Actors Quotes · Page 36

I don't think there is a guy that played more gay characters than I have done in my life.

— Antonio Banderas

Producing is a world of compromise and actors are utterly spoiled all the time.

— Damian Lewis

I didn't originally want to be an actor. I didn't know what I wanted to be.

— Donal Logue

The great thing as an actor is that I don't know what my agent is going to call me with next.

— Matthew Lewis

WHY is the most important word in an actor's vocabulary.

— Sanford Meisner

Ultimately, we are actors and let's leave our past absolutely behind us.

— Alok Nath

I want only dead actors. That way there'll be no jealousy.

— Simone Signoret

I think a movie is a media that is evoking feelings.

— Ang Lee

I love working with younger actors because they always come into the game full of energy and ideas that challenge me and…

— Nicolas Cage

“They were all employed full time as actors in a play they understood, that any human being anywhere could understand and applaud.”…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of…

— Matt Damon

Actors make bad lovers. Their most important kiss is for the camera. Not in a superficial way, in a really deep way.…

— Rupert Everett

I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren't remembered for anything.…

— Julie Walters

I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring…

— Ben Kingsley

I like the fact that Chris Rock is one of the best stand ups ever and still is a really good actor.…

— Dennis Dugan

Yeah, I had to change my name because there were two other actors registered at Equity with that name.

— Michael Keaton

When I was younger, I was worried about how others viewed me and if I was good enough. I realize now that…

— River Phoenix

Jack Lemmon is my best friend and he's a very wonderful actor. A very talented, very funny man. A lovely man. We're…

— Tony Curtis

With Asian-Americans actors, specifically, there's been fewer opportunities for them in TV and film and fewer that have the ability to actually…

— Jenny Han

When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if…

— James Franco

One thing I've learned as an actor as well as a producer is to trust my own instinct. When I first started…

— Gerard Butler

I'm very happy to make specific choices (as an actor), (but) you can't be married to them because you never know when…

— Anna Chlumsky

It is obvious when an actor has put work into prep and research and understanding their character, and they're making choices, because…

— Logan Lerman

“Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door. His name, as I ought to have told you before, Is really Asparagus. That's…

— T.S. Eliot

Actors' performances do not stand alone in any film, live action or whatever.

— Andy Serkis

As an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing.

— Megan Hilty

It's so funny, actors usually have a directing ambition. I've got no ambition for directing.

— Majandra Delfino

I think any actor in their right mind is afraid of getting pigeonholed.

— Zosia Mamet

One has to be honest to the story and choose actors accordingly.

— Boney Kapoor

Actors will say, 'My character wouldn't say that.' Who said it was your character?

— James Gandolfini

Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.

— Gene Hackman

Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.

— Francesca Annis

“Poorly written books are a kin to actors forgetting their lines.”

— Peggy Randall-Martin

I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else.

— Catherine Deneuve

I never have particular actors planned when I'm in the process of writing.

— Susanne Bier

The role of a do-gooder is not what actors call a fat part.

— Margaret Halsey

I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors.

— Joaquin Phoenix

I just don't feel like part of the fraternity of actors. I do geek out. All the time.

— Kurt Fuller

Maybe it's a personality thing individual to me, but actors always benefit from body awareness.

— Kristin Lehman

A lot of the time, when I watch actors now, I think, 'I don't believe you.'

— Jack Lowden