Actor Quotes · Page 78

When I left school I did far more theatre than anything else and it was exciting.

— Jonathan Bailey

There's very little I miss about acting since retiring.

— Brenda Fricker

Acting is not very good for relationships - but very good for when they are over.

— Hugh Dancy

I talked to everyone about the project: actors and extras, members of the crew and passers by.

— James D'arcy

My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.

— Quentin Tarantino

I started out as a music teacher; I never planned on becoming an actress.

— Li Bingbing

Acting was the first thing that obsessed me when I was 8-9 years old.

— Deepti Naval

Focus on making you the best you can be as an actor, and follow your own path.

— Craig Sheffer

Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity…

— Persis Khambatta

As soon as you do it, actors realize there is no difference playing a performance-captured role or a live-action role.

— Andy Serkis

I still think the highest benchmark for any actor is to be on Broadway. When I talked to my theatrical agent on…

— Sarah Wayne Callies

I don't really know who I am as an actor: the best thing would be to experiment with it for the next…

— Ben Barnes

I'm an actor. And like a lot of actors, it's very important that everybody loves you all the time.

— Romola Garai

There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when…

— Teddy Sears

You don't realize it till you get older as an actor, but all the parts you've gotten have led you up to…

— Constance Zimmer

Doing the long lines - it looks easy when actresses do it: they just say it straight up, looks like they do…

— Quvenzhane Wallis

I do have comfort, because as an actor you don't want that anxiety of wondering if you're going to continue with a…

— Tim DeKay

I don't really consider myself to be an actor of any particular style. My aim with every role I undertake is to…

— Benjamin Bratt

As an actor, some of the most fun days I've had on set have involved shooting blanks all day - or better…

— Trieste Kelly Dunn

I love having the control over the end result and not having to go through some committee to get something approved. I…

— Kim Shattuck

Leonardo DiCaprio I find very inspiring... He's my idol. I absolutely love Leonardo DiCaprio. Christian Bale, obviously, being a British actor and…

— Will Poulter

First day working with Tom Hiddleston. He is my ideal as an actor: brilliant, reliable, human, decent, open, and friendly. He charmed…

— Jim Beaver

“Character actor' is a technical term denoting a clever stage performer who cannot act, and therefore makes an elaborate study of the…

— George Bernard Shaw

There are days when you're in a good groove and the actor really understands the part and comes as prepared every day…

— Noah Baumbach

I'm still very much about being an actor. That's why I'm not married with kids.

— Elliot Cowan

Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get.

— Jack Nicholson

I'm a better actor because I'm a mother, I think.

— Kristin Lehman

When I'm not acting, I don't feel like an actor.

— Maxine Peake

I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.

— Barbra Streisand

Gay actors have been playing straight since Euripides.

— Bryan Batt

You can either be a movie star or an actor. I'm an actor.

— James Avery

I'd definitely love to do more acting. My heart cries out for it; it's such a deep longing.

— Kylie Minogue

Working with talented people and challenging myself as an actor [excites me].

— Mark Wahlberg

I think once you've allocated an actor to the role that the character will evolve slightly.

— Nathalie Emmanuel

I was interested in acting right from my childhood.

— Esha Deol

I want to be part of projects where I can showcase my growth as an actor.

— Shriya Pilgaonkar

Every actor chooses their story at the beginning.

— Shia LaBeouf

As an actor, you are always looking for subtext, for layers, for what's going on underneath.

— Antje Traue

People know me as a TV actor but they don't know who the real Abhinav Shukla is.

— Abhinav Shukla

It's more important to be a good person than a good actor.

— Aparshakti Khurana