Actors Quotes · Page 27

I have no regrets, except perhaps one: I should have tried harder to be a better actor.

— Joel McCrea

When you see period films, it tends to often be with older actors.

— Gaspard Ulliel

Until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his ass.

— Jim Carrey

Certain comedians work with certain actors; like Adam Sandler worked with Jack Nicholson.

— Samuel L. Jackson

As an audience member and as an actor I much prefer to find ambiguity.

— Michael Fassbender

Bogart was like Henry Fonda - proud and happy to be an actor.

— Katharine Hepburn

The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.

— Robert Mitchum

Because actors don't get to pick movies; movies pick the actors.

— Benicio Del Toro

I think all actors should be made to feel somewhat uncomfortable. Because otherwise you're not learning anything or developing, and you're not…

— Adam Pearson

In terms of acting, we go through phases of being really inspired by film and television and actors and works that we've…

— Laura Vandervoort

I always tell other actors that work begets work. You never know where your next job is going to lead you, down…

— Amanda Schull

Ive always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites…

— Gia Coppola

What I promise to my actors, and to my director, is to give them the salary and everything they need.

— Jean-Claude Van Damme

As comedians, we have the opportunity to convey a message that will have an effect. The best can make you laugh and…

— Jay Pharoah

My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor, and if fame follows suit, that's…

— Ed Speleers

When I closed in "King Lear" I went into a period of depression for about three weeks, and every actor I've talked…

— Frank Langella

The crew are the faces you see every morning and last at night before you go home. I spend more time with…

— Claudia Black

Film acting, if you don't play the lead, you come, and you do your scenes in a few days, and you act…

— Max von Sydow

To me, achieving tone, achieving consistency, is exactly the job of a director. It is to be the fusing, the nexus of…

— Edward Norton

I guess there are very few actors that I've worked with that I would like to work with again. You never think…

— Charlize Theron

[When you are an actor] it's not a burden to go to work whether it's hard work, whether it's super early work,…

— Vanessa Paradis

I always remember is that no matter how good I might be in a movie, I'll never be any better. It's frozen.…

— Kevin Spacey

Both my parents were actors and they struggled, so I was raised with that. Being raised in this industry from a young…

— Camila Morrone

I think actors have to have clear goals in term of fitness, I think it is very important. I did yoga very…

— Rosamund Pike

We call my son's role in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy Sean's little independent movie.

— Patty Duke

Seventy-five per cent of being successful as an actor is pure luck. The rest is just endurance.

— Gene Hackman

Be in the moment as an actor and as a human being, and you're going to be happy.

— Mark Webber

I didn't grow up really wanting to be an actor. I don't remember ever not being an actor.

— Jodie Foster

Crazy is so hard to play, there's nothing you can really tell an actor.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

As an actor, to play someone who's at war with himself, that's so interesting.

— Hugo Weaving

If I have anything to offer as an actor, it's only my ability to make the person real.

— Kevin Pollak

Some people just can't handle that they will never be a better actor than me

— Zach Braff

Unfortunately, I don't meet guys and it's really sad. I only meet actors on set.

— Vaani Kapoor

You're spoilt as an actor if you are in that small percentage that works regularly.

— Iain Glen

My goal as an actor is to grow and try different things.

— Dwayne Johnson

That's what separates actors - I'll take any risk for a performance.

— Emory Cohen

I don't know if child actors are necessarily more screwed up than most people.

— Rider Strong

Most of my friends aren't actors - and not one of them is overly impressed with what I do.

— Jeremy London

I've never considered myself a comedian. I'm a comedic actor.

— Samuel L. Jackson

There are a lot of actors - I'm probably one - who are most at home when they're on stage.

— Ian Mckellen