Actors Quotes · Page 340

It's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that.

— John Hawkes

I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again.

— William Sanderson

Being an actress has something in common with being a housewife. They both look terribly easy to someone who hasn't done them.…

— Glenda Jackson

I think that most actors, and they're a very strange lot actors, very strange people, but I think that they attempt to…

— Ben Kingsley

I do a public access show with puppets. Puppets called actors, TV and movie stars.

— Craig Ferguson

After my father had seen me in five or six things, he said, Son, your mother and I really enjoyed your recent…

— Dermot Mulroney

God bless him, I mean a lot of times you get non-actors on a set and they get really self-conscious, especially when…

— Ed Helms

Obviously as a kid, for probably anybody who chose animation voiceover as a career in their adult life, Mel Blanc was the…

— Tom Kenny

Part of the work is determining through what instrument you are playing. Actors are physical, olympian storytellers and we should be able…

— Ajay Naidu

I know this is going to sound corny, but I love my life. I love my baby, so I love getting to…

— Julianna Margulies

I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

— Michael Caine

To stand up on the stage is to say to many people: Look at me. How can you do that without speaking…

— Judith Malina

The smaller and younger kids are, the more patient you have to be. But if they're gifted, then it's a wonderful present…

— Michael Haneke

I'll be in a series for three or four episodes, but then I'll be off the series, and downtime, as an actor,…

— Felicia Day

When Im not working... Im an actor! Im auditioning! I like to hang out, have fun, drink, club, meet boys, look for…

— Xosha Roquemore

I like to give my actors a lot of room.

— Nick Cassavetes

Actors don't like to read what they're supposed to do.

— Ewan McGregor

Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get…

— Olivia Wilde

I hope that audiences respond really positively. I think it's a very intense, entertaining film [The Last King of Scotland], because you're…

— Forest Whitaker

I think I became an actor because I couldn't sing.

— Ray Winstone

I acted in junior high in the junior high school group, and then when I got into senior high I was, you…

— Richard Foreman

Some of these guys... I've worked with Ice Cube, I think he's an immensely talented rapper and actor.

— Anthony Anderson

There are many interactions that an actor like me has in public when he gets recognized. The best are 'You're a great…

— Mark Feuerstein

I've always called myself a writer/performer, not an actor because I basically write what I perform.

— John Cleese

Working with [Robert] De Niro taught me a lot about being an actor's director.

— Angelina Jolie