Academic Quote by Benedict Cumberbatch

You know, I don't think you need to be educated to be a great actor.

— Mark Rylance

I think to be a good actor you need either a good experience of life or education, or both.

— Honeysuckle Weeks

I have nine years of scholastic actor training, and what I've learned is that training does not an actor make. You have to have…

— Jonathan Majors

There are lots of people in the world who do have the advantage of going to a good drama school and just decide that…

— Erika Slezak

Being an actor is like being a student, and I plan to get top grades.

— Shweta Tripathi

There is a lot lacking on the intellectual side and on the values side when being an actor.

— Natalie Portman

Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.

— Gary Oldman

I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn out to be terribly good actors, and I've seen…

— Ron Silver

I don't love being an actor, but I'm not qualified to be anything else. I was an auto mechanic and drove a tow truck…

— Michael Madsen

The thing about being an actor is that you're in the business of not growing up

— Luke Wilson

You can't be a good actor if you are not a good person.

— Richa Chadha

Besides stray instances of acting in school and college, I hadn't prepared myself to be an actor.

— Mawra Hocane