Actor Quotes · Page 77

[ Chadwick Boseman] is a remarkable actor, and he's a remarkable person.

— Harrison Ford

Acting has been really good me. You end up in some wild places, and I love adventure.

— Martin Compston

If you catch me saying 'I am a serious actor,' I beg you to slap me.

— Johnny Depp

During my 40-something-year acting career, I have always been about the work.

— Paul Raci

“I want to be an actor. I’ve already started taking steps. Yesterday I applied to be a waiter.”

— Jarod Kintz

I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.

— Randy Quaid

The reason I'm an actor is because I'll never be able to be perfect.

— Sam Claflin

Any actor or actress that tells you that they don't watch their stuff is lying.

— Amy Poehler

I love people who go out and say, 'If cinema is God, then I'm the pope.' As an actor working with these…

— Pilou Asbaek

Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor.

— Martin Donovan

My interest in theatre started in high school, mostly because my dean forced me to do it. I was creating trouble in…

— Michael Weston

There's a huge raft of roles that actors in our culture perform, and you can see any one of about three Hamlets…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I think I arrived in this world to be creative: a performer, and an entertainer, and I channeled that through doing theater…

— Amanda Bearse

You have to be pretty tough to be an actor, and you have to be pretty certain what you want. You can't…

— Anthony Hopkins

When I first started in this industry, my goal was to be some best friend. The sidekick. I thought that would be…

— Janelle Monae

I landed the role in 'Caddyshack' auditioning, like everybody else. It wasn't a role I thought I'd get, so I had nothing…

— Cindy Morgan

Ten years ago when I started out I was kind of told I was insane for trying to pursue multiple fields at…

— John Buffalo Mailer

I remember I was really, really proud the first moment I got my insurance and also just going in to get my…

— Matt Bomer

You have total control of it, and when you're an actor, you're subject to production design and costumes and directors and studio…

— Rainn Wilson

I have been in situations where actors are treated like robots: say the lines, say it like this, we don't have time…

— Nia Long

I like every single actor or actress in the world, because we never know what the conditions are like when they are…

— Judd Nelson

When I'm acting, I have zero control, and it's the scariest thing anyone can do in that field because, you know, your…

— Amber Tamblyn

I would love to do a musical, like on Broadway. That's like the dream of my whole life. I always wanted to…

— Liv Tyler

When I was in high school, I would perform every year in those plays and there was something I really loved about…

— Nick Offerman

When I left Oxford, I knew I wanted to act, but I was unsure how to go about it.

— Eve Best

Acting helps to discover an unknown side of yourself.

— Chef Damu

I would never assume to tell another actor how to do his job!

— Joseph Morgan

Those years between drama school and getting onto the stand-up circuit were pretty lean.

— Graham Norton

It was watching Franco's 'Romeo and Juliet' at the age of 15 that first made me want to act.

— Liza Tarbuck

Theater actors like to change character roles. They don't like to always do the same thing.

— Marcello Mastroianni

As a model you do play a certain role and you know as an actor you play another role.

— Gemma Ward

Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined I'd be acting in movies.

— Mathieu Amalric

There are those who have a knowledge and passion for the theatre, and those who don't.

— Diana Rigg

The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.

— Enid Bagnold

I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it.

— Jack Nicholson

There are always fresh problems for an actor to solve.

— Van Heflin

Every actor is great in his own right but certain actors suit certain roles.

— Rajkumar Hirani

When I entered in the industry, I was appreciated for my acting skills.

— Himani Shivpuri

There's something about the theater which makes my fingertips tingle.

— Wole Soyinka

Most writers write haphazardly. The actor is fighting unjustified words all the time.

— Marlon Brando