Actor Quotes · Page 229

I needed someone really intense, but also somebody with a lot of theatrical credibility.

— Denis Leary

It's not a matter of being choosy as an actor but a matter of liking the right script.

— Aditya Roy Kapur

Acting is a spiritual quest to touch human beings.

— Larry Moss

The worst feeling in the world is giving a bad audition.

— Aya Cash

Theatre should remain accessible even to those of us who have health condition.

— Liz Carr

I think most actors like to do things that are right outside of their comfort zone.

— Stephanie Beatriz

When I moved to Bengaluru to study law, I was looking forward to joining a theatre troupe.

— Shraddha Srinath

I love working with Alec Baldwin. He's one of the five greatest actors ever to live.

— Tracy Morgan

There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier.

— Matthew Macfadyen

To be honest with you, I get a little fed up with actors who act crazy to make themselves more interesting.

— George Eads

The last person to teach me how to act was my A-level Theatre Studies teacher at school, which I literally still draw…

— Joe Thomas

My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then…

— Laura Carmichael

Acting is about passion. You have to be passionate and single-minded about it. It can devour you, you must find ownership.

— Madhuri Dixit Nene

Our job, as actors, is not to tell the audience how interesting we are, but to entertain them with our films.

— Sushant Singh Rajput

When I went to my parents I was at the University of Wisconsin, and I just couldn't wait anymore to go be…

— Gena Rowlands

All I can start with is what moves me and feels like a great challenge as an actor and I think is…

— Laura Dern

A lot of filmmakers and actors say, "It's so important to bring an authenticity to the role," blah, blah, blah. But then…

— Winona Ryder

I feel like I've been hit by a car every night, that's how I feel emotionally after The Race show. But it…

— Naomi Watts

“What's the best part of acting? It's the indescribable feeling of being someone you are and someone your not, all at the…

— Chris Coppernoll

Becoming an actor wasn’t a choice – it was something I was forced into. At 3, you can’t make those choices... I…

— Corey Feldman

If you are a Northern Irish actor, maybe subconsciously more than consciously, you do have an instinctive responsibility at some point to…

— James Nesbitt

As a young actor, there's a lot of hubris. You come in with guns blazing, all kinds of ideas as to how…

— Ng Chin Han

I'm more interested in knowing my cues than my lines. If you know what your cues are, then you know what your…

— Stephen Root

You put so much of yourself out there as an actor. You show the many facets of who you are when you're…

— Cameron Monaghan

I got into plays in high school then I ended up going to college for it.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

The reality is that most of us actors have to take work that we would rather not at some time.

— Terry O'Quinn

My journey of working in Telugu filmdom has helped me grow as an actor and person.

— Raashi Khanna

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

— Joe Morton

I've become one of those actors who find it difficult to say 'no' when things are offered.

— Richard Armitage

In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor.

— Michael Caine

“In the first place, I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do.”

— J D Salinger

I think that's part of the fun of being an actor - you get to not be normal all of the time.

— Lucas Neff

One always wants to express themselves when they're an actor.

— Jason Watkins

I love the long-form rehearsal process with theater, brick by brick, to build another life.

— Vik Sahay

I was a serious method actor until I visited this site.

— Robin Williams

I think any actor worth their salt wants to show as much versatility as they possibly can.

— Daniel Radcliffe

Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life.

— Liev Schreiber

I'm not a trained actor. I'm someone who is autodidactic and learned on my own.

— Nicolas Cage

Agents are still asking for millions of dollars for actors that don't sell one ticket.

— Uwe Boll

As an actor, you spend a lot of your life in hotel rooms.

— Natalie Dormer