I have been in the industry for 11 years but still feel excited about my work. That is what keeps any actor going. — Parvathy Copy Share Image
How often do you see young actors playing scholars? Or striving to be intellectuals, you know? It's not that often. — Jurnee Smollett-Bell Copy Share Image
As an actor, there is so little freedom to choose. You can keep waiting for aeons to get the right role. It… — Anoop Menon Copy Share Image
My parents are very modern. My father is a cosmopolitan person. He always supported the fact that I will be an actress.… — Kareena Kapoor Khan Copy Share Image
Though I'm considered a leading man, I still consider myself a character actor. Because acting, to me, is creating a character, not… — Michael Beck Copy Share Image
the real stakes in the theater are high - they are life stakes. That's what I love about it. You gamble with… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I think being an actor makes me a better writer and vice versa. I know the kinds of roles I would kill… — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
When Im not working... Im an actor! Im auditioning! I like to hang out, have fun, drink, club, meet boys, look for… — Xosha Roquemore Copy Share Image
For me, one of my favorites, director-wise, is Tim Burton. I also really admire the work of actors like Sean Penn. He… — Colin Morgan Copy Share Image
As an actor, you have got to learn your job as thoroughly as you can. If you know your job, then there's… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
When you're in seeing someone like Ellen Page, and you're right then, it's just the two of you. You're locked in. There's… — Aidan Gallagher Copy Share Image
People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old actors were so… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I did sort of want to be a journalist. Being an actor, you kind of have the… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
Film has to be reflecting the world that we live in, and that's all you want to be a part of. Actors… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
The trouble with audition process is, when you're an unemployed actor, it's the only time you get to act, and it can… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
I ended up going into the Master's program for Asian-American studies at UCLA, in part because I was passionate about it, but… — Randall Park Copy Share Image
“I guess I became an actress because I didn’t want to be myself,” [Jean Arthur] later conjectured.” — Eve Golden Copy Share Image
I don't even think of myself as particularly good looking, and not at all a typical kind of Hollywood leading man sort… — Ryan Gosling Copy Share Image
I don't think that not seeing black women in comedy held me back, but I think subconsciously I never really thought that… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
I think it's quite common for actors to almost rely on their characters to exercise parts of themselves in their regular life… — Katherine Waterston Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're just brought on to fill one role, so it's nice to see what the entire journey is like.… — Shiri Appleby Copy Share Image
If I was just considered a looker and wasn't considered an actor, where would I be in 10 or 20 years from now? — Heather Matarazzo Copy Share Image
Being an actor I believe in doing a variety of roles so that the audience gets to see different shades of me. — Gautam Rode Copy Share Image
What I went into the acting business for was to have a certain amount of chaos in my life. I don't know… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
As an actor, you want to do the best job possible, and you want the best scripts possible because it makes life… — Mark Strickson Copy Share Image
It's strange not to allow the actor some input and breathing room into what was written on the page - it is… — Sam Esmail Copy Share Image
There are many ups and downs in everyone's life and when you're an actor usually you're a very sensitive human being. — Melanie Griffith Copy Share Image
The idea of choosing something that you want to be, that you identify as, at a young age and pursuing that without… — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image
I don't try to make actors play crazy characters. I like where there's a certain element of who they are and truth… — Jeff Baena Copy Share Image
Some people suggested that I should try something else. It was a lot of things, but nothing really stood out for me.… — Claudia Kim Copy Share Image
There is really no such thing as terrifying people. It's the situation and the scene that count. Not the actor. — Peter Lorre Copy Share Image
As it is, I have a limited range as an actor - light comedy. I have never been a fan of romantic… — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
I have always been of the mind that good work is good work, whether performed on stage, on television or in film… — Benjamin Bratt Copy Share Image
I think that's part of acting - to still get nervous and control that fear. I don't know how to get rid… — Jordi Molla Copy Share Image
All my life, even as an actor, I felt like I was really trying to be dutiful, which sometimes got in my… — Fala Chen Copy Share Image
The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Don't get too set on becoming an actor at an early age. I think that's where some people get into trouble. Acting… — Freddie Highmore Copy Share Image
I was in a play called 'Hood.' I was an extra in 'Passion of the Christ.' I did corporate videos, commercials, little… — Nikita Dutta Copy Share Image
I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like 'Alright,… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a… — Becki Newton Copy Share Image