The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors. — Stella Adler Copy Share Image
I resent having witnessed the survival of some very mediocre male actors and the professional demise of the very brilliant female ones. — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I always say that I can play sort of six variations on one girl, all of whom are a variation on me.… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
When you begin to believe you have license because you are a special person breathing special oxygen, that's when you're in big… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
Anecdote: In a controversial way, Comedian and actor Bill Cosby sought to teach his son the pain of being lied to. Convinced… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
I love Jon Hamm. I'm so lucky to get to work with him and work so closely with him. We have a… — Jessica Pare Copy Share Image
You know the actor John Garfield? In one movie he walked up to this train station, the ticket booth, and the guy… — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
You're very in tune with, because actors are all different, and it's very tricky when you throw us all together because we… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
There's very little you could do to prepare to be a correspondent on 'The Daily Show,' because it's not being a journalist,… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
Everyone has a different path. I knew no one in the acting industry growing up. I never did a play until college.… — Peter Facinelli Copy Share Image
There are street artists. Street musicians. Street actors. But there are no street physicists. A little known secret is that a physicist… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
To me, real comedy comes out of behavior. It's the choices you make as an actor. It's never about, "I want to… — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor. — James Franco Copy Share Image
As an actor, it made me realize a really important lesson. I didn't have to put any spin on the ball as… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not… — Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Copy Share Image
I feel I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like it's not natural… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Honestly, when you think of any great action hero or any great hero out there or great character actor, you kind of… — Chad Stahelski Copy Share Image
Jason [Sudeikis] is a successful actor and comedian, I don't think that he takes comedic roles any less seriously than he does… — Taron Egerton Copy Share Image
I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I was worried about how others viewed me and if I was good enough. I realize now that… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
I tell the actors that the biggest gift they can give me is to fail. And that the second gift they can… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
Being an actor is a much more structured life than being a musician. — Grant-Lee Phillips Copy Share Image
When we think of an actor, we think of a tanned, frosted-tipped, model-looking guy. We don't think of a plumber. — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
I will take the acting work when I can get it. I am not really an actor, that's always apparent but it's… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I thought people would think I only wanted to be an actor because my dad was, rather than because I had an… — Nina Conti Copy Share Image
I had been working predominantly and steadily as a dancer, so after awhile, you don't have to audition. I was just in… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
If you were a kid actor, if you had any plans of being an actor as an adult, you were really barking… — Susan Olsen Copy Share Image
My circle of friends are not actors at all. None of them are actors, really, because they're are not available. They're always… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
In almost any profession, even if you're the kid of an actor, people are very supportive and want to see the next… — Dhani Harrison Copy Share Image
In terms of the stars, the only ones I cast were Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins. I was in Los Angeles working… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I… — Rooney Mara Copy Share Image
I can be tough on actors, but I also let them know early on in our relationship what I expect from them. — Ricky Schroder Copy Share Image
The world of chemical reactions is like a stage, on which scene after scene is ceaselessly played. The actors on it are… — Clemens Winkler Copy Share Image
The way I see it, when I go out as an actor, it should be on a type of film I'm never… — Edward Burns Copy Share Image
I wanted to be like an actor or a comedian for a little while, because I was always wanting to make people… — Gemma Ward Copy Share Image
![“As an actor, it made me realize a really important lesson. I didn't have to put any spin on the ball as Rita [in Dexter]. All I had to do was speak. And there was such simplicity in that as an actor. With Debra, I was trying to put a square peg into a round hole, and it just didn't work, but in my…” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c8b/julie-benz-7666_acting_as-an-actor-it-made-me-realize-a-really_1404313.jpg)
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![“In terms of the stars, the only ones I cast were Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins. I was in Los Angeles working and a lot of this took place on the telephone. I'd met Maggie [Smith] once and I'd come back-stage, which I'm usually loathe to do because as an actor you don't want people coming back…” quote by Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/88a/dustin-hoffman-4662_actors_in-terms-of-the-stars-the-only-ones-i-ca_1411943.jpg)
