Actor Quotes · Page 346

I don't perform well in private. Socially, I mean. And I didn't as a child. Actors aren't necessarily outgoing, are they?

— Lindsay Duncan

I studied video game design. The one thing I knew for sure about myself is I didn't want to study acting.

— Dylan Sprouse

With acting, it's like becoming another person. I think that's neat, especially when you totally forget. If you totally forget, which I…

— Michael Jackson

There was a great ensemble in 'The Great Fire,' and it was great not having the same parade of actors.

— Perdita Weeks

I actually have a theater company called Strangemen & Co. I'm the artistic director and co-founder.

— Jason Ralph

If I'd made it right away as an actor, I would've stopped at a certain level and stayed there, probably as a…

— Sylvester Stallone

I like to believe that my actors are not acting. That whatever they are doing, or whatever has been said, would happen…

— Nadine Labaki

If you ask any actor "What single thing would make you really, really happy?" Among the top five things they'd say is…

— Bill Nighy

I went to the University of Michigan for two years, and I auditioned for 'Bring It On' during my sophomore year, so…

— Taylor Louderman

I was never educated to be an actor. I went to a regular college. It was a great thing for me because…

— Vincent Price

When I was a young actor I was in a lot of film doing one day work and two days' work, and…

— Michael Caine

John Cassavetes' films have really altered the way I see film and acting and storytelling and emotion and love, so I see…

— Tatiana Maslany

In theater, you are there, you have a character, you have a play, you have a light, you have a set, you…

— Diego Luna

I did 'I'd Do Anything,' and then a play and then 'A Little Light Music.' I played jazz in a night club…

— Jessie Buckley

I feel like most actors just dig and dig and work and work in whatever way they do to try to do…

— Katherine Waterston

I think there are some people who have talent flying out of their fingers and other actors who hone their craft. I…

— Suranne Jones

I am passionate about acting. 'Girls in our family are not allowed to act' is quite an outdated thought to have. They…

— Kareena Kapoor Khan

You do 'New Girl,' you play a character like Schmidt, you crave as an actor afterwards to just do something different.

— Max Greenfield

Making my Broadway debut was, in and of itself, just a dream come true. I've wanted to be on Broadway forever.

— Ethan Slater

When [actors] are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not…

— Cedric Hardwicke

I studied theatre at Glasgow University and then was lucky enough to land a scholarship with a theatre group in Edinburgh.

— John Tiffany

The less I speak to the actors, the better. And I always hire great people, and I don't want to impose my…

— Woody Allen

I would like there to be gender equity. I would like the Broadway season to reflect sort of the demographic of the…

— Lynn Nottage

I wouldn't consider myself a traditional sitcom actor or someone you'd even think would be in a sitcom.

— Wyatt Cenac

I've always wanted to be in musicals, not just in film, but on stage. I think it's a wonderful medium.

— James Corden

I would love to work with Jack Nicholson, Saoirse Ronan, Michael Shannon and James Franco in the future. I think those actors…

— Sophie Turner

I know as an actor there is a certain liberation auditioning for a role that has no beauty requirements.

— Mireille Enos

My main goal, when I started acting, was to show as much versatility as possible because I like playing diverse roles.

— Daniela Ruah

You don't leave Australia unless you are passionate. Any Australian actor who comes to America is really committed. There are no dabblers…

— Margot Robbie

You know early on when you're given a gift that can keep you sane. That's what acting does for me. It keeps…

— Tony Todd

I treat acting as my job. I say that, as I have found there is a beauty in separating yourself from the…

— Percelle Ascott

Acting is about listening, and that's something that took me awhile. You almost don't have to learn your lines, if you listen…

— Mark McGrath

When I was on dialysis, I willed myself to do 'On the Town.' It accesses my most childlike, joyful love of theater.

— George C. Wolfe

It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.

— Tony Curtis

Being an actor is hard. It's so true... auditioning is literally our full-time job, and then, if we are so lucky to…

— Lana Condor

To be honest, it's considered very late to start acting at 11 and a half, for the industry. Most kids are doing…

— Mayim Bialik

I found that the nicer and more helpful I was to people I worked with, whether I was 'somebody' or 'nobody' on…

— Alexander Dreymon

I'm lucky that I don't feel I have the pressure some actors do. I'm proud of what I've accomplished and I'm not…

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

Directing 'Two Plays in Rep' has brought me the greatest professional satisfaction I have ever known.

— Sean Mathias

It would be difficult to break away from a set image, but as an actor, one would love to experiment with roles.

— Alok Nath