You need to develop, somehow, a huge amount of faith and confidence in yourself, because there's a lot of rejection throughout an… — Stephen Collins Copy Share Image
I think that power comes in numbers, and we're in an industry where the actors need to have a bigger voice. — Julianna Margulies Copy Share Image
There are some guys I know for a fact, like Louis C.K., who always talk about how not-great of an actor he… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
If I had had to struggle at the beginning like most actors... I'd never have stuck it out. But having such complete… — Harry Morgan Copy Share Image
Often in America people would assume that [as an English actor] you've had some sort of deep, classical training, or that you're… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
I've always been a huge fan of fantasy and adventure, putting yourself in someone else's shoes, I'm sure that's why I'm an… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The British leadership has acknowledged that it only became possible to end the violence in North Ireland when it stopped thinking of… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're completely at the mercy of other people. You basically go begging for the opportunity to work. As a… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I always felt thrilled and amazed that I could put actor on my tax form. — Geoffrey Rush Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're used to putting on characters, taking them off, becoming someone else, doing your research, and working on that. — Angela Bassett Copy Share Image
I do prefer doing more takes. There's something very organic that comes from the first take, but certain things come out. More… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
In the theater, actors are the essential element of the work. In a film, it's a real collaboration - not that theater… — Karen Allen Copy Share Image
I think that the potential for homegrown terrorist attacks is something that we have to be very concerned about, because, in many… — Jeh Johnson Copy Share Image
It's nice to have people interested about a show that you're involved in. It's what actors want. — Tom Cavanagh Copy Share Image
I look at it like, I'm just a character actor. If I get cast as the stoned sidekick, fine. But I just… — Steve Zahn Copy Share Image
Growing up I was involved in children's theater, so I was definitely on the path to be an actor and a singer. — Victor Garber Copy Share Image
You make choices, as a young man. I knew I wanted to be an actor, so I pursued that, but the desire… — Holt McCallany Copy Share Image
I also sort of find the idea that not only do actors want to please when they're onstage, I find actors really… — Jeffrey Combs Copy Share Image
Whoever would understand the character of Washington, in all its compass and grandeur, must learn it from his own writings, and from… — Jared Sparks Copy Share Image
I was playing this sort of asshole actor [in The Jenny McCarthy Show]. And we shot the pilot, and it was a… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
A film set is really delicate and people treat you very very well if you're an actor because they want you to… — Amanda Seyfried Copy Share Image
I've always like sort of, as an actor, I'm drawn to exploring how we are as human beings in given situations and… — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
Acting has been gentrified. It's become part of the bourgeoisie. But there was a time when it would be a great scandal… — Julian Sands Copy Share Image
I'm not tough when it comes to people criticizing the people that I protect, and those are the actors. It makes them… — Lee Daniels Copy Share Image
If you decide to become a political actor, then the things that you say and you do become subject of public scrutiny… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
The life of an actor is a bit easier to take if you admit you're bonkers. — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
Every young person is going to be inspired to be a maker from now on. It's like how everyone used to want… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
My approach to the work is the same, whether I had the lead or a supporting role. I consider myself a character… — Ving Rhames Copy Share Image
You're literally being an actor - you're pretending - and that's not what I like to do. — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
An actor who's a control freak, that doesn't work. We have to be malleable. We cannot come in and try to control… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type. — Natalie Wood Copy Share Image
Some of the things I've been in are comedic, but I don't get considered for true comedies because I'm a 'dramatic' actor. — Noah Emmerich Copy Share Image
Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
There are plenty of directors who work with the same actors over and over, many more times than I have. Like I… — Len Wiseman Copy Share Image
When real actors are approaching their work, we could be on a little stage somewhere, doing community theater. It's all the same.… — Kurt Fuller Copy Share Image
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![“I was playing this sort of asshole actor [in The Jenny McCarthy Show]. And we shot the pilot, and it was a guaranteed go. It was going to be 24 [episodes] on the air. No questions from NBC. And we shot the pilot, and I was in Toronto doing a movie, and I got a call saying they cut the character…” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f4d/eric-mccormack-2915_actors_i-was-playing-this-sort-of-asshole-actor_1568863.jpg)
