Actor Quotes · Page 202

In acting there's two different things: You're either pitching in a scene, or you're catching.

— Robin Tunney

Maybe after my strongman career, I'll focus more on acting. Who knows?

— Hafthor Bjornsson

Unless it's a flat-out farce, an actor can't play comedy on film.

— Frances McDormand

You really have to create everything in order to come away with a full human being on screen.

— Samantha Mathis

I'm an actor. I can't afford to have a type. I love to mix it up.

— Eric McCormack

I've always just liked working. I like being a working actor.

— Ryan Reynolds

I've gotten auditions with as little as two hours' notice. Those don't go so well!

— Nico Santos

I went to Boston University and got my BFA, and performed Off Broadway.

— Jenn Proske

Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was…

— Alex Flinn

My first Broadway show was with Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton. Maureen Stapleton, a legend in the theatre; Elizabeth Taylor, a legend,…

— Dennis Christopher

As an actor, the joy lies in being able to play roles that you are not. If I get a chance to…

— Shefali Shah

I have horrible acting ability. I can only be one thing and that's it. So for better, for worse, that's all I've…

— Jon Foreman

If you're going to go to an audition, you don't want to go in trying to force yourself into some archetype that…

— Timothy Simons

Everybody always feels that they're right even if they're wrong and that's what a whole actor's career is built around rationalizing your…

— Clint Eastwood

Actors have either got to play something that's close to them, or something that's the complete opposite.

— Andrew Dominik

I want to be a working actor; I want to do jobs that excite me and challenge me, and I want to…

— Nathan Fillion

You really can't explain how you do the things you do. I can't, anyway. I love certain actors, but sometimes they say…

— Kirsten Dunst

Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I…

— Monica Bellucci

Goethe said, 'Talent is developed in privacy, ' you know?And it's really true. There is a need for aloneness which I don't…

— Marilyn Monroe

We are a typical working class northern family, big into our football... no one in the family was into acting. But I…

— Faye Marsay

I was working in Lexington when I recognized this actor, Michael Shannon, and I was like, 'What do you do?' He told…

— Boyd Holbrook

I knew that I wanted to pursue acting as a profession during my sophomore year of college. One of my Professors (Karen…

— April Parker Jones

I think I got into acting because I kind of had not much else to do! I guess I was kind of…

— Jeremy Irvine

It's the weirdest thing. When you go into acting, you expect to be a huge star and to be recognized... It did…

— Dan Castellaneta

I learnt a thing or two about acting from theatre actor Robin Das who is from Odisha.

— Mukesh Tiwari

It's always really cool as an actor to have a character that people want to see the best for.

— Susan Kelechi Watson

It's a bit unusual that I'm the novelist and the actor who is reading out his own material.

— Pankaj Kapur

I think one of the mistakes actors make is we're so focused on what we're going to say.

— Mariska Hargitay

As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.

— Chadwick Boseman

As an actor, I wouldn't reject a scene because I felt awkward or disturbed.

— Tripti Dimri

I used to work for a living. Then I became an actor.

— Roger Moore

Football comes first, but I want to be an actor eventually.

— Alphonso Davies

The sense of popularity in an actor is essential.

— Roger Rees

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

— Elton John

I am a very physical actor. I generally use my hands a lot.

— Akkineni Nagarjuna

“That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.”

— N.H. Kleinbaum

As an actor, I can't be constantly worrying about the commercial returns of my film.

— Anushka Shetty

A Dumont actor was considered to be too stilted - the way we Dumont actors used to speak.

— Leon Askin

I like being versatile and perhaps that's what pushes me as an actor.

— Pranitha Subhash

I did commercials and voice-overs as a kid, and it just lead to musical theatre opportunities.

— Jennifer Damiano