Actors Quotes · Page 349

More than an actor, I am a performer. I'm a great believer

— Shahrukh Khan

I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.

— Zoe Saldana

There's a real separation between actors and all the other functions of Hollywood. If you're an actor you're somehow not a member…

— Rider Strong

Now there's going to be some decisions [Donald Trump] is going to have to make as president regarding those folks, and I…

— Chris Christie

I hate it when people pray on the screen. It's not because I hate praying, but whenever I see an actor fold…

— Orson Welles

The most reliable pleasure afforded by theater is the intermission.

— Mason Cooley

I try to get the best performance an actor can give.

— Taylor Hackford

James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will…

— Leslie Caron

It is dreadful to see actors reproducing the same image constantly.

— Emmanuelle Riva

I love any kind of recognition because as an actor I'm very hard on myself sometimes.

— Michael Welch

The celebrity mill is so active these days that actors can make careers out of being themselves, and I don't know that…

— Liev Schreiber

You've got to remember that improvisers are writers and actors and directors all simultaneously. That's what's happening in real time because you're…

— Mike Birbiglia

All that back-story stuff doesn't help. What you get paid for is to stand toe-to-toe with the other actor and get him…

— William H. Macy

A lot of the times the first take was the best, because the actors are not analyzing themselves as much; they just…

— Storm Saulter

I forget who said it, but someone said, your job as an actor is to communicate the most honest version of this…

— John Krasinski

I think it's really important for actors to have another creative outlet, or for anyone, really.

— Mia Wasikowska

I do have comfort, because as an actor you don't want that anxiety of wondering if you're going to continue with a…

— Tim DeKay

There are things to be afraid of - like extraordinary poverty and suffering beyond anything I've experienced, and climate change, despots -…

— Gaby Hoffmann

There's more to life than being an actor in a Hollywood movie. I'm not going to adapt my life after that existence,…

— Zach Galifianakis

I think that what's important as a director is to give your actors the feeling that they're protected, the feeling of confidence,…

— Michael Haneke

I love to act. And oh-so-love telling stories through film as an actor. Even on my 'days off.'

— T. J. Thyne

I was a commercial artist when I left school, but luckily I became an actor. I've painted for many, many years. Now…

— Pierce Brosnan

Every other species of talent carries with it its eternity; we enjoy the work of the poet, the painter, the sculptor, only…

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

As an actor, it's always important to understand what the director is after. That, to me, is my job. When I'm acting,…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic.

— Nicolas Cage