Actor Quotes · Page 241

As a young actor, I was working much more readily and being offered more things.

— Martin Landau

That's just part of the blessing of being an actor: you get to learn so many things about life.

— Tasha Smith

I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.

— Julie Andrews

I came of age as a male lead actor just as the TV landscape dramatically shifted.

— Damian Lewis

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.

— Henry David Thoreau

Usually, you don't really end up lifelong buddies with your co-stars.

— Lea Thompson

I'm not an actor. Lord knows, I'd be acting if I were an actor. What you see is what you get.

— Guy Fieri

Actors should ACT. Not sell perfume, or write cookbooks.

— Lauren Graham

I started when I was 21, and it was always about getting the next job - like most actors, that's all it's…

— Nicola Walker

Actors already striving in the theatre wouldn't dream of putting themselves on these shows; it means that only about 10% of the…

— Elaine Paige

I'd seen 'Punky Brewster,' I'd seen 'Webster,' I saw 'Annie,' and it was time to either be an orphan or an actress.

— Nadine Velazquez

Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been looking forward to it for a while.

— Adam Brody

As an actor, all you have is what you know and what you see in other people. The more you know, and…

— Julianne Moore

I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer, and then…

— Christopher Walken

I had this website that, at one point, I listed myself as 'actor, writer, comedian, and fart enthusiast' just because I thought…

— Thomas Middleditch

I try to cast really good actors and give them a chance to do their very best work, give them as much…

— Ben Affleck

When I was just a kid, growing up in Brooklyn, I was constantly making home videos with my family – real silly…

— Lana Parrilla

As an actor, you get to live out many professions. I just want to continue to evolve. My one goal in this…

— Jerry Ferrara

I am very passionate about what I do; I give it 200 percent, and I don't think it will ever change. But…

— Shahid Kapoor

What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening…

— Ian Mckellen

I'd love to do a modern-day musical that's full of original music. To get your contemporaries to sing and dance without looking…

— Danny Boyle

It's not an understatement to say that I owe everything as an actor to 'Merlin.' It was pretty much my first job,…

— Katie McGrath

My passion for others and my experience as an actor and citizen of the world has naturally shaped me into a social…

— Sufe Bradshaw

Words are words, but the way an actor says them, the way it's framed, puts you either in the world that looks…

— Peter Sarsgaard

I couldn't continue to live in a bubble and hope to be an empathic actor. It doesn't work.

— Cole Sprouse

John Malkovich is such an interesting person and such a fun actor to work with.

— Liam Hemsworth

Understanding human nature. Perception. That's how I see acting - perception and communication.

— Juliette Lewis

I toured with Andrea Bocelli, went to London to do a show for a year in the West End.

— Heather Headley

In college, I started out doing musicals and Shakespeare

— Ray Liotta

I would definitely go back and do theater; I talk about theater all the time.

— Maddie Hasson

I am inclined to acting. I like to act and I like being an actor.

— Akshaye Khanna

I took acting classes in my senior year in college and I loved it.

— Adepero Oduye

I thought I was an actor playing a wizard. But really, I was a wizard playing an actor.

— Daniel Radcliffe

I think as an actor, you have to make yourself vulnerable to emotions.

— Tahir Raj Bhasin

I took acting lessons when I was 19, 20, and I had my writing.

— Michael Ironside

As an actor, I am careless with the way I look on screen.

— Anushka Sharma

I sort of make believe. That's why I like acting. You can create or imagine anything.

— Elle Fanning

As a jobbing actor or musician, you have to take any work you can get.

— Johnny Flynn

I love acting. This is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

— Michelle Trachtenberg

I didn't get into drama school after university. Looking back, I think I was really bad.

— Lolly Adefope