[Shaquille O'Neal ] walked in and said we were hiring him, so we said, "Yes sir!" Shaq is a genuinely funny guy.… — Dennis Dugan Copy Share Image
As an actor, when you're actually trying to embody what it would be like to just know that everyone's at your beck… — Linus Roache Copy Share Image
I'm not actually a psychopath. I don't look evil. People don't normally want to put me in the same kind of things… — David Oakes Copy Share Image
I'm not a big Hollywood star. I'm an actor. I'm called a star. That's not what I am. First of all I'm… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
Why did I decide to become an actor ? I decided because my brother helped me decide. I knew nothing about the… — George Stults Copy Share Image
It's really hard to copy another actor and be successful. In fact, that's usually the reason people are not good, because they're… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those actors who gets so taken by a role that I can't live my life. I'm the type… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
Some economists became obsessed with market efficiency and others with market failure. Generally held to be members of opposite schools-freshwater and saltwater,… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
I had no natural gift to be anything - not an athlete, not an actor, not a writer, not a director, a… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
One of the perks of being an actor is to get to meet athletes that you respect. Especially who played before my… — Josh Charles Copy Share Image
When you're younger you have a lot of ideas and you're probably more insecure, all those things. I work with young actors… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I think a lot of directors, they come out of film school, they don't know anything about acting. Or they're writers that… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy. You shouldn't try to be funny, but you should try to be… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
I enjoyed meeting Emma [Watson]. I have a soft spot in my heart for child actors growing up. I know how hard… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
My favorite actors are actors who are enigmatic and mysterious and never make the obvious choice in terms of the projects they… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
The TV schedule is fantastic. It allows you to have a life. Theater actors are so disciplined - especially if you're doing… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
The hardest thing about being an actor, and especially when you're a woman trying to also have a family and a relationship,… — Julianna Margulies Copy Share Image
Your desire to please... actors are people pleasers and if somebody says your vocal choice in this was ridiculous or whatever you… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Acting is being susceptible to what is around you, and it's letting it all come in. Acting is a clearing away of… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I never contemplated. I just went in there and did my acting. I never thought, "What's the character actually feeling here? What's… — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
Actors have a platform, especially during awards season. Which I respect. Everyone should speak out. Here's the thing: When it comes to… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
You're not just writing in a vacuum, and then handing it over to someone else to shoot. You're writing, and then getting… — Summer Glau Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's a relatively passive job unless you're generating your own content or writing your own content. So to a… — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk around with a bodyguard. My goal… — Olivier Martinez Copy Share Image
Before you start production, you have characters you have created without actors in mind, then all of a sudden you've got actors.… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
It was such an amazing experience to be able to spend nine days on a boat with these Greenpeace people. Some of… — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I think it's really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied… — Liev Schreiber Copy Share Image
Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it. The great general is only terrible to the enemy; the great poet… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and their first performances fill the pit with… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I try to do the same thing when I'm with young actors who are new and unsure. I try to do the… — Nia Long Copy Share Image
I consider myself an actress first, a dancer second, and a singer third. Why? Because the dancer needs a reason to move-that's… — Liza Minnelli Copy Share Image
I'm one of those actors who says, "Point me toward the work that matters to me and I don't care where you're… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
Well, I always try to look at my characters as being better than I am. That's one of the reasons I guess… — Bruce Davison Copy Share Image
We did a lot of that in drama school: intellectualising and maybe justifying your position. 'I am a thinking actor and I… — Michael Fassbender Copy Share Image
I don't think that you necessarily need a certain type of background to take on roles. You see actors from very, very… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I think good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
This industry should behave like a mother whose child has just run out in front of a car. But instead of clasping… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Ask any great athlete or the concert pianist or the successful actor if they have arrived at the place where they need… — Eric Butterworth Copy Share Image
There's a reason why a lot of models turn actors. You have to connect with people, talk to people, be able to… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
![“[Shaquille O'Neal ] walked in and said we were hiring him, so we said, "Yes sir!" Shaq is a genuinely funny guy. He's really funny in the movie. He's not just a stunt cast- he's a genuinely funny actor.” quote by Dennis Dugan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/dennis-dugan-70348_actors_shaquille-o-neal-walked-in-and-said-we-w_2672973.jpg)
![“You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy. You shouldn't try to be funny, but you should try to be as honest as possible. The extreme end of honesty is usually what's funny. That's your job [as an actor]. You just have to let people see it.” quote by Paula Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/paula-patton-11845_actors_you-just-can-t-take-yourself-too-serious_1600211.jpg)
![“I enjoyed meeting Emma [Watson]. I have a soft spot in my heart for child actors growing up. I know how hard that is. Having gone through that experience myself, I have a lot of sensitivity to it. For lack of a better word, I just feel like I love these kids, and I want them all to grow up and…” quote by Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/441/ethan-hawke-1828_actors_i-enjoyed-meeting-emma-watson-i-have-a-s_2621446.jpg)
![“I try to do the same thing when I'm with young actors who are new and unsure. I try to do the same thing for them that I saw Laurence [Fishburne] and Angela [Dasset]do for all of us on Boyz n the Hood.” quote by Nia Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b9/nia-long-7528_actors_i-try-to-do-the-same-thing-when-i-m-with_2831502.jpg)
