Actors Quotes · Page 364

One of the tough things about being an actor, probably the hardest thing, is getting your foot in the door, and my…

— Jeff Bridges

I'm one of those actors who likes to do it wrong nine ways before I come to the tenth way, which is…

— Wayne Rogers

The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role -- unless you're just vain about celebrity.…

— Jonny Lee Miller

I find that all great directors, and I would include Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood in that, they have great confidence. And…

— Amy Ryan

I love being an actor and a job is a job, and I'm always happy to have a job.

— Toks Olagundoye

You really have to get out of an actor's head to write because actors only care about their part and it revolves…

— Grant Heslov

I love working with Liev [Schreiber]. I've known him for a long time. I just think he is a master. Few actors…

— Peter Jacobson

Honestly, puppets themselves are actors effectively. The joy of puppetry is that it is very simple and low-fi, which I love.

— James Bobin

I like actors who are themselves. I know in America you like actors who change their nose or wear a lot of…

— Audrey Tautou

You don't often get a chance to record with the other actors who are playing the characters, mainly due to the fact…

— Elijah Wood

There's just a feeling, when you're just an actor - I have great admiration for people who are just actors. I don't…

— Nick Kroll

People keep trying to make me a movie star but they just don't understand. I'm not a movie star, I'm an actor.

— Ryan Phillippe

I never wanted to be a mother, and when I got the show I was really upset. I was like "I'm not…

— Jackee Harry

I became an actor by doing school plays and youth theaters, and then National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. And then I…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

The old actors in the old days, they used to go on tour, to get the play ready for the West End,…

— Tom Courtenay

I really want my career to be as an actor-writer-director-producer, you know? I don't know what will be stronger than the other.

— Danny Strong

I enjoy being an actor largely; in part at least, because you get to walk a mile in another person's shoes, you…

— Michael Chiklis

I always try to approach things from the point of authenticity. I've done that for my short films, working with non-actors from…

— Tom Green

[In my pre-success years] there was a constant hunger, measuring myself against other actors, and there was sometimes fear. But, there was…

— John Goodman

As a director, I do very few takes, because I feel like you hire the right actor and they'll do the job…

— George Clooney

The genres are widening. I don't think that there's as many limitations on the kinds of projects that actors can do as…

— Emile Hirsch

But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the…

— Eric Stoltz

I run Willow Management, which is the biggest agency for other short actors. We look after performers who are either under five…

— Warwick Davis

I felt a certain modicum of success because I had been paid well to be an actor for the first time in…

— Chris Carmack

I felt as if I was the brunt of some massive joke at my expense: Can you believe this loser can be…

— Kevin Bacon