Actors Quotes · Page 138

I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking,…

— Omari Hardwick

I started working as an actor, semi-professionally, when I was 16, and got my first professional gig at 19. I guess I've…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I always say that, if you have great actors and great storytelling and great monsters, and you mix them together, nine times…

— Gregory Nicotero

If you're a serious actor, you wouldn't put yourself up for one of those shows in case you got bumped off the…

— Elaine Paige

An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling.

— Donald Sinden

In fact, I've always thought that there are actors who can talk very quickly and effectively. And I've never felt that I'm…

— Jonathan Bailey

You can't start putting difficult clothes on a person. They're actors: they have to move, they have to feel real.

— Patricia Field

Yet the reality is that I'm a stage actor from the Midwest - probably the opposite of a shark agent.

— Jeremy Piven

Actors are basically drag queens. People will tell you they act because they want to heal mankind or, you know, explore the…

— Colin Firth

The fantastic thing about the theatre is that it can make something be seen that's invisible, and that's where my interest in…

— Sam Shepard

A lot of actors on film sets... very often they're not paying attention to the physical world around them. I think through…

— Andy Serkis

People don't have to be beautiful any more. We don't have any Audrey Hepburns, Rita Hayworths or Ava Gardeners. When you look…

— Omar Sharif

So the question never comes up. I love to work with actors who I feel really confident in knowing what I'm going…

— Len Wiseman

When you become an actor, you never, ever imagine you're going to be working on one role for a decade, and while…

— Misha Collins

The minority who actually loves its work seems to be made up chiefly of the writers, dancers, actors and other artists, most…

— Robert Anton Wilson

I know that I've definitely found what I should be doing with my life. In my life, as far as my career…

— Steve Antin

You've got to be creative in acting business. But I need people to believe in me first. I've got to make my…

— Darren Shahlavi

Some actors just won't bend, and then it's a bitch. You either fight or find ways of putting your words in their…

— Richard Donner

I didn't understand how you could be an actor if you didn't also study philosophy and study political science, astronomy. And also…

— Brit Marling

That is the next step for out trans actors - to just be treated as actors and not 'trans actors.'

— Trace Lysette

I don't like that, because there are a lot of people whose works I admire as actors or actresses, or musicians. And…

— Laura Bush

I wasn't playing Nixon's satirical stick figure. I was playing Nixon the man. As an actor, I felt I had to get…

— Harry Shearer

When you know youre whoring it hurts. I have kids. I'm not going to run down an actor for doing this.

— Tim Roth

There are loads of black actors.You can't say: I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good but he's black, [so]…

— Michael Caine

I don't even think of myself as particularly good looking, and not at all a typical kind of Hollywood leading man sort…

— Ryan Gosling

When Im not working... Im an actor! Im auditioning! I like to hang out, have fun, drink, club, meet boys, look for…

— Xosha Roquemore

If I was just considered a looker and wasn't considered an actor, where would I be in 10 or 20 years from now?

— Heather Matarazzo

As an actor, you're just brought on to fill one role, so it's nice to see what the entire journey is like.…

— Shiri Appleby

I think it's quite common for actors to almost rely on their characters to exercise parts of themselves in their regular life…

— Katherine Waterston

As an actor, you want to do the best job possible, and you want the best scripts possible because it makes life…

— Mark Strickson

I think the more the actor lets you know what he thinks of the character, the less the audience cares - like…

— Neil LaBute

There are many ups and downs in everyone's life and when you're an actor usually you're a very sensitive human being.

— Melanie Griffith

Before I was 14, I wanted to be a singer, an actor, or a hockey player. By 15, I knew I was…

— Matisyahu

I don't try to make actors play crazy characters. I like where there's a certain element of who they are and truth…

— Jeff Baena

You get burned a lot as an actor. You give somebody, you give some guy real free reign and he just doesn't…

— Kurt Russell

If the audience knows what's behind the door and the actor does not, that's comedy. If both the audience and the actor…

— Melvin Helitzer

Don't get too set on becoming an actor at an early age. I think that's where some people get into trouble. Acting…

— Freddie Highmore

The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part.

— Franz Grillparzer

The hardest thing in acting is going from child actor to adult actor. It's taken me a long time.

— Shia LaBeouf

The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office.

— James Garner