Actor Quotes · Page 198

I feel like casting is the most important aspect of making movies.

— Ben Affleck

If I hadn't made it as an actor, I might have wound up a hood.

— Steve McQueen

The thing about me is I have a great little acting school. I teach about 125 students.

— Luke Ford

The actors have confidence in me to let me lead them to unexpected things.

— Christophe Honore

Acting is doing. The more you do, the more you learn. Work begets work.

— Sarah Paulson

That would be a really ugly headline: 'American Actor Dies the Dumbest Way Possible.'

— Brendan Hunt

I didn't even think about movies where I came from. I wanted to be on the stage.

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

— Laura Carmichael

I know that it's the southern film industries that have made me an actor, and that is where people relate to me…

— Asin

Before I transitioned, I was double-acting, if that makes sense. I was acting being a guy, and I was employed as a…

— Rebecca Root

One of my first jobs ever as an actor was working with Julie White on a sitcom called 'Grace Under Fire.'

— Tom Everett Scott

“Toxic people are great actors. They will utilize whichever props are available to maintain control in the relationship.”

— Shannon Thomas

Like every actor, you get notorious for maybe one role and then get offered a lot of similar roles.

— Kit Harington

It is how you approach the role given to you, and how you relate to that character and then how you adapt…

— Rajiv Menon

It's a funny thing that when things happen in an actor's life, at some point it's just a performance, at another, it's…

— Ashish Vidyarthi

I'm mixed and I grew up in a predominantly white community. I'm queer, and I'm an actor. There's a lot of boxes…

— Myha'la

The funny thing is, because I was doing a lot of theater when I was a kid, and a lot of that…

— Guy Pearce

Nothing affects my acting. Acting is something I do with my soul so it embodies a lot of things. For me, I…

— Genevieve Nnaji

I have a little studio in Chinatown, and I sometimes go there and rearrange my brushes. But I would have to stop…

— Roger Rees

The Broadway community means the world. That goes for the actors, that goes for the crew, the producers, the writers, and most…

— Jordan Fisher

There have been several television movies, 'Carrie 2,' two musicals! I remember thinking, the first time there was a musical on Broadway,…

— Sissy Spacek

Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written - then…

— Richard Schiff

I became an actor to escape my own personality. Acting is the most therapeutic thing in the world. You see, through acting…

— George C. Scott

I never think of an actor as a model. A model wears what you tell them to wear, that's their job. An…

— Patricia Field

Characterization is integral to the theatrical experience.

— Robert Ludlum

The biggest reason for choosing 'Save Me' was the opportunity to work with excellent actors.

— Ok Taec-yeon

Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn.

— Melissa Leo

Ordinarily, when you go to see a play, an awful lot is presented in front of your eyes.

— Ian McElhinney

Denzel [Washington] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that.

— Viola Davis

I always look forward to roles that excite me as an actor.

— Amala Paul

Every actor I've worked with I want to work with again.

— Spike Jonze

There's a way in which 'The Illusion' is a play about the theater.

— Tony Kushner

There are three stages of an actor's career: Young, Old, and 'You look good!'

— Burt Reynolds

I came out of my mum's stomach going, 'I want to be an actor!'

— Emilia Clarke

“It is not for you, a son of Adam, to know what faults a star can commit.”

— C.S. Lewis

I was a hippie. I dropped in and out of everything. Then I found acting. It really grounded me.

— Conchata Ferrell

Michael C. Hall is an incredibly detailed actor who can convey so much with just an eyebrow.

— Jimmy Smits

My mother always said I should have a back-up profession if the acting doesn't work out.

— Gina Bellman

There is already huge public interest in stage musicals.

— Tim Rice

What I love about theatre is that it disappears as it happens.

— Lusia Strus