Actors Quotes · Page 72

I'm not an actor that tends to care. I don't ask 'Is this a close up? Is this a master? Is this…

— Christian Bale

For the actors, there's something very important about that first showing of the scene to the crew, becomes like a little performance.

— Ewan McGregor

David Holdaway was my stage name. I was an actor for about eight years in the '90s. I had to change my…

— David Nicholls

I just saw dialogue, in the audition, and had no backstory. I was like, "I'm just going to be myself because I…

— Giles Matthey

I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor.

— Simon Callow

At the time I was growing up in the business I was very well established within the industry as a child actor…

— Morgan Brittany

The script is the foundation, but it's not the full story for the film, which only comes alive with the actors.

— Mora Stephens

I am not born to just become an actor

— Salman Khan

The audience makes the decision of what kind of actor they want to watch. I always have said in the last 20…

— Jet Li

I know a lot of actors talk about the importance of wardrobe, and it always seems like it's kind of a cop-out,…

— Anna Faris

There's this great fantasy of going to work, every day, and getting to play out what people think my life is, as…

— Robert Knepper

I never make suggestions. I really don't. I know a lot of actors who get a part and then they dissect it…

— Naomie Harris

People don't know and they shouldn't know that you work incredibly hard as an actor.

— James Gandolfini

I can fight with all actors, I can face them and win, but I cannot fight aliens.

— Shahrukh Khan

An Actor is an interpreter of other men's words, often a soul which wishes to reveal itself to the world but dare…

— Alec Guinness

I liken actors and movies and TV shows to football teams. We all have our favorite ones.

— Kristoffer Polaha

When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor,…

— Chris O'Dowd

I fell in love with film. I didn't start out to be a film actor. I wanted to be a theater actor.

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I depended on chiropractic care when I was an athlete. I depend on it now as a busy film and TV actor.

— Chuck Connors

I was an original member of the Actors' Studio

— Eli Wallach

I feel bad for young actors who become huge stars too quickly, because you haven't had a chance to practice your craft…

— Topher Grace

I slowly came to realize that this job of being an actor, you spend most of your time looking for work. That…

— Nathan Fillion

Brad [Pitt] and I have never wanted our kids to be actors. We've never talked about it. But, we also want them…

— Angelina Jolie

If you're an actor, you know people are going to recognize you in a restaurant. If you're a rock star, you know…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Press conference [on the movie Carrington ] yielded the usual crop of daftness. I've been asked if I related personally to Carrington's…

— Emma Thompson

In the Emperor's New Clothes, they got a different celebrity to do each voice. They drew up a picture of each character…

— Melissa Joan Hart

You learn from the actors that you're working with. I've taken a lot from all of them.

— Tatiana Maslany

I have boxes full of stuff. Most actors do have a trunk full of stuff, paintings or scripts. It never comes to…

— Christopher Walken

Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting.

— Lauren Bacall

I wanted to become an actor. I went to Guildhall School of Music and Drama, which is one of the main drama…

— Douglas Booth

I like to rehearse with the actors scenes that are not in the script and will not be in the film because…

— Jim Jarmusch

I'm inspired by good work. Whether it is a great performance by another actor, a piece of art, or someone doing something…

— Mateus Ward

Trying to stay in the moment as an actor and being really [present in] what you're doing and the scene that's going…

— Danielle Panabaker

When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie,…

— Melanie Laurent

You always see actors complaining about being typecast and ruining their career. Really, I don't see the point in complaining. If the…

— Zach Braff

Some actors like encouragement. Some actors prefer to have pressure. And sometimes, for some actors, its better to give your comment by…

— Wong Kar-wai

Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our age; he's like Olivier. He's one of those people who can take…

— Sam Taylor-Wood

Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and…

— Larry Merchant

Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation.…

— Aldous Huxley

I think part of what makes someone a great actor is being able to walk into a situation emotionally available and open,…

— Katie Aselton