Actor Quotes · Page 467

When you're writing for a TV show, what's great is that you always know what actor you're writing to.

— Michael Brandt

Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up…

— Liv Hewson

You're not actually being a good actor all the time. But people refer to me as a good actor because they read…

— Alexander Siddig

There was a time when one couldn't dream of being an actor if they weren't well-connected or they weren't a star kid.

— Barun Sobti

I suppose I'm really interested in theatre that provides an intensity of experience on another level.

— Simon McBurney

I am an insecure person. I have my own insecurities about lots of things, but I am pretty secure as an actor.

— Huma Qureshi

I've had a lot of experience with not allowing myself to experience certain emotions, like anger and confidence, and with acting you're…

— Alison Sudol

I'd say that the No. 1 attribute you need as an actor is to be malleable. You need to be able to…

— Jay Baruchel

Very occasionally I hire an actor and get it wrong. The actor just doesn't trust the process or me as fully as…

— Mike Leigh

An actor's performance can be improved or shaped - or ruined - by what takes you use, how long you are on…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

It's something that I think I'm going to have to fight against for most of my career, for people to take me…

— Armie Hammer

What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means…

— Gary Oldman

I began to learn about the camera and the actors. That gave me a lot of the skills. At the same time,…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

But you really - I always think that a director has got to adapt to whatever the needs of the actor are.…

— Bill Condon

I think what makes so many other actors miserable is focusing completely on making other plans. They're obsessed with their haircut and…

— Nick Offerman

I was heartbroken at the end of that, because I thought that was going to be it for me. Somehow I had…

— Jason Schwartzman

I think it's just growth, and development, timing. I've been fortunate to be around for a long time. Allowed me to get…

— Morris Chestnut

I am learning a lot as a theatre artiste as it gives lots of opportunities to hone my skills as an actor.

— Pratik Gandhi

I've turned my guest house into this little studio, and we have actors come over and do readings.

— Jeff Goldblum

I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors.

— Sam Rockwell

My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors

— Pola Negri

I enjoyed acting growing up; I did musical theater. I had a secret desire to be a television and movie actress, but…

— Amanda Schull

When you have deaf experts within and on the stage, from the crew to makeup artists, it feels like that naturally leads…

— Lauren Ridloff

I have a camp fascination with all things musical theatre - I've even got the box set of 'Britannia High.'

— Karla Crome

I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.

— Morris Chestnut

I always liked acting, but it was not that I was dying to become an actress. It just happened, and I am…

— Urmila Matondkar

I am a product of National School of Drama and I always thought, why can't I get roles which will allow me…

— Satish Kaushik

My parents are my major supporters. I look up to Denzel Washington, Jack Nicholson and Jim Carrey. They have all opened my…

— Adam Hicks

When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I had…

— Daniel Day-Lewis

I fell in love with Nawaz on-screen after watching 'Gangs of Wasseypur.' So my love story starts with him from there. I…

— Amy Jackson

Broadway isn't a very big career move. There's no money in it and it doesn't mean anything to your career. It's just…

— George Carlin

I was never a part of the Actor's Studio, because two friends of mine started it in 1947 and by that time…

— Richard Widmark

Cameos are good only if we have actors do it as per the requirement of the script otherwise no point just having…

— Sajid Nadiadwala

The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it... It's…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I was the class clown in school, and I was also a child actor - not on television, but in the theatre.

— Dean Haglund

I think by eighth grade I knew I wanted to be an actor. I'd done church plays and stuff, but my first…

— Aaron Paul

I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as…

— Matt Dillon

As an actor, I feel that my work makes me very vulnerable. I have to be emotionally available to serve the scene…

— Jacob Vargas

I remember a programme called 'The Boy From Space'. There was a black actor called Loftus Burton in it; he ended up…

— Danny John-Jules

I'm for all the actor's struggle, the self-indulgent, painful journey, but I would rather have fun.

— Ginnifer Goodwin