[And on going from character to leading actor] I don't approach anything differently; I just approach it as a character. I'm always… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I think naturally, if you're an actor, there's a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business.… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
I think I'm an actor. You can hire me. I can do a good job. But you also have to get lucky… — Rutger Hauer Copy Share Image
It was never my intention to be an actor, and I don't know if I'll ever call myself an actor because I've… — Edge Copy Share Image
Actors go, 'I just want to act.' And I say to them, 'You know, stop for a second and think about what… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
If you put on a lousy production with white actors, it's lousy. There is a problem, or can be, at this stage… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
I have friends of mine that are actors or singers, and they're the classic guys where, they're onstage, and they're like, 'Okay,… — Jaime Camil Copy Share Image
I tell this joke about Barack Obama is the best communicator of our generation: The guy reads a teleprompter better than any… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
You fight for certain roles, and you realise they're being filled by television and film actors, because theatre is constantly fighting for… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
We have no companies now, not in the sense that I know, that nurture actors. It's very depressing that, given the money… — Diana Rigg Copy Share Image
If I were twenty or thirty years younger, I would start afresh in this field with the certainty of accomplishing much. But… — Eleanora Duse Copy Share Image
If Mad Men had taken place in the '90s it would have been just as believable. But the fact is that was… — Christina Hendricks Copy Share Image
If actors are making a little film with me at 2am in Nashville, they're not doing it to get paid. They're doing… — Dito Montiel Copy Share Image
You're always having to live more to fuel something new. It's an obligation to yourself and to the audience. The personal baggage… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
The advice you give to young directors for sure is to go out and become some version of a successful movie actor.… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
For me, the best experience is to get to watch all of these different actors that come to the different seasons and… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting… — Archie Panjabi Copy Share Image
I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person, but we… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I wanted to be cast because I'm an actor and not because of how I look or where I'm from. I'm brown.… — Priyanka Chopra Copy Share Image
I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
With every action oriented or adventure film, there's going to be a moment when every actor becomes a stuntman and every stuntman… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Young actors, fear your admirers! Learn in time, from your first steps, to hear, understand and love the cruel truth about yourselves.… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
Actors play different characters, so you have to build a new base around each new movie - with few exceptions, most actors… — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
I'm there [on Moana] with the other actors, so you play off one another. It's not just your idea of what the… — Alan Tudyk Copy Share Image
I think that actors are terrible communicators as people by and large. I think our tendency is to kind of be self-centered… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
No one is banging my door down to be a superhero. I don't know how good I would be. I have low… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
I think the idea now of being a performer in this era of social media saturation means that you have to be… — Robbie Rist Copy Share Image
If you're writing a bi character, did you look at a lot of bi actors for the role? Did you really go… — Stephanie Beatriz Copy Share Image
There are movies where actors aren't characters but movie stars, being cool beyond belief throughout the whole movie. That is what it… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
My parents are actors as well, so I grew up around that world. It was always a very romantic, mythical world. They… — Phoebe Fox Copy Share Image
The quality of Korean actors is actually quite high. Their passion is overwhelming but not many platforms are available to cater to… — Lee Yoon-ki Copy Share Image
Television can become a bit of a treadmill for directors. You come in, nobody knows you, the actors are already doing what… — Michael J. Bassett Copy Share Image
I feel very, very grateful. I'm a lucky guy, you need a lot of luck, and then when the cameras roll, you… — Brad Garrett Copy Share Image
Being an actor is about having the courage to follow your instincts, and also having the discipline and dedication to sacrifice the… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
There was a great director who directed a picture that I wrote who barred me from the set quite appropriately and said,… — James L. Brooks Copy Share Image
“[T]he question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again night after… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
I got knockback after knockback at auditions. Just before ‘Mulholland Dr.’ my agent told me I was so intense I was freaking… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
I'm still learning to be the best actor I can be, and I have a long way to go to get to… — Sean Faris Copy Share Image
When I shoot, I try to feel the body and the face and the weight of the actor, because the character until… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
I am voice actor Roger Craig Smith. You may know me as Batman, Captain America, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ezio from Assassin's Creed,… — Roger Craig Smith Copy Share Image
![“[And on going from character to leading actor] I don't approach anything differently; I just approach it as a character. I'm always astounded at the fact that I've ever played a leading character in anything [Laughs]. And my wife concurs with that, frankly. She always thought I would be, at best…” quote by Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/steve-carell-2000_actors_and-on-going-from-character-to-leading-a_2135330.jpg)
![“I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person, but we never hear what any of them are thinking.] Which is much more of a cinematic technique. Something written in third person objective is what the camera sees. Because…” quote by George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/george-r-r-martin-2-926_action_i-don-t-like-the-strictly-objective-view_234026.jpg)
![“I'm there [on Moana] with the other actors, so you play off one another. It's not just your idea of what the character is and what the world is like it would be in an animated [film], where it all sort of exists in your head. It's all right there, and if Diego's performance is doing what it's…” quote by Alan Tudyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/alan-tudyk-7208_actors_i-m-there-on-moana-with-the-other-actors_345834.jpg)
![“[T]he question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again night after night, but God knows the answer to that is, don’t we all anyway; might as well get paid for it.” quote by Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/elaine-dundy-10668_actor_t-he-question-actors-most-often-get-aske_539060.png)
