Actors Quotes · Page 27

I admire a lot of actors; I think a lot of them have so much talent.

— Tara Reid

As actors, you become an expert at starting over.

— Lupita Nyong'o

I play a guy who is 40. And I am a very good actor, because I'm 41.

— Matthew Perry

As an actor, all you want to do is to work and do good work.

— Michelle Fairley

I've had some great times with actresses, but that's in a movie.

— Clive Owen

Television allowed me to kick the Hollywood habit of typing an actor in certain roles.

— Harry Morgan

I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.

— Vera Farmiga

I am an actor and of course I respond very positively to flattery.

— Julia Roberts

Directing is quite a nuts-and-bolts thing. It's a mixture of creating an atmosphere in which actors can feel safe enough to be…

— Phyllida Lloyd

The idea of being a professional actor never occurred to anybody, including myself, for a long time.

— William Shatner

Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer.…

— Michael Pitt

I grew up on a staple of films where I saw actors like Waheeda Rehman, Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi, Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi…

— Dia Mirza

I've always done a few things at once. I've always been a musician and an actor, at the same time.

— Janina Gavankar

I think when you're a mom and an actor, it forces you to leave any actor neuroses behind and just concentrate on…

— Anna Silk

Actors are really working with bodies, with their minds, and with their emotions. Feelings, basically. That's what movies are about, going from…

— Nick Nolte

I think actors are at the mercy of the opportunities presented to them. So you kind of have to wait for them…

— Dwight Yoakam

People in LA seem to have no concept of the time outside of their city. I've been trained for thirty years in…

— Matthew Vaughn

It's really hard to find parts that challenge me as an actor these days. At this point in my career, I feel…

— Zach Braff

In my horror movies, I was always trying to deal with real characters and real character drama played by good actors... Laura…

— Scott Derrickson

I think actors are getting so much more power these days, but I'm not. I stay very much away from the decisions,…

— Nicole Kidman

People say you should do it this way, someone else suggests that, yes, there's financing, but maybe you should use this actor.…

— Martin Scorsese

If I can still be successful making films and no-one will ever know me, then that would be great. Because we (actors)…

— Channing Tatum

I know what its like to direct. You become a more considerate actor. After you have directed, you understand what is going…

— Dolph Lundgren

Dark Horse movie might be blood, sweat, and tears for Todd Solondz, because things are so important to him and so specific.…

— Selma Blair

The thing with Ryan, you can look at him for hours. Very few actors have that. It's a gift.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Your face needs to have character if you're an actor - otherwise you're just a face.

— Anne Hathaway

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

— Anonymous

I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.

— Dennis Farina

A magician is an actor playing the part of a magician.

— Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin

The lesson of history is rarely learned by the actors themselves.

— Anonymous

Without chiropractic care, I couldn't have existed with my work as a TV and film actor.

— Clint Walker

There are two types of actors: those who say they want to be famous and those who are liars.

— Kevin Bacon

One of the wonderful things about being an actor is that every director is different.

— Jane Fonda

When you're working with really good actors, it raises your own game and you get better.

— Richard Dormer

In my experience, it's usually up to the actor how a character is portrayed.

— Richard Dreyfuss

It's a lot easier, I think, to be an actor in a movie than to spin a joke on a sitcom.

— Nicole Sullivan

As an actor, I've been drawn to those characters that are further away from who I may be.

— Kurt Sutter

I'm very much a jobbing actor who's still trying to find a place to rent down the road.

— Anonymous

Frankie [Avalon] ... was interested in eating everything so it didn't eat him first.

— Rona Barrett

There's an impression that actors make a lot of choices. I just take what's there.

— Christopher Walken