Great actors Quotes · Page 2

I know great actors whom nothing has ever happened for.

— Paul Bettany

The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.

— W. H. Auden

I got to work with great actors like J.K. Simmons and Jenna Elfman. They were amazing.

— Isabela Moner

The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.

— Marlon Brando

I've worked with a lot of really great actors, but it's not very often that you all bond so easily.

— Madchen Amick

I always go for just really, hopefully, great writing and great acting, being in the company of great actors.

— Paula Malcomson

Even great actors shine brighter in the right atmosphere.

— Caleb Deschanel

It's eighty percent script and twenty percent you get great actors. There's nothing else to it.

— William Wyler

It's great to have actors who are often cast against type.

— Tom Mison

I mean, you know, actors lives - you're forgotten. Look at Barrymore, and look at all the great actors. They're forgotten after…

— Anthony Quinn

What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really great script…

— Laura Linney

Viola [Davis] is one of the great actors of her generation. She has one of these moments in the theater that I…

— Denzel Washington

You find with the really great actors, the ones you really admire and look up to, very often they're very giving, generous,…

— Kit Harington

For us, performance is everything. If we can get great actors in there who like us, and we really like, we feel…

— Mark Duplass

Even great actors who transform who they are still go to a really honest place; I think that's sort of that special…

— Sam Esmail

I always say that, if you have great actors and great storytelling and great monsters, and you mix them together, nine times…

— Gregory Nicotero

I love Woody Allen. He's very clever, always thinking, and he's great with actors. He lets actors do what they want to…

— Vilmos Zsigmond

When you're casting a movie and when you're shooting a film, the eyes are the most important feature of any performer, really.…

— Peter Jackson

My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John…

— Jonah Hill

Bill [Condon] is such a great actor's director. He cares about what you're thinking. And, he's very open. Even though he was…

— Kellan Lutz

We just assume all the great actors are in New York first and then L.A. second, and it's so not true. There's…

— Sandra Bullock

'King Lear,' I've been seeing all my life. I mean, the great actors of my lifetime... to join their company, as it…

— Ian Mckellen

I think part of what makes someone a great actor is being able to walk into a situation emotionally available and open,…

— Katie Aselton

When you hire great actors, you're lucky, so you just try to create an atmosphere where they can succeed and relax and…

— Ben Affleck

Shammiji is said to be India's answer to Elvis Presley, but I say that Elvis Presley is America's answer to Shammi Kapoor.…

— Aamir Khan

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

— Tom Hooper

A great actor is simply just seeing him or herself, and reacting to what exists around them.

— Shailene Woodley

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

You can't be bad when you're working with a kid. They have the instincts that all great actors have.

— Laurence Fishburne

I just want to keep working with great actors and try to be good at what I do.

— Jessie Buckley

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

— Ethel Barrymore

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

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

— Andy Garcia

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

— Harry Hamlin

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

— Pauly Shore

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

— Shea Whigham

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

— Nicholas Lea

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

— Amy Sherman-Palladino