Actor Quotes · Page 247

I think the actors take a great responsibility for the characters in the movie.

— Ruben Ostlund

There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession.

— Vera Farmiga

Going to America is the best prize, so fingers crossed it will work out on Broadway.

— James Corden

Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.

— Amanda Burton

I was the only actor in my family. I wasn't given a lot of advice; I had to work it out.

— Joe Gilgun

Actors cannot go on for over running around the trees.

— Rajendra Prasad

Obviously, I did a couple of things right on the old casting couch.

— Jason Bateman

It's not all about acting. It's about giving an art of entertainment to humanity.

— Sean Berdy

I should be satisfied first as an actor with my work. I will not do something because everyone is doing it.

— Tabu

To me, a lot of what makes a good actor is not what a teacher tells you to do but how you…

— Glenne Headly

As an actor, you know, I love not being pigeonholed, which is great. No one really knows who I am. So that's…

— Kathryn Hahn

I was just starting out acting [doing "Airplane"] and wanted to be taken as a professional, not as an athlete doing a…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Although I did end up trying out several different fields before committing to acting, I knew in the deepest part of heart…

— Gina Holden

As actors, we want to go find the humanity and make it more nuanced and fill in the colors, rather than just…

— Juliette Lewis

I played Iris Murdoch, who had not long died, and I felt the responsibility very heavy on my shoulders.

— Judi Dench

Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words…

— Patty Duke

What part of people is resistant to an artist doing more than one thing? Is it somehow perceived as greedy? Anyone who…

— Minnie Driver

I've wanted to be an actor since I was eight years old and I did TV commercials when I was a kid.…

— Mike Myers

You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of…

— Sophia Bush

Many people don't have a strong support system because entertainment is a tough industry to get into. Even though my family wanted…

— Andrea Navedo

I have been acting for over 20 years and I started in the smallest little theater that you can possibly imagine and…

— Michael Shannon

I have finished school and so it's becoming a real job, and as an actor, you cannot always just play roles. To…

— Louis Hofmann

My mother told me years ago, 'You're gonna be an actor.' So I could not play football, I could not wrestle, I…

— Michael Clark Duncan

I know some actors feel classes are not cool or they create negative public relations, but I continue to crave the story…

— Michael Welch

There are always going to be more actors than anybody can ever use.

— Edward Albee

The transition from TV to films wasn't overwhelming, since an actor's ultimate job is to act.

— Barun Sobti

I was a terrible actor. The analytical part of my mind never quite let go.

— Edward Hall

So, suddenly I was an actor. I don't remember being nervous. I learned to be nervous later.

— Roger Rees

For me, I can't live without acting or drama and writing - I also run a theater company.

— Tom Cullen

Every actor has a top 10 or top 15 list of actors they wish to work with someday.

— Jackky Bhagnani

At first, I didn't really have a passion for acting.

— Jacob Batalon

I love musical theatre and my dream is to do Once On This Island.

— Syesha Mercado

My mum very much wanted me to go into the theatre.

— Peter Sellers

Actors are greedy. They can never be satisfied. I want praise as well as box office returns.

— Anonymous

I always wanted to become an actor. I just followed the passion step after step.

— Pulkit Samrat

'The Light in the Piazza' is one of my top three musicals of all time.

— Joshua Henry

Doing audiobooks is kind of an actor's dream because you get to play all the parts.

— Michael Beck

I think, for any actor, L.A. is where it all seems to be.

— Samara Weaving

As an actor you have good spells and bad spells.

— Ncuti Gatwa

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done

— William Hurt