Actors Quotes · Page 64

Being an actor opened doors for me to explore my emotions as different people and characters, and expand my own inner soul.

— Scott Bakula

First we pre-visualized it [the flying fish scene in 'Life of Pi'] so the actors could act. It took a long time…

— Ang Lee

I think ever since I was a kid I knew subconsciously that I wanted to be an actor. I would walk around…

— Kelly Blatz

I'm forever testing myself. As a person and as an actor, I have no sense of competition.

— Michael Caine

That is exciting to reinvent myself, to invent a new character. As an actor that is revitalizing.

— Amanda Tapping

That abominable and sensual act called reading the newspaper, thanks to which all the misfortunes and cataclysms in the universe over the…

— Marcel Proust

I was warned not to do it. Actors who play Jesus are supposed to have a hard time getting other roles to…

— Jeffrey Hunter

But my favorite period for actors is the 70s. I think so many great movies were made in the 70s. The 90s…

— Ethan Suplee

Yeah, I am a character actor.

— Jim Gaffigan

As an ambiguously non-white actor, I've been able to play light-skinned African American guys, Latinos, and I don't think that I've ever…

— Daniel Sunjata

The atmosphere and the environment that you get on a Chris Nolan film that he and Emma [Tomson] create is one where…

— Christopher Nolan

Every day the Daniels [Kwan and Scheinert] would come up with some amazing solution and [make it easy] to put yourself in…

— Daniel Radcliffe

It used to be trained professionals doing animation and they were great. Now they have celebrities and famous actors doing the voices,…

— John Leguizamo

Yeah, I know, any time you hear an actor say, 'I do music', you cringe. But I want to be gradual with…

— Idris Elba

I do some acting. And there's a difference between "I do some acting" and "I'm an actor."

— Tom Waits

No one is banging my door down to be a superhero. I don't know how good I would be. I have low…

— Winona Ryder

I'm a craftsman. I'm an actor.

— Jim Caviezel

I had a really nice time on [Alphas]. It was a bunch of really good actors, and I was particularly thrilled to…

— Brent Spiner

So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that…

— Christian Bale

Technology has changed the fan/actor interaction quite a bit.

— Misha Collins

We use important words too frequently and they lose value; for instance, charm and great. An actor or musician often is proclaimedgreat…

— Eleanor Robson Belmont

I mean, it's fine when you're a kid and someone runs into the playground and goes, 'I've got this great game of…

— Max Irons

I've had a lot of failures as well and rejection. As actor, it's actually mostly rejection but people think it's mostly success…

— Emma Roberts

I consider myself a character actor.

— Brittany Murphy

When you're a short actor you stand on apple boxes, you walk on a ramp. When you're a short star everybody else…

— Michael J. Fox