Actor Quotes · Page 186

I never set out in the beginning of my career just to play female roles.

— Divine

Life trained me as an actor that's why I'm so dangerous, even more than a live bomb.

— Ravi Kishan

Being an actor, it's my responsibility to do something for society.

— Binnu Dhillon

I'm ashamed to say the first play I saw at the Royal Court was mine.

— Christopher Hampton

I really like to hear actors talk about acting, but I don't really like hearing myself talk.

— Michael Keaton

“I’m sorry, but this is musical theater, guys. Okay? You’ve just got to do it all.”

— Michael Sokolove

Acting is about reacting, and it's not easy to do that when you don't have a good co-star.

— Amyra Dastur

I have no regrets. If I wanted to keep acting, I would have never left the cinema.

— Brigitte Bardot

Since I began booking some stuff with no formal acting training I told myself, that I needed to really study to stay…

— Jaime Zevallos

I studied digital arts and graphic design, and then, at the same time I was studying, I was still doing auditions.

— Nicole Maines

It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'm looking for things that I can actually physically use…

— Ioan Gruffudd

Personally, having an eight-pack is a high, but professionally, I cannot be obsessed with it. I'm an actor, not a body builder.

— Shahid Kapoor

I always try that my next film is different than my last movie. I would like to surprise my audience; that, I…

— Harshvardhan Rane

I'll still try to nail acting jobs, but with 'Eastbound,' creating it is what gives me the ultimate pleasure at the end…

— Danny McBride

I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was growing up, really. So when I decided to go to university…

— Hugh Dancy

The gift of working on a Robert O'Hara play is that you have to trust his language. It's all in there. You…

— Colman Domingo

Sometimes you realize that the thing an actor is asking for isn't exactly the thing they want. Maybe they're asking for more…

— Karyn Kusama

I don't talk about how old I am because sometimes it can affect parts that you get in Hollywood. I don't believe…

— Garrett Clayton

It's hard to think it's important to try out as cheerleader when you're starring on Broadway. But you do kind of miss…

— Bonnie Bedelia

I love playing a villain. I think that there's something freeing about that, and it's a different kind of challenge. More than…

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan

If I could, I want to take a page from the George Clooney-like actors of the world. They do things that are…

— Alona Tal

People don't realise what a nice thing it is for an actor to go to a job where they know or like…

— Katherine Parkinson

I understand the opposite side of the camera. I have a profound respect for that. I have worked with people who, when…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

The No. 1 thing I hear from people when I meet them in the airport is, 'Oh my gosh, you're just like…

— Guy Fieri

Acting is not very easy; the more you have worked, the more it gets difficult.

— Amrita Rao

Of course I am an actor but I consider myself as an entertainer as well.

— Varun Sharma

I didn't do school plays... I've never done a play in my life, actually. Not even a nativity.

— Millie Bobby Brown

It's a wonderful acting challenge to tell a story and convey emotion with only your voice.

— Michael T. Weiss

There's always down time when you're an actor, especially a character actor.

— John Cariani

Stars can never replace strong character actors in roles that demand histrionics.

— Mukesh Tiwari

Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.

— David Twohy

I never started out to be an action actor. I was an ensemble actor.

— Sylvester Stallone

I trained in Toronto with a private acting teacher, who was wonderful, for years growing up.

— Megan Park

I am not a good actor. There is much more to do and learn.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

I've always loved musical theatre. It's my favorite thing in the world to do.

— Judy Norton

I've had a pretty organic approach. I'm not Jessica Chastain. I'm not theatrically trained.

— Camila Morrone

In the summer of 2009, I was at the Shakespeare lab at the public theater in New York.

— William Mapother

I think a lot of actors are overly concerned about being well liked in the parts they play.

— Molly Parker

Acting is my career. I am pursuing it with passion.

— Priyamani