Actor Quotes · Page 464

Broadway is such a beautiful community, both with the people who do it and the people who go see it.

— Beanie Feldstein

It's funny, when you become an actor and you're successful, they don't want to talk about acting any more. 'Hey let's talk…

— Nicholas Brendon

During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of…

— Jack Davenport

I never really dreamed of becoming an actor because I've seen how hard it is within the deaf community.

— Lauren Ridloff

One of the things about acting is you can always use your life. You have to recall how you are and how…

— John Ritter

You don't expect me to know what to say about a play when I don't know who the author is, do you?…

— George Bernard Shaw

Some actors want to keep riding the horse that made them famous, but it's not interesting to me. I like to turn…

— Bobby Cannavale

Once cannot know if the film is going to be a hit or not so as an actor I choose films that…

— Ayesha Takia

Everything has to be intrinsic plot-wise in the same way, to use the Linda Williams analogy but to move it on a…

— Neil Gaiman

Motion capture is exactly what it says: it's physical moves, whereas performance capture is the entire performance - including your facial performance.…

— Andy Serkis

I don't want to be some actor talking about how he wants to be a musician. It's something I'm really passionate about…

— Jared Leto

I've always drawn, for example, and I did consider when I was younger, it was either do I become an actor or…

— David Hornsby

I think being an actor in general is acknowledging that we are constantly playing different roles, that we have all these different…

— David Hyde Pierce

For me when I go in and audition for things, I just let them go as soon as I leave. I can…

— Haylie Duff

There's a pressure on actors to get somewhere before it's over. But everyone wants longevity, don't they? It's a career. Why be…

— Ruth Negga

Being an actor/ writer is a responsibility and a burden and a gift. The responsibility to me is that you can't just…

— Nia Vardalos

Garry Shandling was an actor's actor. He really cares about the performance. It was really interesting to watch him talk about motives…

— Bruce Greenwood

Within a safe environment, the theater, you can have a big ride, big ups and downs, intensity, warmth, humanity, laughs, tears -…

— Travis Knight

As an actor, you can't say, "I'm going to try to be cool at all cost when I do this," because that's…

— Tim McGraw

I come from the theater and I plan to always do theater. So I don't really see myself not being able to…

— Kerry Washington

When my daughter was younger we showed her all the great musicals. And the great dramas and great comedies, and the one…

— Bette Midler

There's a kind of a fundamental irresponsibility in playwriting, and the strength of playwriting comes from that irresponsibility.

— Tony Kushner

The actor's dream is to come in knowing that you're only supposed to do one episode and then come back because people…

— David Hewlett

Acting is fun. It's not my whole life. It's not my entire being. It's secondary to my life. My life is primary.…

— Elizabeth Taylor

I guess [Richard] Pryor was that good. I never saw him in a theater, but I imagine he was that good, because…

— Norm MacDonald

People say they don't see it but when I was little in junior college, I was a drama queen. I just demanded…

— Cordarrelle Patterson

In high school, I would classify myself as a theatre nerd. Always studying, reading and attending plays!

— Meaghan Jette Martin

I always feel like, when you go into an audition, your best chance at success is to be as comfortable as you…

— Hoon Lee

Your acting will not be good until it is only yours. That's true of music, acting, anything creative. You work until finally…

— Sanford Meisner

I love working with actors who will just go, 'Oh O.K., let's try it and see where it goes,' and 'Let's see…

— George C. Wolfe

I have to say, speaking from experience, just because an actor starts out in a role in the workshop, they won't necessarily…

— Megan Hilty

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

I'm a practical actor and work keeps me occupied. It takes care of my bills, so there are many reasons for which…

— Arbaaz Khan

If he were on fire, he couldn't act as if he were burning. He can't out-act me on the big screen.

— Shaquille O'Neal

With supporting roles, you just want really good actors that can make it bigger than what's there.

— Andrew Haigh

Theatre is, at its roots, some very brave people mutually consenting to a make believe world, with nothing but language to rest…

— Sarah Ruhl

“The theatre is an attack on mankind carried on by magic: to victimize an audience every night, to make them laugh and…

— Iris Murdoch

A fan club is a group of people who tell an actor hes not alone in the way he feels about himself.

— Kenneth Williams

With acting, the response is usually delayed and takes time, unlike with singing, from where I instantly get fans' response.

— Lee Min-ho

As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience. I played a character on Oz and people still approach me…

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje