Actors Quotes · Page 303

I call myself a literary agent simply to distinguish myself from actors' agents.

— Irving Paul Lazar

I honestly think if I had made a ton of money as an actor, I wouldn't have done anything else. (Hah!) Then…

— Steven C. Harper

Performance capture is a genre of acting which is not going to go away, it's going to proliferate more and more. I'm…

— Andy Serkis

Actors are the only honest hypocrites.

— William Hazlitt

People say as a woman actor your career is over at 40. But then they told me I would never work again…

— Jodie Foster

I don't even think places like the National Youth Theatre (NYT) are necessarily about wanting to be an actor when you grow…

— Ashley Jensen

The director Denis [Villeneuve] is actually an actor (he's from Sons of Anarchy and he's a great character actor) and he's also…

— Bun B

We're very good friends, we have a very honest relationship. He keeps me honest, I keep him honest. He's an incredible actor…

— Antoine Fuqua

On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person.

— Karl Kraus

Most great parts for guys in wheelchairs tend to go to actors who walk.

— Mark Ruffalo

Nobody taught Picasso how to paint - he learned for himself. And nobody can teach you to be a producer. You can…

— Dino De Laurentiis

Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.

— Alec Guinness

Before 'Mad Men,' I definitely had very dry spells and I know what those feel like, and I don't think that ever…

— Rich Sommer

As an actor, people are always criticizing you so it just made me fall in love with myself.

— Andrea Hall

I've been very lucky to have had the opportunity to play a diverse cast of characters in the short time I've been…

— Ashly Burch

I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for it, but all I wanted to be…

— Gwyneth Paltrow

When Shana Alexander interviewed me for Life magazine in 1952, she gave up after 4,000. At one time or another, I've worked…

— David Sharp

I loved Peter Sellers. I thought he was the perfect mix of physical comedy with out-of-the-box humor. I loved his tone; I…

— J. B. Smoove

“Today’s generation didn’t want to watch ancient actors reciting the same tired lines. They wanted to see themselves reflected onscreen –rude, raw,…

— Melissa Jo Peltier

I just love when a movie takes a break and gives you a poetic moment, but sometimes it's good when they just…

— Cameron Crowe

I fell in love with that movie [Now You See Me]. I liked the actors. I thought it was an interesting world.…

— Jon M. Chu

My favorite actor is Sir Ben Kingsley - nobody is as good as him, in my opinion. I think he's so good…

— Josh Peck

I'm sort of one of those weird actors who whenever I do a play, I think, 'Oh, we should film this,' as…

— Clive Owen

I don't normally get very star struck. However, I was just at a table read for a movie. It was an animated…

— Rob Huebel

I think that acting is no fun unless it's hard. I'm not titillated by acting or being an actor unless I have…

— Bob Odenkirk