Actors Quotes · Page 93

As actors, we exhaust ourselves emotionally and physically, which no one sees.

— Parineeti Chopra

I think most actors feel an obligation to do right by the people they're playing.

— Kyle MacLachlan

Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused

— Liev Schreiber

The reason my films work is because every actor on set is very secure. They're able to fly.

— Mike Leigh

It is better to be making the news than taking it, to be an actor rather than a critic.

— Winston Churchill

I would rather be called a character actor than a star.

— Louis Jourdan

'Parenthood' has been the beneficiary of wonderful performances by child actors.

— Jason Katims

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

— Derek Magyar

I like to look at scenarios and see how people interact with each other. That's why I'm an actor because I try…

— Colin Hanks

I try to carve my own way so the actors who come after me will say, "I want to do it like…

— Columbus Short

One good thing about TV Land is you're always surrounded by people who know what they're doing, in terms of your fellow…

— Wayne Knight

A couple of my favorite actors are Don Cheadle, Jeffrey Wright, and, may he rest in peace, Philip Seymour Hoffman. I've had…

— Sterling K. Brown

A lot of actors, you can't get them to shut up. Instead of listening and watching, they're always telling you something.

— Mark Rylance

I am always going to be a theater actor at heart. One of my career goals is to do "Shakespeare in the…

— Michael Stahl-David

Meeting actors and TV personalities is one thing, but I just feel like meeting musicians is the coolest.

— Shaun White

Working out and working as an actor have gone hand in hand—I always feel more prepared if I know I have done…

— Sebastian Stan

I’ve done all kinds of cool things as an actor—I’ve jumped out of helicopters and done some daring stunts and played baseball…

— Chris Pratt

I do feel fortunate in that I am probably allowed more often to be a character actor then most actors are allowed…

— John Travolta

One of the greatest pleasures of working on shows is that I enjoy watching the actors - who are all younger than…

— Kelly Bishop

Leonard [Nimoy] was such a teacher for me. He was one of the most fully realized human beings I have ever known…

— Zachary Quinto

I think directors can be a little insensitive to how vulnerable an actor is, when he's giving a performance. Part of the…

— Eric Balfour

I've been working professionally as an actor since I was 20. That's going to be 25 years soon. So, that's a veteran.…

— Michael Imperioli

I'm an older, wall-eyed, overweight, tweedy writer who has been lucky enough to be asked to play various iterations of himself in…

— John Hodgman

It makes it easier, if you can't do an American accent. I don't know. It's different. I played a character in Never…

— Carey Mulligan

Actors are very emotional, whereas sports people are used to criticism.

— Craig Revel Horwood

I always think politicians and even my dentist have more egos than actors.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be.

— Helen Mirren

Good actors, actually, in real life, are shy and very quiet people a lot of the time.

— John Waters

My inspiration are actors like Rajkummar Rao, Ayushmann Khurana, Ranveer Singh.

— Angad Bedi

An actor has no more right to be temperamental than a bank clerk.

— Fredric March

I want to make it clear that I don't have any competition with other Bhojpuri actors.

— Ravi Kishan

When actors begin to think, it's time for a change. They are not fitted for it.

— Stephen Leacock

An actor has to evaluate his own abilities and be honest with himself.

— Paul Newman

I'm very interested in directing actors - many directors direct cameras.

— Richard Marquand

Some actors are brilliant character guys. They submerge.

— Sylvester Stallone

Being an actors' family, we generally didn't think about any other profession.

— Supriya Pathak

The imagination is closer to the actor than real life-more agreeable, more comfortable.

— Stella Adler

As actors, we have to constantly look after our appearances.

— Jeetendra

The real actor - like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.

— Bette Davis

... actors of the first water are not more plentiful than playwrights of genius.

— Sarah Bernhardt