Actors Quotes · Page 187

You don't want to remake something that's just been made, as an actor.

— Alice Englert

I love Back Stage. I have lots of theater friends and actors who depend on Back Stage.

— Anurag Kashyap

Scratch an actor and you'll find an actor.

— Laurence Olivier

Every single director-actor I talked to, from Warren Beatty to Clint Eastwood to George Clooney, said the biggest mistake they made is…

— Ben Affleck

You get to use everything you learned in movie business. You talk to actors, if you do it right - and I…

— Bob Odenkirk

I'm an expert in hookers. I'm an expert in doormats. I'm an expert in victims. They were the best parts. And when…

— Shirley MacLaine

And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor.

— Ted Shackelford

My experience of singing, as an actor, was that there's a different creative feeling of freedom. The acting thing is a bit…

— Orlando Bloom

Performers always come back from the Edinburgh festival with adventure stories. Watts told a few: meeting a young kilt maker who spent…

— Reggie Watts

I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show…

— Sally Field

I enjoyed meeting Emma [Watson]. I have a soft spot in my heart for child actors growing up. I know how hard…

— Ethan Hawke

I guess every actor has certain emotions they can access easier than others.

— William Mapother

The displacement of scripted series by reality programming continues to be a severe obstacle to a working actor's ability to earn a…

— Alan Rosenberg

You are upset because one of your actors got on the wrong lane doing something with the wrong people. And you want…

— Charles Manson

To be an actor you need four things: energy, concentration, a lot of luck and, of course, good roles.

— Charlton Heston

The way I see the job, my definition of it, is to create characters to the best of your ability and then…

— Anton Yelchin

I have never had great expectations of my performance or of a film. I try not to think about the outcome. If…

— Heath Ledger

I haven't always wanted to be an actor, no. I wasn't one of the little kids that was desperate to be an…

— Gemma Chan

Whether I'm writing the script, or someone else writes the initial draft, I'm always an actor's director first. I always try to…

— Dito Montiel

I'd always envied actors who got to play real people or got to do research. I've always just had these scripts where,…

— Luke Wilson

Applause is an instinctive, unconscious act expressing the sympathy between actors and audience. Just as our art demands more instinct than intellect…

— Ellen Terry

Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat.

— Greta Scacchi

I think that when you're first shaping the play and trying to find a character, the initial actors that develop it end…

— Lynn Nottage

It takes a minute to get use to the TV thing, and I have so much more respect for TV actors now.

— Lucas Till

Most actors on most days don't think they're worthy.

— Shia LaBeouf

I couldn't have left my career as an actor on a better note than to have done a cameo in the Lost…

— Mark Goddard

As a director and an actor, it is very difficult to say "this person was better than another person." I judge by…

— Tommy Wiseau

I don't even want to think of myself as an actor because it's such an insecure place to go.

— Ben Stiller

There was this book that Judi Dench wrote that said there was a moment where, before an actor can be this or…

— Zoe Saldana

To be able to work with actors who are doing such good work, not only makes it easier for you, but it…

— Eric Ladin

I would think, as an actor, it's just much more fun to be the bad guy.

— Karl Urban

Wanting to be liked means being a supporting character in your own life, using the cues of the actors around you to…

— Jessica Valenti

Some actors play themselves, don't they?

— Christian McKay

One of my favorite things in watching an actor is feeling, The story is safe in your hands. I can lean back…

— Alison Pill

Being an actor is mostly about rejection and being out of work. It was a fast lesson in all of that stuff.

— Rose Byrne

I remember Chris Cooper saying to me - I was doing October Sky with him - and he said, "You know, you're…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

I haven't really decided to be an actor yet! I started doing plays when I was about 15 or 16. I only…

— Robert Pattinson

I started out as an actor but now I act to fund my own productions. I've managed to separate my mindset.

— Crispin Glover

I was always ambitious. I always wanted to be more than I was....I always wanted to be a movie actor.

— Morgan Freeman

Making art, being creative, is risky, especially for actors, but everybody on the set is being creative. You're putting yourself out there…

— Lynn Shelton