Actor Quotes · Page 55

I made my acting debut in 1996.

— Arbaaz Khan

Acting is and will always be my priority.

— Athiya Shetty

I'm scared of actors with a scheme.

— Cate Blanchett

I believe, as an actor, I want to tell stories.

— Mithila Palkar

I am not a greedy actor.

— Nana Patekar

A lot of what acting is is paying attention.

— Robert Redford

As an actor, I was just satisfied to work.

— Thayer David

I love musicals more than anything.

— Matthew Broderick

Directors get to fire on many more cylinders than an actor.

— Jason Alexander

My performance is totally dependent on what the other actors are doing.

— Stellan Skarsgard

I hardly ever see new plays. They don't have the audacity and daring that they used to.

— Steven Berkoff

If I weren't an actor, I would be an IAS or IPS officer.

— Kirron Kher

I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old.

— Ewan McGregor

I'm always wishing for more intrigue and meaty stuff to do as an actor.

— Gustaf Skarsgard

An actor must read a lot. Books not only make one a good actor but also a better human being.

— Pankaj Tripathi

Your job as an actor, I guess, is just to make people relate to the character.

— Travis Fimmel

I never went to drama school, but I was really lucky in that both my junior school and secondary school had brilliant…

— Lucy Boynton

Every time I wrote a school scene, I thought of that drama studio, because that's where I was a bit lost at…

— Greg Davies

I speak for myself... I am here to tell stories. I'm here to be an actor and not a superstar. If, in…

— Mithila Palkar

I like actors who don't have to think too hard about what they have to do to achieve their performance.

— Michel Gondry

I started a French degree at university, but packed it in when I realised I really wanted to be an actor.

— James Nesbitt

I always felt that acting was an escape, like having the secret key to every door and permission to go into any…

— Edward Norton

The idea of acting is something that absolutely repulses me. I just can't do it. I'm terrible at it. I get roped…

— Nick Cave

You have to be super close to yourself, and comfortable with it being revealed, in order to be a good actor.

— Aimee Lou Wood

I don't write a play from beginning to end. I don't write an outline. I write scenes and moments as they occur…

— Richard Greenberg

I noticed the drama majors on campus when I was at Notre Dame. They just seemed to be freer spirits than the…

— Catherine Hicks

You cannot assume that somebody can define you. You cannot assume that the other person is right. No matter how they say…

— Henry Winkler

When I was in my teens, I thought, 'Would I like to try and work hard at being an actor, or do…

— Emilia Clarke

When I think of character actors, I think of Spencer Tracy; I think of Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall. When I was a…

— Eddie Marsan

We have a long way to go in the world in all industries. If I'm in the situation where I have equal…

— Jessica Chastain

I know for a fact the reason I'm an actor is because one, two, maybe three people when I was younger saw…

— David Oyelowo

The worst thing when you're working is to say, 'I have a question,' and the other person goes, 'No! This is what…

— George C. Wolfe

“The great actors always play themselves.”

— Scott Farris

I'm very happy to be a working actor.

— Adina Porter

I think I was born to be an actor.

— Arfi Lamba

Acting is the way I make my living.

— Peter Coyote

I knew I could never become a good actor.

— Tinnu Anand

I grew up performing in theatre.

— Valorie Curry

I don't know a single actor who is not picky.

— Akshaye Khanna

I kind of dwindled into acting.

— Ron Silver