Actors Quotes · Page 31

I think every actor wants to try out different things.

— Donnie Yen

I like to direct landscapes just as I like to direct actors and animals.

— Werner Herzog

Everybody wants to be a series regular. It's something that a lot of actors would kill to have.

— Shelley Hennig

I want to be doing smart, fun, complex characters like most actors want to do.

— Nicholas D'Agosto

I went to USC for writing. I was judgmental of actors and their Starbucks and fancy cars.

— Analeigh Tipton

The actor has a constant problem of personal identity.

— Cyril Cusack

Actors like Anushka Shetty, Nayanthara, Samantha Akkineni are great examples to look up to.

— Priyamani

I began my comedy as its only actor and I come to the end as its only spectator.

— Antonio Porchia

Anyone who hears enough laughter and applause at a young age will become an actor, whether they intend to or not.

— John Lithgow

There are maybe 100 actors I look up to, but my first two favourite actors were Dustin Hoffman and Jack Nicholson.

— Paul Dano

In many cases for an actor it's a comfortable position to be in. But it's harder to fail as a director.

— Jean Dujardin

As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you're the character.

— Matt LeBlanc

Now at my age I understand how sad it must have been for some directors or actors at the time the talkies…

— Jean-Luc Godard

I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

I think it's always good when you're able to, as an actor, allow your work to be some kind of a conduit…

— Zachary Quinto

There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s.…

— Sally Field

One the one hand, our economists treat human beings as rational actors making choices to maximize their own economic benefit. On the…

— John Michael Greer

Writers and painters have a medium that can foster self-effacements. Actors haven't. An actor can't hide himself behind paper or canvas. If…

— Elizabeth Goudge

I consider being a performer work. I come from a theater family; I've been an actor all my life. I started acting…

— Torquil Campbell

Honestly, I understand that as an actor I should be comfortable with playing different characters. I am also not degrading those actors…

— Priyamani

I think it's all the same animal for me. There are actors who sing, and there are actors who direct, and I…

— Scott Adsit

Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological…

— Uta Hagen

Not all television scripts are created equal. And the process is ridiculous. They send you a script and want you in the…

— Holt McCallany

What's great about New York is that there are a lot of theater actors and actresses, who are trained actors, that they…

— Natalie Zea

The first 10 years I was a professional actor, I did Shakespeare.

— Powers Boothe

Any actor should be grateful if he's remembered for one movie in their lifetime.

— Cary Elwes

I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.

— Stephen Frears

The world is full of actors pretending to be human

— Anonymous

A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.

— Natasha Richardson

I guess I'm an actor - just human behaviour's just fascinating to me. I mean, I'd like to be.

— Rachel McAdams

If the actors aren't reacting the way people would react, that's where you step into disbelief.

— Misha Green

I've come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.

— Simon Callow

I thought actors were born in Hollywood. I didn't know how to go about it.

— George Eads

People sometimes forget how important # Broadway is as a place for young actors to grow.

— Hunter Parrish

Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor.

— Iggy Pop

I was still thought of as a kid actor even though I was in my mid twenties.

— Tommy Rettig

Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be grown up.

— Jeremy Irons

It is their job as actors to play different people. Should only a doctor play a doctor's role?

— Thiagarajan Kumararaja

Obviously the actors are incredible at being the audience surrogates in this crazy universe.

— Hiro Murai

Stunt people are amazing at what they do, but they're not actors.

— Esme Creed-Miles