Actor Quotes · Page 225

My whole thing is, you listen to the actor and help them bring out their best thing.

— Jonathan Krisel

I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging.

— Eli Wallach

Growing up, I wasn't sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.

— Daniella Alonso

When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back.

— Jason Patric

I did 'Damnation' on USA, and hopefully I keep picking up smaller roles and learn the craft.

— Luke Harper

I have an older brother who's an actor and a grandfather who was an actor.

— Ben Lloyd-Hughes

I'd say 80 percent of my auditions go very horribly.

— Adam Pally

Being an actor is a much more structured life than being a musician.

— Grant-Lee Phillips

I was a big Mickey Rourke fan in his first incarnation. I thought that at the time he was America's greatest screen…

— Jamie Sives

I just thinks it's interesting what it takes an actor to find their characters through the wardrobe, or the hair, or the…

— Todd Phillips

Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.

— Carroll O'Connor

I didn't ever think about being an actor. But I fell in love with it when I realized how amazing, difficult, and…

— Gregg Sulkin

I know from teaching that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much.

— Giancarlo Esposito

I guess I think of a musical as something in which the music is sort of like the engine of the piece…

— John Kander

When I started off, nobody held my hand and told me what I should do and how I should portray myself as…

— Payal Rohatgi

While I'm acting, I'm a professional, and then I don't break into cold sweat for whatsoever reason.

— Prabhu Deva

It was the '70s when mediocrity came in Hindi films. That's when the actor called Rajesh Khanna joined the industry. For all…

— Naseeruddin Shah

Much before I entered films, my dad walked into my room and saw me busy drawing something at 3 A.M. He stood…

— Allu Arjun

When Orson Welles was acting in 'Compulsion,' the director Richard Fleischer let him just take over and direct the courtroom scenes. To…

— Robert Osborne

There are always things that I'd love to do. As an actor, none of them are specific; all I'm looking for are…

— Jason Alexander

Selling a movie feels like a hustle to every bone in my body. Many actors have careers dominated by modeling. They're all…

— Sean Penn

I have my own dance and production companies, and acting is my creative outlet. It's what I'm passionate about. I've actually created…

— Brian J. White

As an actor, the best way I can hope to promote greater social understanding is through my work. If I can communicate…

— Aamir Khan

An actor can never voice his opinion through films. All an actor does is convey what the director and writer want to…

— Naseeruddin Shah

I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract.

— Hermione Gingold

It takes a damn village to get a show on Broadway!

— Keala Settle

Part of being an actor is never knowing where your next part is coming from.

— Katharine Ross

It would be impossible to find an actor to portray Om Puri, so I wouldn't even attempt it.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I love writing. It is the closest thing to me after being an actor.

— Deepti Naval

Auditioning is always so different for different things.

— Josh Hutcherson

My older sister has all her degrees in theater, and I couldnt stand the theater geeks!

— Diane Neal

You're literally being an actor - you're pretending - and that's not what I like to do.

— Kristen Stewart

I'm an actor and I'm able to do a lot of things and play a lot of characters.

— Noah Galvin

I think, like most actors, it's really exciting to be challenged.

— Luke Macfarlane

I adore not being me. I'm not very good at being me. That's why I adore acting so much.

— Deborah Kerr

Theater has been my way of learning about everything.

— Seth Numrich

Reacting is so important to the craft of acting.

— John Knoll

I've always been fascinated with actors who have to be heroes, whereas I shy away from that.

— Ricky Gervais

I think any good singer needs to be a good actor. You have to be able to tell the story.

— Erica Schroeder

I was very aware of being younger than everybody on set.

— Mara Wilson