Actors Quotes · Page 32

'Ides of March' I did for scale - scale as a director, scale as an actor, scale as a writer.

— George Clooney

It's such a fortunate life, if you can work as an actor.

— Rashida Jones

Marlon Brando is the most influential movie actor of the century.

— Roger Ebert

WHY is the most important word in an actor's vocabulary.

— Sanford Meisner

The great thing as an actor is that I don't know what my agent is going to call me with next.

— Matthew Lewis

I didn't originally want to be an actor. I didn't know what I wanted to be.

— Donal Logue

Producing is a world of compromise and actors are utterly spoiled all the time.

— Damian Lewis

I think every actor should be always grateful when they work.

— Robert Knepper

I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor.

— Anthony LaPaglia

Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story…

— Aaron Stanford

A piece of advice I would give to young actors - hang on to your family, and hang on to your reality…

— Lorna Luft

In order to be able to work with somebody in acting, you've first got to think that person's a good actor before…

— Tim DeKay

Actually, the most entitled people I've met are indie rockers and indie actors, because they really believe their press.

— Moby

I'm going to be a better actor, or I'm going to try to be a better actor. I'm going to try to…

— Lola Kirke

It's a phenomenon that I see with young actors - a lot of American speaking parts going to British actors.

— Michael Douglas

I mean, the actors that I admired were Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, an actress named Barbara Harris. And Greta Garbo. They were…

— Robert De Niro

With The Host, I think the actors could be really big names. That would be cool. Id love to see Robert Redford…

— Stephenie Meyer

As an actor, you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don't see why that…

— Ben Whishaw

There are a lot of actors who will watch the monitors. They'll do a scene, and then the director will look back…

— Ray Liotta

I suddenly realized that the fellow who didn't show up was getting about fifty-times more money than I was getting. So I…

— Glenn Ford

I used to have to downplay my sexuality because I wanted to be taken so seriously as a thespian and as an…

— Halle Berry

The life of an actor is very random. It can be exhilarating but terrifying - you do wonder day to day where…

— Anne-Marie Duff

I know a lot of really good actors - tons, just tons - who I still don't know why they don't work…

— Kevin Dillon

One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't…

— Michael Shannon

It's always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.

— Irrfan Khan

In Hollywood it seems that you're considered gay until proven otherwise.

— Ryan Seacrest

I don't think there is a guy that played more gay characters than I have done in my life.

— Antonio Banderas

By nature of the job, most actors are striking, remarkable, and alpha.

— Peter Morgan

Most parts that can be played by one actor can equally well be played by another, but not this.

— Kenneth More

It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them.

— Miranda Otto

An actor can spew out thoughts, but they're not all gold.

— Martin Short

And the actors tend not to want to watch themselves very often. I'm one of those guys.

— Jeff Daniels

In some way, the relationship between a director and an actor is personal.

— Ryan Gosling

“Great acting is as much about the choices a performer makes as it is about their ability.”

— Stewart Stafford

I was quite a snob when I was a theatre actor earlier in my career.

— Robert Englund

It is essential to understand your fellow actors in order to naturally fit in with them.

— Lee Je-hoon

I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.

— Carl Lewis

When you see something that is well-written, the actors can get behind it.

— Julia Barr

And the people I'm best friends with on the films are not generally the actors.

— Daniel Radcliffe

That's your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.

— Morgan Freeman