Actor Quotes · Page 222

It's important to do research. I do that in every play, every actor does.

— John Gilpin

To be an actor, a true actor, you have to be brokenhearted.

— Shia LaBeouf

I want to be known as an actor who can do all kinds of roles.

— Naga Chaitanya

You know those actors who have a sense for how they should be used? I don't think I have that.

— Mark Hamill

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.

— Vincente Minnelli

I used to watch a lot of musicals as a kid. Musical movies, not so much musical theater.

— Samuel Larsen

Acting was a godsend. I found myself because I loved acting.

— James Nesbitt

As an actor, secrets and obstacles fuel the character.

— Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

The biggest danger is that actors become entirely too dependent on the idea of training. They think that if they continue to…

— Titus Welliver

That's what I love about acting, you get to find little pieces of yourself in every character you play.

— Julianna Margulies

Theatre is for you if you truly want to act and test yourself. There is no room for error as you are…

— Gautam Rode

I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they all have strengths and weaknesses.

— Steven Soderbergh

I'm honored to be reprising my role as Chicago's Roxie Hart, returning to the stage and joining this amazing cast... Being on…

— Ashlee Simpson

Sometimes when I do a musical, they'll be a scene that comes up, and I'm like, 'Oh, I hate this scene,' but…

— Gavin Creel

As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine…

— Rhys Ifans

I wasn't an actor. They they take the externals. Here I was, a kid thrown into Hollywood with a brand-new name, starring…

— Tab Hunter

It's easy to get jaded. It's easy to get lazy. It's easy to get too self-centric, like, 'Why me? What about my…

— Bill Paxton

When you're casting, you have to do quite a bit of research. But I always think you have to do it with…

— Thea Sharrock

Where I think the American actor is slightly at a disadvantage is in vocal technique. I don't think that words are their…

— Miriam Margolyes

People say to me, 'Oh, being a mother must make you a better actor,' and I think, 'Well, I never sleep, I…

— Mireille Enos

I've wanted to be a professional actor for years and if you get any sort of success in that field then fame…

— Mackenzie Crook

I'm far, far, far from that. But of course, that's one of the joys of acting is that you can move up…

— Maggie Smith

The characters' lives have gone on before the moment you chose to have the action of the play begin. And their lives…

— Edward Albee

I've seen some terrible plays, but I generally enjoy myself. One play I walked out of, I have a tremendous respect for…

— August Wilson

An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening.

— Marlon Brando

After 'Pink,' I wanted to do something that would challenge me further as an actor.

— Kirti Kulhari

Actors have an opportunity to use storytelling as a way to solve pain.

— Nicolas Cage

As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.

— Kevin Spacey

By the time I had finished my studies at St. Paul's School, I knew I wanted to be an actor.

— Alexis Denisof

My father quite honestly played no role in my decision to become an actor.

— Max Minghella

I always wanted to be known as an actor who sings and not a singer who acts.

— Ayushmann Khurrana

As an actor, you don't know what is going to come next.

— Andie MacDowell

In the language of an actor, to know is synonymous with to feel

— Constantin Stanislavski

I did 'Spring Awakening' on Broadway for about three years, and I did over 500 performances.

— Jonathan Groff

I do think that being a BAME actor does make it difficult to avoid stereotypes.

— Georgina Campbell

I believe in listening to a script as an audience more than an actor.

— Atul Kulkarni

If I'm not good at acting, I'm not good at anything else.

— Cate Blanchett

As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.

— Vera Farmiga

In New York theater, you always talk about wanting a great ensemble of actors.

— Christopher Lloyd

Since I was four, my goal was to be a famous singer and a famous actor.

— Anthony Gonzalez