When I get hired as an actor as opposed to a writer, one of things that's exciting for me is doing stuff… — Stephen Merchant Copy Share Image
Some of the downbeat pictures, in my opinion, should never be made at all. Most of them are made for personal satisfaction,… — Doris Day Copy Share Image
I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a… — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
Screenwriting involves an often un-personal process. Co-writers, directors, producers, everyone has a say in what you put on a page, and stories… — Chiara Barzini Copy Share Image
“Most of his face had been hidden by long, greasy bangs, and he mumbled in a low voice that made him difficult… — Mizuki Mizushiro Copy Share Image
I feel that's a good thing as an actor that you do not feel satisfied. Whenever I go back and watch myself… — Anushka Sharma Copy Share Image
Actors and writers need to come back to the theater because it's a place where you can learn. You have to pay… — Joanne Woodward Copy Share Image
I have been very fortunate to be able to work and get the opportunity to play different roles. It's nice to do… — Tony Curran Copy Share Image
Real quality in roles is very hard to come by. Any actor or actress will tell you that. Great movies are hard… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer's couch in New York, and he said, "I've got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
Most actors here go to the West Coast; I ended up going to Ireland. My buddies who left drama school, they had… — Brian F. O'Byrne Copy Share Image
My height can be a problem. A lot of directors and photographers are sometimes not happy because I'm pretty tall and especially… — Bill Skarsgard Copy Share Image
The mug is a tool. My ace in the hole. To have looks is the bonus on top of what motivates me… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Stuff that happens to you in your life when you're shooting a TV show, you have to be careful, because it might… — Thomas Jane Copy Share Image
Sometimes an actor performs a character, but sometimes an actor just performs. With writing, I don't think it's performing a character, really,… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Acting can be a difficult business. When I was younger, if my mates were doing better than me, I might be a… — Max Beesley Copy Share Image
I really appreciate an actor who has paid their dues and who has learned hard knocks and has been rewarded in the… — Enrico Colantoni Copy Share Image
There we were - demented children mincing about in clothes that no one ever wore, speaking as no man ever spoke, swearing… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I try to think of myself as a struggling competitor or specialist at my craft, much like a singer, dancer, comedian, or… — Kai Greene Copy Share Image
A really great actor, in a lucky performance, can transform himself or herself. I've seen actors do that. But often it's a… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
An actor has to be very, very careful, as one of the most wonderful props - and actors love props - is… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
You don't pick black actors or black directors because they are black. You pick them because they are good. If you lend… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable. In some ways, we have similarities, but in… — Dustin Clare Copy Share Image
What I have always found most beautiful in the theatre, in my childhood, and still today, is lustre--a beautiful object, luminous, crystalline,… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Only comedians can talk about death, life, God and Virgin Mary. If I was a tragic actor, I couldn't allow myself. But… — Roberto Benigni Copy Share Image
Directors are always changing things at the last minute. Actors will do a scene, and the director will say, ‘Okay, that was… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I turned down a lot of easier opportunities in order to go for the things that I really and ultimately wanted to… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
If the audience gets everything, if they see the photography and notice that it is good, then the story goes out the… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
If you look at what Ben Affleck has gone on to do, as an actor and as a director, it's extraordinary. But… — Joseph McGinty Nichol Copy Share Image
When you start out as an actor, you read a script thinking of it at its best. But that's not usually the… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I haven't really decided to be an actor yet! I started doing plays when I was about 15 or 16. I only… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
I think I'm true to myself - you hear that actors have like plans. I'm gonna do this type of movie, then… — Toni Collette Copy Share Image
As the actor, you can't be worried about the scene that you're going to playing two days from now. You think about… — Michael Rooker Copy Share Image
I love actors and I understand what has to happen within a scene. Any scene is an acting scene and actors never… — Taylor Hackford Copy Share Image
A bunch of six nicer people, I couldn’t be more fortunate to call my family — from Lee Pace, who is so… — Ellen Greene Copy Share Image
Studios have been trying to get rid of the actor for a long time and now they can do it. They got… — James Coburn Copy Share Image
In general, I go to see the stuff that for me is, "Thank God for that actor, he's doing something that I… — Ti West Copy Share Image
Really, you have to keep everything streamlined, and lined and sexy and close to their body. They really had to work very… — Christine Bieselin Clark Copy Share Image
I realise that certain actors project their own image onto the screen - those who are the same on as they are… — Peter Sellers Copy Share Image
That's one of the difficult things of being an actor that I'm still not used to. You have to go, you have… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
![“I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer's couch in New York, and he said, "I've got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can you do five days on it?" And I was like, "Yeah, anything. Twenty-four hours times five is 120 hours. Oh, great, I'll fill 120 hours of my life with something." So I…” quote by Ben Stiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/ben-stiller-7406_actors_i-was-staying-on-writer-director-actor-e_2184533.jpg)
