Actors Quotes · Page 97

My ego's not the kind that says, 'I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.

— Joe Namath

I've never so appreciated what actors do and how strange it is.

— Ira Glass

As far as my dreams go, all I want to do is be a working actor, and I happily achieved that.

— Lucas Grabeel

[Jodie Foster] is one of my favorite actors and people in the business.

— Rob Lowe

As an audience member and as an actor I much prefer to find ambiguity.

— Michael Fassbender

Certain comedians work with certain actors; like Adam Sandler worked with Jack Nicholson.

— Samuel L. Jackson

The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.

— Robert Mitchum

Bogart was like Henry Fonda - proud and happy to be an actor.

— Katharine Hepburn

As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the…

— Neil Patrick Harris

We can never know... But maybe it's because no black actors merited being nominated.Why put people into categories?

— Charlotte Rampling

I'll always be very proud of giving Priyanshu Painyuli and Siddhant Chaturvedi their first break. Both are phenomenal actors and I am…

— Abhishek Banerjee

In Tamil, the actors have to take care of themselves quite well and that is something I am all set to be…

— Keerthy Suresh

Luckily, I've had the chance to perform with some of the best actors in Pakistan, who helped me out a lot on…

— Mahira Khan

Actors do these really gross, gun-'em-down movies, and I always wonder why. They're not good movies. And it's like, "Why are you…

— Winona Ryder

As an actor, it's better to just be more loose and give yourself over. That's always fun. It's fun to just let…

— Mike White

The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his…

— Vin Diesel

There is no single approach that actors take to their craft. And the best thing you learn is that you have to…

— Todd Haynes

I've had a very interesting life. There are ways of handling the complexities. I'm willing to take on the responsibilities as a…

— Tom Cruise

For me, the political part of being an actor is very tough. To sit somewhere and tell somebody why you should feel…

— Emma Stone

An actor and a [theatre] director are both what I would call interpreters of work. We interpret a work, just as a…

— George Ogilvie

Usually I like to make my movies from start to finish in chronological order. As a filmmaker it lets me be able…

— Paul Walker

I think people only have so much interest in anybody, and if you barrage them in between the times you have something…

— Harrison Ford

It's difficult because nothing's preordained by plan and you can't control it. That's one of those joys and thrills and nerve-racking realities…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Every actor I think has got their own number of takes that they like, you know. Some actors like to go all…

— Robert Carlyle

I don't have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I've never fought with any actor ever.

— Baz Luhrmann

I think most actors jump at the chance to do something where the camera's on them all the time.

— Zoe Kazan

When you see period films, it tends to often be with older actors.

— Gaspard Ulliel

Until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his ass.

— Jim Carrey

I have no regrets, except perhaps one: I should have tried harder to be a better actor.

— Joel McCrea

I didn't grow up really wanting to be an actor. I don't remember ever not being an actor.

— Jodie Foster

Be in the moment as an actor and as a human being, and you're going to be happy.

— Mark Webber

Because actors don't get to pick movies; movies pick the actors.

— Benicio Del Toro

We call my son's role in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy Sean's little independent movie.

— Patty Duke

Seventy-five per cent of being successful as an actor is pure luck. The rest is just endurance.

— Gene Hackman

As an actor, to play someone who's at war with himself, that's so interesting.

— Hugo Weaving

Crazy is so hard to play, there's nothing you can really tell an actor.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

You're spoilt as an actor if you are in that small percentage that works regularly.

— Iain Glen

Unfortunately, I don't meet guys and it's really sad. I only meet actors on set.

— Vaani Kapoor

Some people just can't handle that they will never be a better actor than me

— Zach Braff

If I have anything to offer as an actor, it's only my ability to make the person real.

— Kevin Pollak