Actor Quotes · Page 208

Being an actor is like being a student, and I plan to get top grades.

— Shweta Tripathi

I wanted to be a jobbing actor who went from play to play. That was the plan.

— Aimee Lou Wood

I do work on stage as an actor. I do films as well. Television, I haven't done much.

— Neeraj Kabi

I've got plenty of advice from a number of other actors. Me? I don't give advice.

— Kevin Dillon

I feel like being on Broadway will convince my mother that my theater degree was worth it.

— Alton Brown

It really bugs me the way people criticise how actors look. We're not models. Models exist.

— Natalie Dormer

As an actor, you want to do your best but not overshine the film. No actor is above the film.

— Anushka Sharma

Growing up as a child actress, I was tutored on movie and TV sets.

— Kyle Richards

I believe all conscientious actors feel the same way - that there is too much hurry-scurry in TV to permit a sufficient…

— Van Heflin

In a play you can witness your audience live, understand how they feel. It lets you evaluate yourself and measure your growth.

— Asrani

I don't know of an actor that the Coen brothers would come to and say, "Hey, I've got a movie for you…

— George Clooney

Where every moment is about truth and I think it's a great challenge every night. That's what really drove me to wanting…

— Deborah Cox

One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able…

— Hayden Christensen

In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors.

— Aron Nimzowitsch

When you're an actor you don't really know what you have to do until you see what you look like.

— Tom Wilkinson

I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career, except for when I've worked with the Coen brothers.

— Billy Bob Thornton

Sometimes you have to get out of your own way as an actor. Young actors tend to over prepare sometimes and over…

— Frank Langella

Everyone said how brilliant of Tom Conti to be in bed in 'Whose Life Is it Anyway?' and only have his head…

— Prunella Scales

I wound up getting my degree in sports medicine and nutrition because I wanted to work in the medical field. But I…

— Derek Theler

Honestly, I think we in the WWE are very underrated as performers. What we do would be very difficult for even an…

— Kane

But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the…

— Eric Stoltz

That's what sets apart one actor from another, and that you can't teach. You can't give someone that. When you're working, putting…

— Gary Oldman

“It was important for a Roman of this period to get his Greek mythology right. Being able to identify who was who…

— Helen Morales

When something's wrong, even though you're the one doing it, you shouldn't feel defensive about it. It's hard because you have to…

— Jess Weixler

It took a lot to get attention in my family. No wonder I'm an actress.

— Elisabeth Shue

I thought I would be a dramatic actor - everyone starts that way.

— Adam Scott

If you're a 'character actor,' you get hired to play baddies a lot.

— Ben Mendelsohn

“all he needed to act. One man down. Then two. The daggers silent”

— Melina Marchetta

No matter how good of an actor I am, I can't un-act having cerebral palsy.

— Josh Blue

Keanu Reeves is, like, the worst actor I've ever seen. I can't believe he's a movie star.

— Juliana Hatfield

Working in 'Deadpool' was a really big change for me as an actor.

— Karan Soni

Yeah, to me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration.

— Diane Kruger

I was so young in 'Bring It On!' I didn't know what I didn't know.

— Taylor Louderman

Tim Burton... as an actor you wait and wish and hope and pray you'll work with him.

— Casper Van Dien

I feel like the reason I've survived in this business is because I love acting.

— Conchata Ferrell

Going into my 20s, I was uncertain, trying to figure out what my relationship to acting is.

— Gaby Hoffmann

I know I'm a black actor, but really, I'm an actor who happens to be black.

— Stephan James

I would like to call myself a spiritualist more than an actor.

— Rajinikanth

I do the same thing for myself (as an actor) that I do for others.

— Ben Affleck

I just loved being in the theatre with all those crazy, creative people.

— Kristin Davis