Actors Quotes · Page 74

The only power an actor has is the ability to say: 'No

— Lou Diamond Phillips

I think, being an actor, it's just a relief every time you get a part.

— Jillian Bach

What's enjoyable for me, as an actor, is to do as many different things as possible.

— Michael Sheen

I think with the best actors, emotion is something that has no kind of check in them.

— Romola Garai

Television is a big roulette table on so many levels. That's all it is for actors.

— Gary Cole

I would hate to be 65 and think, 'What if I had tried to be an actor?

— Matt Long

I've been just like any other working actor, out there looking for stuff.

— Gedde Watanabe

I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.

— Laura Linney

What makes an actor, I think, is a combination of a deep curiosity about life and a case of the crazies.

— Nina Arianda

As an actor, throughout three years, I've become more comfortable within my own skin and confident.

— Laura Vandervoort

I got out of college and I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State. I was working…

— Peter Coyote

They will take a role that scares them over a role that doesn't. That's another thing I like about actors.

— James Lipton

An actor is an actor is an actor. The less personality an actor has off stage the better. A blank canvas on…

— Arthur Lowe

I'm a professional singer. I have a theory that all actors want to be rock stars, and all rock stars want to…

— James Corden

Since age 14, I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I…

— Joan Chen

You know, it's hard as a writer to lose characters (and actors) you like. You really don't want them to die because…

— Michael Loceff

My advice to young actors is probably to do some theatre; definitely do that. I keep running into these actors who have…

— Yul Vazquez

I actually think the reason I am interested in certain parts is because I was such a dweeb in high school. When…

— Sigourney Weaver

I feel like I express myself, as an actor. Whatever the character is put in front of me, I try to bring…

— Tyler Perry

The close-up says everything, it's then that an actor's learned, rehearsed behavior becomes most obvious to an audience and chips away, unconsciously,…

— Marlon Brando

In New York, a 13-year-old Indian girl came up to me crying, saying to everyone nearby, 'This is where I come from.'…

— Priyanka Chopra

I also have learned as an actor, this ties in the principles of improv, sometimes someone gives a piece of instruction and…

— Gillian Jacobs

I am not one of those actors who dwells on the histrionics and the subtext and future text of the character. I…

— John Barrowman

Yeah, I started when I was 6 years old. My brother and sister would get all of these presents at Christmas time…

— Sara Gilbert

Sometimes, as actors, we feel like we want to hold on and control where a character goes.

— Corey Hawkins

I was always a character actor, basically, that sometimes looks like a leading man.

— John Travolta

It's developing a relationship with actors that makes it work.

— Richard Donner

I do a public access show with puppets. Puppets called actors, TV and movie stars.

— Craig Ferguson

As an actor you appreciate the security of a job. But I don't ever want to get too comfortable.

— Chris Noth

For actors, the idea is that you convince people you're someone you're not.

— Tom Bateman

Where can I go that would give me the same level of satisfaction as an actor?

— Patrick Stewart

As an actor, you are always looking for something fresh and interesting and not ordinary.

— Megalyn Echikunwoke

I wouldnt be the same actor if I couldnt do theater.

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I have daughters who are writers and actors but no musicians.

— Rosanne Cash

You learn from the actors that you're working with. I've taken a lot from all of them.

— Tatiana Maslany

It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am.

— Emily Blunt

I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.

— Adam Driver

It is very important for actors to maintain a variety in their body of work.

— Sanjeeda Sheikh

If you want to protect yourself as an actor, always work with good people

— George Clooney

An actor will use every piece of information at their disposal, or a good actor will.

— Jessica Pare