Actors Quotes · Page 194

You can't just pick people for their hair color or the shape of their face. You have to go with the best…

— George R. R. Martin

I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.

— Ian McShane

I don't like shows, I don't like to put on a show, I just really want to work intimately with my actors.

— Sam Raimi

Also, there's the caliber of actors that we keep getting. Lorraine Bracco plays my mom and Chazz Palminteri plays my father, and…

— Angie Harmon

Your duty as an actor is to try to make it as real as possible.

— Christopher Abbott

There's a pressure on actors to get somewhere before it's over. But everyone wants longevity, don't they? It's a career. Why be…

— Ruth Negga

I think there are three types of actors. There are the ones that do the ego thing, which is "I'm never going…

— Michelle Rodriguez

Entertainment must be a satisfying emotional experience, a stirring of the heart. We need all kinds of young men and women. Those…

— Hedda Hopper

I have no hang-ups in life. I don't care about groups and camps. I have been brought up with certain values and…

— Abhishek Bachchan

I consider Laurence [Fishburn], Keanu [Reeves], both very acclaimed actors, I mean so good.

— Chad Stahelski

I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a…

— Miguel Ferrer

In L.A. everyone is an actor. In Texas, everyone's a musician.

— Minka Kelly

I enjoy both acting and screenwriting, in completely different ways. You have more creative freedom with writing because you can create everything…

— John Francis Daley

I've done documentaries and TV for six years but this was my first feature as director, so there were moments when I'd…

— Robert B. Weide

I'm practically an actor. Even when you do an interview, it's like you're performing a little bit, so yeah, I'm enjoying it,…

— Stan Lee

My dad was a college football coach, so we're a big athletic family. I was either going to be an athlete or…

— Matt Barr

I learned a lot about acting - watching not just myself but other actors and learning how to distinguish between two great…

— Ralph Fiennes

Someone once told me that the most dynamic actors are people who have stories. People who have lived life. People with experiences.

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

Tim Burton... as an actor you wait and wish and hope and pray you'll work with him.

— Casper Van Dien

I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at…

— Nicolas Cage

Initially, before I came to Hollywood, I thought that the language barrier would be the biggest challenge, but I realized that actors…

— Kim Jee-woon

I never really think much about the size of a production because I think as an actor, once you're in it, it's…

— Eric Bana

I had interest in acting. I started as a drama major in college. I got to school and said, "What am I…

— Greg Kinnear

People always feel like there's a big split between TV and films: I'm a television actress, I'm a film actress. Maybe that's…

— Cobie Smulders

I used to search and search for that actor or actress who's exactly what's in my head. But you have to realize…

— Billy Lawrence

I think a lot of what you do depends on the other people in the cast. It doesn't only depend on you…

— Robert Loggia

What's so fascinating about people is what they don't show. People are masters at it; usually actors show too much.

— Glenn Close

How many times can you play an action character, or a quirky romantic? Every actor has to find his own way to…

— Edward Herrmann

You can be the best actor in the world, but if you don't have that one lucky moment, it kind of doesn't…

— Jeremy Irvine

In a way, a lot of my work is in the re-writing once it is cast, as I adapt to the rhythms…

— Rebecca Miller

I spent about a year and a half doing technical post work on 'The Fountain'. Although I do like the process, I…

— Darren Aronofsky

I think it's even harder because I think as always, Hollywood is sort of glamour central for the world, and the entire…

— Anthony Michael Hall

You know, as I do, actors who, having become worldwide celebrities thanks to a TV series, complain of their lot and declare…

— James MacArthur

I'm definitely one of those actresses who comes to a set knowing how I want to do a scene, and I definitely…

— Summer Glau

Having a persona people recognize, it's the thing that probably gets you paid the most - but it's also the thing that…

— Robert Pattinson

For non-state terror actors, the United States must develop the ability, no matter how difficult, to track down and incapacitate those responsible…

— Donald Trump

I'm one of the actors who really enjoys working with kids and animals, which is always a no go. There's something beautiful…

— Mads Mikkelsen

I think of being an actor as a blue-collar profession.

— Joe Mantegna

Music is music and I think music people are the delivers, the actors, when they put their music out they want to…

— Chuck Berry

Some kids are fine, but often I don't like what I see in child actors. My kids are young and they are…

— John Leguizamo