't cast only visually; you have to cast emotionally, too.

— Niels Arden Oplev

Acting is what I chose to do. It's what I feel I need to do.

— Jessica Pare

Probably the best part about being an actor is that you get to be a traveling wanderer.

— Chris Messina

I don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent.

— Peter Boyle

I want to be a bi-continental working actor and writer.

— Shenaz Treasury

As an actor, your best help is just to shut up and get out of the way.

— David Hewlett

I loved acting. I didn’t particularly like being a movie star.

— Grace Kelly

I became an actor because I didn't know what else to do. Academically, I wasn't good.

— Anthony Hopkins

Working on a particular look doesn't make you a serious actor.

— Ali Fazal

Being an international actor, I always had to keep moving.

— Kabir Bedi

I think, as an actor, you're constantly confronted with your fear of sticking your neck out.

— Mary Steenburgen

To be respected as an actor it doesn't help to be seen out in the clubs.

— Ed Westwick

Theater is the most important thing in life for me.

— Joel Grey

I am equally a writer and an actor and a director.

— Tanya Saracho

As far as my education goes, I've always felt that was my hobby instead of acting.

— Mawra Hocane