Actors Quotes · Page 152

Even in the big movies, if the scenes are very big, I'm not fond of them as much as I'm fond of…

— Ayelet Zurer

I became an actor because it was the only thing I could do. I didn't have any friends, I didn't fit in.…

— Gillian Anderson

There are lots of actors, and you need a way to stand out. Writing comedy sketches was a way of doing that.

— Sharon Horgan

In my theater days I assumed that you had to get rid of yourself to do a character well, and I don’t…

— Charlie Day

Honestly, I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out.

— Rupert Everett

My Mother's an actress, and she's always told me, "Boy, you're an actor." I would look forward to seeing if I'm any…

— J. Cole

“...actors today think that being true is being nice, or being some other "set" thing. That is not the truth. That is…

— Stella Adler

I think if actors are successful at one thing, they paint themselves into a corner sometimes, and what's the fun in that?

— Peter Dinklage

Mads is such a talented actor - it's almost like he wears his emotions on his sleeve, but not all the time…

— Gillian Anderson

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

— Katie Aselton

A lot of people's lives are built around a healthy lifestyle. I take really good care with what I eat, and exercise…

— Mariana Klaveno

I love what I do. And in the true sense, from my training, I try to create a character each time. It…

— William Forsythe

[My father did] advertising. That's why I got into this business. I think because we're really boxes of soap - actors and…

— Rex Smith

Heath Ledger's performance in 'The Dark Knight' quite simply changed the game. He raised the bar not just for actors in superhero…

— Tom Hiddleston

You can't make theater happen without actors. The actor is the central ingredient in making theater happen. Audiences may come to theaters…

— Laurence Sterne

When I started writing after my career as an actor, I knew that that other life in the film industry would be…

— James Franco

I never really think much about the size of a production because I think as an actor, once you're in it, it's…

— Eric Bana

As professional actors, it's our job to entertain our audiences while setting benchmarks for ourselves as well, creatively and intellectually.

— Hrithik Roshan

I have a really dry sense of humor. I don't think it's funny when people wink at the camera. That's more of…

— Topher Grace

Well the first thing I want to say is mandate, my ass... We've been convinced that 26% of the registered voters is…

— Gil Scott-Heron

Actors are trusting souls, and we must go by gut-level instinct, even after our agents and business managers weigh all the odds.

— Anne Archer

I've heard of actors like De Niro and Streep who stay in character all day long. And Daniel Day-Lewis did it for…

— Kathy Bates

City lights shine bright on my complexion, Self-reflection...red hairs flashing at the intersection. Life is a green light, one star, no script,…

— Action Bronson

Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can…

— Catherine Keener

I stopped asking a long time ago, "why would you want me to play that?" I'm an actor. That's what I do.

— John Hurt

A lot of actors think they can't be happy without the acting... But I think I couldn't be happy with it anymore.

— Genie Francis

Honestly, I think some of my family members of a certain generation were more skittish about me playing a gay character on…

— Michael C. Hall

If you were a kid actor, if you had any plans of being an actor as an adult, you were really barking…

— Susan Olsen

[On an actor who'd broken her leg in London:] Oh, how terrible. She must have done it sliding down a barrister.

— Dorothy Parker

I certainly am not a great believer in over-rehearsing between actors, and certainly not doing the dialogue too much.

— Clive Owen

Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money…

— Val Guest

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

— Chuck Connors

Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.

— Malin Akerman

Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me.

— Les Claypool

When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors' characterizations; but if…

— Michael Caine

Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me.

— Michael Gambon

I've never pursued a role. I always hear stories about actors going after parts and I'm, like, 'How do they do that?'…

— Zooey Deschanel

I've got a lot of friends who are actors so even when I don't have auditions of my own, I'll be working…

— Charlotte Hope

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

One of the wonderful things about the actor's life is that's what we have the opportunity to do; we bring all these…

— Keith Carradine