Actor Quotes · Page 192

As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending.

— John Hawkes

The reason you want to act is to continue to explore every different part of the human psyche.

— Jesse Plemons

In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor.

— Henry Miller

I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor.

— Isabella Rossellini

I love 'Cabaret' and 'George M!' They're both incredible as far as I'm concerned.

— Joel Grey

You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can.

— Sharon Horgan

I've never had an acting lesson in my life. I don't know whether that's a good or bad thing.

— Jason Statham

It requires a huge amount of intelligence to be an actor.

— Soha Ali Khan

I don't think anybody, actor or marine, is ever going to enjoy boot camp. It certainly wasn't at all enjoyable. Informative and…

— Ashton Holmes

I think in theater the playwright is king. Those words are unchangeable. They are the reason that everything else flows from.

— Greta Gerwig

I actually think actors both are drawn to playing real-life historical people and are terrified.

— Ryan Murphy

There wasn't much for me to do after school except the drama club, so when I kind of started doing drama club,…

— Julianne Moore

The first play I wrote was called 'Twenty-five.' It was played by our company in Dublin and London, and was adapted and…

— Lady Gregory

You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to…

— Ginger Rogers

Being an actor is a nomadic profession, and I just try to feel at home wherever I am at that moment.

— Mia Goth

There are certain sacrifices that you make, and you feel like the only compensation you have as an actor is financial.

— David Schwimmer

Acting is so much fun. It is a different ball game and I want to concentrate on that at the moment. I'm…

— Britney Spears

I always think it's hard for any young actor to make that transition to more grown-up roles. Because you don't want to…

— Alexa Vega

I suddenly realized that the fellow who didn't show up was getting about fifty-times more money than I was getting. So I…

— Glenn Ford

In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you…

— Janet Montgomery

As an actor, you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don't see why that…

— Ben Whishaw

With The Host, I think the actors could be really big names. That would be cool. Id love to see Robert Redford…

— Stephenie Meyer

You try to make them comfortable so they can do what they're best at, and make them shine. You always want to…

— Todd Solondz

The people I idolized I saw once a year on the Tony Awards. I would buy the cassette tapes of the various…

— Jesse Tyler Ferguson

I spent most of my teenage years in the National Theatre.

— Finty Williams

My favorite way of learning for acting has been doing it, not talking about it.

— Joan Allen

I'm not a good actor, I can play myself and a much gayer version of myself. That's my range.

— Daniel Tosh

Seriously, I would go in a second. I'd be the first actor in space and I'd love to do it.

— Tom Cruise

I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need to do it.

— Ralph Fiennes

I got into acting classes. I didn't want to just go by luck.

— Kathrine Narducci

I think, you know, actors rely on each other all the time.

— Linda Cardellini

Drag wasn't really on Broadway. It was considered low-class.

— John Cameron Mitchell

Its rare to see a proud and out LGBT person win an Oscar in a lead or supporting actor role.

— Karamo Brown

Acting was something I wanted to work at and put the time into.

— Aya Cash

A lot of people now don't know I've been on Broadway.

— Wesley Snipes

the role of the Do-Gooder is not what actors call a fat part.

— Margaret Halsey

That's what acting is about - for me, at least - tackling different personas and characters.

— Joanne Whalley

In my opinion, theater shouldn't give advice to citizens.

— Vaclav Havel

Now that I'm in my late 40s, I'm trying to make up for a little bit of lost musicals time.

— Sarah Lancashire

I am no champion, no great name, just a small actor who loves working for cinema.

— Rishi Kapoor