Actors Quotes · Page 74

Sometimes as an actor you're struggling to make things work. That was never the case for me with [Big Little Lies script].…

— Nicole Kidman

I think it’s because there's quite a few of us now but because we’re less frequent than American actors - because Hollywood…

— Callan McAuliffe

If you are lucky as an actor, you are doing a character that really matches where you are in life, or you're…

— Scott Cohen

I think actors always like to think they don't bring the character home, and then their family all laugh and tell you…

— Kate Beckinsale

Contrast of emotions is definitely something interesting that you like to do as an actor.

— Alfie Allen

I've learned that if you can keep it calm and keep it fun and loose, then that allows for ideas from the…

— Will Packer

I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what…

— Alejandro Amenabar

Matching character and actor is what a good director does.

— Bruno Dumont

There are so many actors that I've worked with that I'd like to work with again and there are so many girls.…

— Emily Browning

I'm a fool for a good role in a creative piece where there are really such talented writers and wonderful actors.

— Sissy Spacek

I love it when you ask actors, 'What are you Doing now?' and they say 'I'm between roles'. To be living 'life…

— Andy Warhol

Knowing what thought process goes into constructing a line helps an actor know how to deliver that line because you understand the…

— David Henrie

I like playing guys where it's as important what they're thinking as what they're saying. Those are the people I like playing,…

— Lennie James

We all hope we have something else to do. We're going to be unemployed actors. It's a consistent state of being a…

— Terry O'Quinn

I'm a stage actor. That is what I do.

— Jeremy Piven

As I've always said, preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work. Now, you may…

— Robert Wise

If I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I'm going to do that.

— Anthony Mackie

A challenge is always important; as an actor, as a human, it's good to face challenges and it's good to push your…

— Ed Speleers

The person you are is a thousand times more interesting than the best actor you could ever hope to be.

— Constantin Stanislavski

I can't say I was unhappy as a child actor in films. I had a particularly wonderful time.

— Roddy McDowall

It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the…

— Natalie Dormer

There wasn't even a movie theater in the town. Nothing. Not even any fast food chains of any kind. Regardless, I knew…

— Kristen Hager

Actors walk around wearing these little tool-belts of acting skills. And I just don't find that interesting to watch. I never want…

— Kristen Stewart

I'm lucky to just be a working actor. There are so many great actors out there and I'm just lucky to have…

— Chris Messina

It's just a whole different vibe with improv. As an actor I just kind of exercise within my environment and adjust depending…

— Katy Mixon

I always felt, and still feel, one of my best strengths as a director is having been an actor for a long…

— Paul Feig

It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving…

— Ajay Naidu

My hunger and desperation, being an actor, an out of work actor - my memory of that is as fresh as an…

— Griffin Dunne

In life, you're supposed to get wiser, so as an actor, even just through your own life experiences, you're already richer as…

— Elaine Cassidy

I admire a lot of actors; I think a lot of them have so much talent.

— Tara Reid

Sex in the City was a different kind of phenomenon because of the show itself is a phenomenon and to me that's…

— Blair Underwood

Romeo Must Die was the first film that I did where I was able to just be free as an actor.

— Anthony Anderson

First of all, directing is an idea that you have of a total flow of images that are going on, which are…

— Abraham Polonsky

You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where…

— Harvey Fierstein

I think the first British actor who really worked well in cinema was Albert Finney. He was a back-street Marlon Brando. He…

— Anthony Hopkins

The long version of the play is actually an easier version to follow. In all of the cut versions the intense speeches…

— Kenneth Branagh

I think I have more of a director's brain than an actor's brain, in a way.

— Helen Hunt

I've played some gangster roles, but that's obviously not me. When you're an Italian-American New York actor, it's just an easy way…

— Michael Imperioli

I'll tell you what I probably would prefer to happen less and less: actors that I know and respect in shampoo ads.…

— Sean Penn

I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting…

— Archie Panjabi