Actors Quotes · Page 50

I certainly know guys in comedy, I know some actors, and I definitely know some musicians, who have survived to a certain…

— Denis Leary

The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't.

— Sidney Lumet

I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.

— Samantha Bee

I have a sixth sense for casting. I just have to see and talk to the actors. I never make tests. I…

— Frank Capra

The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you dont have to shave or hold…

— Dick Powell

That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before…

— Karl Kraus

I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the…

— Ang Lee

I love to improvise, but I always thought "Man, it's like the final frontier for improvisational actors, to really go for something…

— John C. Reilly

Actors' careers are random with a capital "R."

— Cillian Murphy

Very, that show is crazy. It was like doing finals every week. It was interesting. I really learned a lot. The dialogue…

— John Leguizamo

When you're doing comedy on stage, it's great because you have the audience there and they're like another actor in the scene.…

— Wendell Pierce

Basically, I got into stand-up because I'm too egocentric to be an actor and not disciplined enough to be a writer.

— Christian Finnegan

I think Straight Outta Compton is one of the greatest biopics, but I am biased on that one, obviously. There are some…

— Bun B

I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made…

— Farrah Fawcett

So far I had been travelling alone with my handbook and my Western Railway timetable: I was happiest finding my own way…

— Paul Theroux

I get to choose things that interest me as opposed to trying to get any job that will have me, which for…

— Neil Patrick Harris

When I was 18, I joined the Screen Actors Guild, and after college I came to New York.

— Marla Maples

It's fun to get the script every Monday morning and go, "Cool!" I'm a professional actor, but I'm also a professional story…

— Matt Barr

As a writer, I always think about who my prototype actors are, in my brain. It's helpful, as a writer, to think…

— Carlton Cuse

I think we can't be naive in dealing with the Russians or dealing with the Syrians. But at the same time, I…

— Rand Paul

I'm an actor, coming from New York theater.

— Skeet Ulrich

I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer.

— Kirk Douglas

And then, once you've written, you meet producers and directors and actors. You get to meet interesting, talented, creative, artistic people, and…

— Josh Lawson

I come from the theater, so for me rehearsal is vital and a way of life. There are many film directors who…

— Hugh Jackman

I don't think that you necessarily need a certain type of background to take on roles. You see actors from very, very…

— Daniel Radcliffe