Actor Quotes · Page 468

I think the type of actor I am, I tend to play strong leading female characters. The shows I've been on happen…

— Alaina Huffman

My drama instructor suggested I try comedy. I was resistant at first because I considered myself a serious actor, but of course…

— Cecily Strong

I think audiences are far too sophisticated now to have an English actor putting on a Russian accent - it feels fake.

— James Watkins

I'm hoping I can fill a gap by helping to advise people on acting mechanics - the kinds of things that, looking…

— Rachel Shenton

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.

— Gustav Mahler

I've had acting teachers say, 'If you want to do anything else but act, that means you're not an actor,' which I…

— Zazie Beetz

When we leave the play saying how spectacular the sets or costumes were, or how interesting the ideas, it means we had…

— David Mamet

It's such a small industry here you inevitably end up working with the same people over and over again. There are only…

— Karl Urban

I had originally planned to do musical theatre and be on Broadway, but then my love for poetry also set in. Once…

— Khalid

I have known Vatsal for years now. We both had literally started our careers together. He is cool, calm, sweetheart, and such…

— Zayed Khan

I only went along to youth theatre with a friend when I was young to try to make myself a bit more…

— Anne-Marie Duff

All these actors who died before I was born, all the theaters and the artistic movements - all that stuff fills you…

— Harold Prince

“Nook people know the words to a movie by heart but never say them out loud because anticipation is an asset. Because…

— Durga Chew-Bose

Through all of this lovely interviewing, and nice things people say, and the rest of it, I have learned that I am…

— Melissa Leo

I had just arrived in New York from California. I was nineteen years old and excited beyond belief. I was an art…

— Robert Redford

Since I was very young, probably two or three, I had really good memorization skills. I would memorize stuff from TV and…

— Nathan Kress

I was in 'Grease' on Broadway, toured with 'Wicked,' was off Broadway a couple of times and have been a part of…

— Helene Yorke

I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I have never been an easy fit. I'm a leading lady character actor; I don't fit in one slot simply.

— Holly Hunter

I think playing a comic role is the toughest job for an actor; to put glycerin and cry is easy, but to…

— Anita Hassanandani Reddy

It may sound cliché, but it really was an honor to be nominated. As an actor, nothing is guaranteed.

— Hosea Chanchez

My favorite question is 'What do you do?' I'm like, 'I'm a walking cliche: I'm a model and an actress.

— Dree Hemingway

I love it [a career as an actor] to bits, but it's highly bizarre, especially when you're playing a psychopathic rapist with…

— David Oakes

Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard…

— Morgan Freeman

It's one thing to be chosen to play Dr. Aziz, but to play Christ, which is traditionally regarded as a blond and…

— Victor Banerjee

I share a very good rapport with Shah Rukh, so I was at ease working with him, and Imtiaz is a dream…

— Anushka Sharma

You can't perish because of your own feelings; you have to embrace those things as an actor because it's part of your…

— Martin Landau

I'm not of the manor born; I've never felt entitled in that way. I just came to Hollywood to be an actor.…

— John C. Reilly

Acting is still, of course, what I love to do most. The beauty of it is that by changing characters, it never…

— Christopher Lambert

Actors are the best and the worst of people. They're like kids. When they're good, they're very very good. When they're bad…

— Kenneth Branagh

It was an amazing adventure, it was my dream to be in an American musical... I really hope you are going to…

— Marion Cotillard

There's nothing better than an actor who is really, really hungry to show everything they've got.

— David O. Russell

I started acting when I got a summer job at the Everyman Theater Company with the Neighborhood Youth Corps.

— Robert Gossett

With Nani, what struck me was his confidence. It has been a revelation. Nani, the most confident actor and it is a…

— Gautham Menon

I'm too passionate about my work...Acting takes not only concentration, it takes creativity; it takes... your soul.

— Farrah Fawcett

I like working with kid actors because they surprise you constantly. I mean, all actors do - but kids particularly.

— Joe Dante

I don't ever want an acting to be a job. I want this to be an outlet for my creativity, and something…

— Liana Liberato

I can't wait to meet Steven Spielberg or Al Pacino again so I can say, 'I have to tell you how you…

— Jim Rash

As far as being an actor is concerned, you have to have passion. If you're not bringing the passion of the character…

— Zachary Levi

There's so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you can forget your own sorrow…

— Beatrice Wood