Actors Quotes · Page 223

There are different kinds of actors, and movie actors tend to be exceedingly precise and mechanical in a way that's really admirable…

— Ana Gasteyer

There are so many talented people in film today. There seem to be poor scripts, but the actors and actresses are very…

— Frederick Lenz

I never think of an actor as a model. A model wears what you tell them to wear, that's their job. An…

— Patricia Field

When [actors] are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not…

— Cedric Hardwicke

Good actors go to emotional places where nobody else wants to go.

— Arthur Penn

There's something about the first time an actor runs the material over his or her face you know when they kind of…

— Clint Eastwood

I look at a pilot and go, "I see the landscape. I see the characters. I see the direction and the potential…

— Matt Bomer

I don't remember if I've been asked seriously to direct a picture. I understand that. I'm very good business for people as…

— Jack Nicholson

I was born a character actor.

— Charles Durning

I know it sounds very typical to say, but the best part of being an actor, and the reason why I think…

— Jerry Ferrara

Often, people ask if it's different doing live-action and voice-over, but the only thing that's different, really, is that we're in a…

— Emmanuelle Chriqui

Elijah can register such subtle emotion on his face that I loved doing close-ups on him. He really brings a superb emotional…

— Peter Jackson

The dog actors and the relationship they have with their trainers is one of the most beautiful things I've ever watched happen…

— Jamie Lee Curtis

I mean, I enjoy my work as an actor. But to make a difference in people's lives through advocacy and through supporting…

— Michael J. Fox

Any good movie or script usually, if they're doing their job, gives the highest platform possible for an actor to leap off…

— Justin Theroux

I mean, I hate when actors talk about how hard their job is. It's ridiculous, because we have the best job in…

— Jon Bernthal

The body is an actor's tool, like the face, malleable. I never thought that being naked was immoral or outrageous.

— Emmanuelle Beart

I had a very low voice for the character in the show. I said, "That's not actually my voice. That's the character's…

— Richard Masur

Every character lives in ever actor and if you're doing your job right, you're just accessing that part of your fantasy life.…

— Matthew Lillard

The scariest people to turn a movie over to are always the people who are drawing up the poster, because that's the…

— Jesse Eisenberg

I love working on 'Glee,' and I hope that there are more and more parts for me and other actors with Down…

— Lauren Potter

I was always drawn toward the Actor's Studio. I studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute when I first came to New York.…

— Karen Allen

[Ryan Reynolds] is my favorite [ on Top Gear] - I think he's the most hilarious actor who just has not been…

— Doug Benson

As a film director I like to have the actors create their own close-ups. It's an older style of filmmaking.

— Stanley Tucci

I don't just act, and that's really important to me. I don't want to just be an actor forever. I want to…

— Ansel Elgort

The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem…

— James Wolcott

I like to imagine a person's psyche to be like a boardinghouse full of characters. The ones who show up regularly and…

— James Hillman

We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in…

— Nicolas Cage

The main reason for choosing a project is not really the renown of the director that's making the project. I feel like…

— Song Kang-Ho

Even though it's my job to be an actor, I have given my life to God.

— Angus T. Jones

For an actor, playing one character and transitioning to a completely different one is a dream come true.

— Dean Norris

As an actor, I think you can get really bad habits, if you do the same thing, every day. You can get…

— Brie Larson

I started acting when I was 13, but it really wasn't my plan. The actual decision to become an actor was when…

— Meital Dohan

I'm not gonna be one of those actors who's like, "It's such a drag to not see your kids." Of course it…

— John Krasinski

Whenever actors tout off about doing their own stunts, it's always ... they're so protective of you that I always know these…

— Ethan Hawke

I've always believed that the director does whatever the hell he wants. That's what you sign on for as an actor -…

— Christian Bale

I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.

— Elia Kazan

When it's just a few scenes and a couple of actors behaving in a room, I feel very confident with that.

— Adam Rapp

With everything you do as an actor, you obviously know the full story. But the person watching it doesn't, necessarily. So, you…

— Luke Evans

There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors... and that is their competitive sense.

— Elia Kazan