Actor Quotes · Page 191

I'm an actor and I'm able to do a lot of things and play a lot of characters.

— Noah Galvin

You're literally being an actor - you're pretending - and that's not what I like to do.

— Kristen Stewart

My older sister has all her degrees in theater, and I couldnt stand the theater geeks!

— Diane Neal

Auditioning is always so different for different things.

— Josh Hutcherson

I love writing. It is the closest thing to me after being an actor.

— Deepti Naval

It would be impossible to find an actor to portray Om Puri, so I wouldn't even attempt it.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I've always been fascinated with actors who have to be heroes, whereas I shy away from that.

— Ricky Gervais

Reacting is so important to the craft of acting.

— John Knoll

I've got a lot to learn, and I'm very blessed to work with such talented actors. I'm nowhere near my goal. It's…

— Kellan Lutz

As an actor, your job is half done when your co-star becomes your friend, especially when it's Judi Dench.

— Ali Fazal

Before shooting, I prepare with the actors much more like it's a theater play than a movie. Apparently, that way of working…

— Pedro Almodovar

Somehow, I have no idea how the transition was made from wanting to be an archeologist or a marine biologist, to wanting…

— Gillian Anderson

I wrote 'Actor' all on the computer. I didn't touch any instruments until I was in the studio. So while I had…

— St. Vincent

A lot of auditions are not fun; they're just a necessary evil, and, if you're lucky, you have a few moments that…

— Kristen Connolly

The difference between film and theater is that in film, an actor is sort of under a magnifying glass and everything that…

— Olivia Thirlby

When I was a kid being an actor was not cool. I'm thirty now and when I was a kid in the…

— Vincent Kartheiser

An actor is nothing without the vision of the director. The director needs to have a vision that will cross boundaries, that…

— Manoj Bajpayee

In 2017, I was working part time in an optician's, about to turn 30, living at home with my parents, unsure whether…

— Nicola Coughlan

When I look at acting careers that I really admire, I see that it's been a precise decision-making process for these people.…

— Taylor Swift

The security comes, as an actor, in knowing that you're not in control. If you try to control your career, or how…

— Matthew Macfadyen

It was just like, "What am I going to do today, in L.A., as an actor? Well, I guess I could go…

— David Krumholtz

Sometimes you'll have great actors who aren't comfortable with improvising. Which can get pretty frustrating. But every actor's coming from a different…

— David Gordon Green

Every film by Will Smith, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Lena Horne, Ruby Dee, Don Cheadle will have great acting and carry good…

— Brian J. White

We look at, the absurdity of the system provides us the most material. And that is best served by sort of the…

— Jon Stewart

Theater has been my way of learning about everything.

— Seth Numrich

I adore not being me. I'm not very good at being me. That's why I adore acting so much.

— Deborah Kerr

I did 'Damnation' on USA, and hopefully I keep picking up smaller roles and learn the craft.

— Luke Harper

When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back.

— Jason Patric

Part of being an actor is never knowing where your next part is coming from.

— Katharine Ross

It takes a damn village to get a show on Broadway!

— Keala Settle

I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract.

— Hermione Gingold

Being an actor is a much more structured life than being a musician.

— Grant-Lee Phillips

I'd say 80 percent of my auditions go very horribly.

— Adam Pally

I have an older brother who's an actor and a grandfather who was an actor.

— Ben Lloyd-Hughes

I love rock and opera, and I love musical theater, and I don't want to lose any of that.

— Lauren Worsham

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

— Catherine Deneuve

Growing up, I wasn't sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.

— Daniella Alonso

I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging.

— Eli Wallach

My whole thing is, you listen to the actor and help them bring out their best thing.

— Jonathan Krisel

Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.

— Barry Levinson