Great actors Quotes · Page 2

I just want to be remembered as a great actor.

— Denzel Whitaker

Even great actors have to polish their skills and rejuvenate.

— Asrani

To tell a strong story with real taste of an epic tragedy needs great actors.

— Luiz Bolognesi

When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking.

— Lauren Bacall

There's nothing more thrilling than watching great actors say things that you wrote and bring them to life.

— Greta Gerwig

Working at BBC, at the head of one of the top dramas, is a tradition for great actors.

— Idris Elba

There are great actors we'll never see just because they haven't had my luck.

— Joe Pesci

Britain produces great actors because they learn on stage so know their stuff when they get on a movie set.

— Jerry Weintraub

[Making movies is] 80% script and 20% getting great actors. There's nothing else to it.

— William Wyler

Blot out from the page of history the names of all the great actors of his time in the drama of nations,…

— Chauncey Depew

It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the…

— Aaron Eckhart

I'm a perfectionist, so doing a high quality, high caliber television show with great actors makes me feel like there's this whole…

— Vinessa Shaw

I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds…

— Ivan Reitman

I keep reading about people who want to be famous - it's not that they want to be great songwriters or great…

— Barry Manilow

Look at how many great actors or entertainers have been lost to the world because they did a performance one night and…

— Michael Jackson

We've all seen great actors and actresses who are missing a certain chemistry. And it's not about getting along or not getting…

— Johnny Galecki

I'm happiest when I'm acting, and I've dedicated my life to it. Still, as much as I love acting, at the end…

— Michael Ealy

Id be lying if I said Hollywood wasnt still an ambition; its everyones, isnt it? Youre getting paid very well, youre working…

— Max Beesley

The terrain of the face is the most dynamic thing you can point the camera at, to me. I love production design…

— Ava DuVernay

I've worked with a couple of these really cool, great actors like Ted Danson and Glenn Close. They all have their own…

— Vanessa Ray

It's about storytelling. The story is told through images. So with the cast, I had to make sure that the emotions were…

— Michel Hazanavicius

Virginia Mayo had kind of a small role in The Best Years of Our Lives, but you got the whole character in…

— Laura Dern

Working with great actors - being part of something of that magnitude and not knowing the business and what the business entailed…

— Mekhi Phifer

I'm a big fan of James Garner. That was the other thing. When I heard that I'd get to play his younger…

— Drew Waters

In WWE there's a huge degree of acting you need to have to become legendary, to become popular. You have to become…

— Chris Jericho

I've never seen a great actor do a major role that didn't cost a lot. They're sacrificial animals of a sort.

— Tony Kushner

Just be truthful - and if you can fake that, you've got it made.

— Barbara Stanwyck

I'll say that, Bill Camp, from 'The Night Of,' is one of our great actors.

— Shea Whigham

As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

I'm not a great actor in the sense that I can't fake it if I'm going through something difficult.

— Eric Lange

Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience.

— Nicholas Lea

Scripts and directors make great actors, not the other way around.

— Ali Fazal

The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.

— Tom Hooper

The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.

— Ethel Barrymore

Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.

— Andy Garcia

I miss working with great actors, working with great directors.

— Pauly Shore

I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show.

— Harry Hamlin

My two great loves when I'm shooting are working with great actors and composing images.

— Tom Hooper

I've had the pleasure to work with a lot of very great actors. And they're too different to say who's the best.

— Roland Emmerich

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.

— Jessica Chastain