Actors Quotes · Page 8

There are no small parts. Only small actors.

— Anonymous

All actors are self-critical.

— Skyler Samuels

As an actor, you want to push yourself.

— Sarah Baker

Class clowns become actors.

— Jasper Fforde

The better the actor, the more stupid he is.

— Truman Capote

Some actors play themselves, don't they?

— Christian McKay

Condemn the fault and not the actor of it?

— William Shakespeare

I had no ambition to become an actor at all.

— Danny Huston

Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that.

— Matthew Macfadyen

I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor.

— Sydney Pollack

As an actor we're just like workers in a factory, we provide our services to directors

— Chow Yun-Fat

The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor.

— Andrew Scott

All great men are play actors of their own ideal.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I hope the perception is that I'm an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.

— Al Pacino

Oh, man, pop singers are terrible actors. We're all bad.

— Graham Parker

I hate when actors call stuff they're in their 'work.'

— Jeremy Sisto

As an actor, that's the most important thing. You want to be able to let go and not hold onto anything, so…

— James Wolk

I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it.

— Francis Ford Coppola

Some of the most intense affairs are between actors and characters. There's a fire in the human heart and we jump into…

— Sigourney Weaver

The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.

— Ian Mckellen

We're one of the forces that causes actors to fasten seat belts before they take off chasing the bad guy in the…

— Gerald McRaney

When we're not shooting 'Ballers,' we're always on the hunt for other work. As actors, we've never satisfied with just one thing.

— Jazmyn Simon

My tendency as an actor is, when there's a certain energy, I feel a challenge to match it, to come up to…

— Carla Gugino

My strength is with actors. I think I'm good at working with them to get the best performances, at seeing what it…

— Sydney Pollack

If you're a great documentary filmmaker, it doesn't necessarily mean that you're a great narrative filmmaker. There are fantastic documentary filmmakers that…

— Alexander Skarsgard

It's actually kind of cool that women have taken to me. Because now I have a whole different demographic when it comes…

— Larenz Tate

Whoever would understand the character of Washington, in all its compass and grandeur, must learn it from his own writings, and from…

— Jared Sparks

As far back as I can ever remember, without really knowing it I wanted to be an actor. I was always dressing…

— Peter Cushing

As an actor and as a performer, I'm very much aware of the fact that my job is to change both physically…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

I proceeded to prove everybody right as to how bad an economics student I was by failing as an assistant manager in…

— William Shatner

I love my job, I love being an actor and stepping into the shoes of different characters and exploring their lives. It's…

— Hilary Swank

I prefer being known for my stand-up because I write it. I love being an actor, and saying other people's words is…

— Kathy Griffin

Each actor requires a different language.

— Oliver Stone

I didn't think I'd ever be an actor.

— Seth Rogen

An actor has to embody a role.

— Taylor Hackford

Im a character actor at heart.

— Shuler Hensley

Professional 'actors' tend to overact.

— Samuthirakani

Being actors is a strange job.

— Paul Dano

Actors are a peculiar breed.

— Tituss Burgess

A lot of people don't like child actors.

— Peter Billingsley