The notion that acting is simply about intuitively responding to situations the way you feel couldn't be farther away from how I… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be an actor. I've never planned on the acting and the stand-up feeding each other; they've always been… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron… — Rachel Weisz Copy Share Image
But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
For us, as actors, and even for the director, it gave us a sense of authenticity to what we were doing because… — Berenice Bejo Copy Share Image
I am very much a seat-of-the-pants actor. I will prepare when I have to. But I like being unprepared. — Lena Headey Copy Share Image
I'm willing to be representative. I'm just an actor. I'm just playing a role, so even if it is a person I… — Michael Keaton Copy Share Image
Working in front of the camera keeps me alive. I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff… — Chow Yun-Fat Copy Share Image
John Doyle just knows how to feed actors, and what comes out of us, good, bad, right, wrong, doesn't matter. There's no… — Patti LuPone Copy Share Image
I choose my actors well and get to know the quirks of their personalities - and, most of all, I share humor… — George Cukor Copy Share Image
In Korea, when I started, there wasn't a trend where people chose to be both actors and singers. I was the first… — Rain Copy Share Image
Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd -… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
It's not that I wanted to be an actor; it's that I didn't want to be a dancer! I was trained in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are several types of movie space, the three most important being: (1) the field of the screen, (2) the psychological space… — Manny Farber Copy Share Image
It's all in L.A. There might be some location shooting as well. I think it's pretty short. I heard it was like… — Nicholas Stoller Copy Share Image
The amount of preparation I saw from someone like [David] Fincher, and how aware he is of everybody else's job on the… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
But the best part about being actors and married to each other is that you can discuss work and take feedback from… — Gautam Rode Copy Share Image
An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
You don't really have to dress a ton of actors. You don't really have to spend a bunch of money lining up… — Boyd Holbrook Copy Share Image
I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how… — Patrick Macnee Copy Share Image
[Reanu Reeves] is a very imaginative actor. He can have this wonderful balance of humor and fear. He's got these skills to… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
Dog movies nowadays are not what dog movies were 50 or even 10 years ago. For one thing, the dogs have become better actors. — Benjamin Cheever Copy Share Image
They think actors are freaks - that we're a lot of drunks who party all the time and never work. Well, I… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Any role that big is going to be a challenge for any actor, but for an actor of a young age, it's… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
I've never thought of myself as an actor, so somebody recognizing me for that would be a real shock. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who's Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a Mary Astor… — Mary Astor Copy Share Image
Sometimes when an actor says something almost perfect, but you know you have to edit it, if you tell them to change… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I still don't think I'm a good actor. The only reason I'm doing it is because I've got a lot of support… — Israel Broussard Copy Share Image
You can't worry too much about profile; otherwise, you become a different kind of actor, and that's not the kind of actor… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
Seems to me that this business, for actors anyway, is not so much about whether or not you do good work. It's… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
Actors and directors work on things together. That's how I like to work, anyway. I don't want to be told what to… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
Theres no way that I could be the president. You cant have a pacifist in the White House... Im an actor. This… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
I feel like part of your job as an actor is you're going to get noticed, and the more successful you get,… — Lynn Collins Copy Share Image
I'm an actor and I love to find new collaborations and new characters where I can grow as an actor and human… — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
It is strange that there are times when I feel the stars are not at all solemn: they are secretly gay. — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
[On Lisa Kudrow:] She's like the best kind of jazz there is. You don't know what note she's going to hit and… — Meg Ryan Copy Share Image
And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
As an actor for hire, my job is to do some pre-production work for myself. Then my job is to show up… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
Just getting to be a part of the 'Star Wars' universe is not something most actors anticipate as part of their careers. — Tiya Sircar Copy Share Image
You always have to make positive choices as an actor, even when you're playing someone who may not be doing the best… — Aaron Tveit Copy Share Image
![“The amount of preparation I saw from someone like [David] Fincher, and how aware he is of everybody else's job on the set, and how much respect he has for every aspect of the film, and every aspect of the frame - that's the type of actor I am now; it's not the type of actor I was then. But without…” quote by Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_actors_the-amount-of-preparation-i-saw-from-som_832950.jpg)
![“[Reanu Reeves] is a very imaginative actor. He can have this wonderful balance of humor and fear. He's got these skills to be entertaining but also quite terrifying.” quote by Nicolas Winding Refn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/nicolas-winding-refn-1480_actor_reanu-reeves-is-a-very-imaginative-actor_2412274.jpg)
![“[On Lisa Kudrow:] She's like the best kind of jazz there is. You don't know what note she's going to hit and it's always a surprise.” quote by Meg Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d7/meg-ryan-12912_actors_on-lisa-kudrow-she-s-like-the-best-kind_2214724.jpg)
