Actor Quotes · Page 6

My love is the theater.

— Tony Todd

I am a terrible actor.

— Anonymous

Everything is theater.

— Fernando Pessoa

Acting just came to me.

— Hafthor Bjornsson

I was an acting major.

— Tommy Dorfman

Actors get bored.

— Gillian Jacobs

I'm not a crisis actor.

— Anonymous

Acting is acting.

— Brent Spiner

The actor is an athlete of the heart.

— Antonin Artaud

I'm just a working actor.

— Clive Owen

I started out doing musicals.

— Zooey Deschanel

Being an actor can be a lonely life.

— Frank Grillo

I am keen to prove myself as an actor.

— Himesh Reshammiya

It's 90 percent rejection, being an actor.

— Jason Robards

The play is not in the words, it’s in you!

— Stella Adler

Method actors are like hams.

— Clark Gable

I think every actor brings something personal to a role, right?

— Natalie Dormer

As an actor, you look at some people and know if they're there with you or not.

— Finn Wittrock

It's a little daunting coming on to work with actors that you respect so much.

— Miranda Otto

It's that event that's the beginning of the avalanche of this play. The first loose rock.

— David Dukes

By the mid-'80s, I was an actor. I was never super-famous, but I was definitely on the map.

— Dan Schneider

I like a direct relationship between actor and audience.

— Tony Harrison

It makes me really anxious. Being seen. Which sounds nuts, because I'm an actor.

— Greta Lee

As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.

— Daniel Radcliffe

I studied acting at Boston University. I was in the theater department there. Somewhere in there I decided that wasn't what I…

— Charlie Kaufman

Musicals have long given voice to outsiders and speak of experiences in our culture and environment.

— Marc Platt

With stunt guys, you can punch them in the face because it's, you know, just part of work. You feel bad about…

— Maggie Q

I remember the great work that Norman Lear did. That was an incredible heyday to be a black actor.

— Sterling K. Brown

The most important thing in a love story for me is the intensity and passion that my lead actors bring into playing…

— Vikramaditya Motwane

I like the fact that Chris Rock is one of the best stand ups ever and still is a really good actor.…

— Dennis Dugan

I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring…

— Ben Kingsley

Acting has given me a successful career and I will do it whenever I'm approached for any challenging and promising role.

— Sara Khan

I don't think it's more difficult for actors to have a good marriage than anyone. I think, in the end, a really…

— Cate Blanchett

The first play I was ever in was 'Cinderella,' a children's production in Los Angeles when I was only 8. It was…

— Judy Norton

I'm not a very methodologically pure actor. Almost every time that I start, I feel completely at sea. Always at the beginning…

— Edward Norton

I do think opportunity breeds bravery. It's such a competitive profession, no one owes you anything, talent in itself is not enough.…

— David Oyelowo

Musicals are not something I have had vigorous training in. But it's definitely something that I want to do. I don't like…

— Shalita Grant

Once you start getting big roles as an actor, everything pays. So what are you making decisions on? It's about the director…

— Chadwick Boseman

I would never advise anyone to stay in the closet to further their careers - I'm sure it leads to big fat…

— Ben Daniels

What's unique for me, as an actor, is this idea that I don't have to be grounded to the natural law of…

— Jonathan Tucker