Actor Quotes

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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be… — Olivia Williams
But I would like to think that it's the actor that makes the difference in these cases. Not the director, not the guy that wrote… — Ray Walston
I think Russell Crowe is a brilliant actor. — Rebel Wilson
A lot of actors said they hated the studio system, but I loved it. It was like a college; it was a great place to… — Richard Widmark
The idea that if you are very clever you shouldn't be an actor would be laughable in Russia. — Samuel West
The difference between a regular camera and a 3D camera, for an actor, is really no different except that the turn-arounds are longer. It takes… — Chris Zylka
Ninety-eight per cent of actors who actually make a living do so in front of a camera. — Julian Fellowes
If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession. — Uta Hagen
I was a film-directing major at NYU. I'm still not sure why I became a directing major, when I was really an actor and a… — Billy Crystal
So often actors only mix with actors, which is quite incestuous, and doesn't give them the insight into how other people work. — Penelope Keith
I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers… — Gene Hackman
I went in the Marines when I was 16. I spent four and a half years in the Marines and then came right to New… — Gene Hackman
You go through stages in your career that you feel very good about yourself. Then you feel awful, like, 'Why didn't I choose something else?'… — Gene Hackman
Every actor wants to be everybody - play all the roles. — Kyle Chandler
I suddenly realized that the fellow who didn't show up was getting about fifty-times more money than I was getting. So I thought, 'this is… — Glenn Ford
An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would be… — Glenn Ford
I wanted to be a doctor when I was young. I also wanted to be a paramedic, but I always wanted to be an actor… — Christopher Parker
What does it mean for an actor to make a part his own? It means that he takes on what you had intended and starts… — James L. Brooks
An actor is only merchandise. — Chow Yun-Fat
Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the… — Vincent D'Onofrio

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