Actor Quotes

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I think there was no other profession for me. I was either going into an insane asylum or to be an actor. — Olivia Wilde
Concept is what makes actors raise their game. — Joe Dempsie
I came out of my mum's stomach going, 'I want to be an actor!' — Emilia Clarke
I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, and they were getting ready for a life of unemployment, so they're just happy I'm… — Emilia Clarke
You find with the really great actors, the ones you really admire and look up to, very often they're very giving, generous, warm people. — Kit Harington
I think its good for an actor to bounce between stuff on camera and stuff in theatre. If I could do half and half every… — Richard Madden
When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well.… — Casey Affleck
I think that's why I gravitated toward slightly broader... ummm, more conceptual kinds of movies, Underworld and Van Helsing. That was as much as I… — Kate Beckinsale
I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me. If we don't… — Christian Bale
We were incredibly fortunate to get to make three [Batman films]. That's enough. Let's not get greedy. It's a torch that should be handed from… — Christian Bale
Anyone who has that weird volition to become an actor probably has a weird volition to do lots of other creative things - to write,… — Minnie Driver
I don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way. — Ben Stiller
I always knew that I wanted to work and I knew I wanted to be a singer and an actor. I knew that every choice… — Lea Michele
I can relate to girls with self esteem issues because growing up in this industry there is the side of you that is obsessed with… — Naya Rivera
I've never been one of those actors who has touted myself as a fascinating human being. I had to decide early on whether I was… — Robert De Niro
I think it's one of the nicest privileges as an actor is to know that you can move people in one moment, make them think… — Gerard Butler
Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough. — Catherine Deneuve
For me, I always have to establish a reality for the character. In very actor-y terms, you just have to understand his reality. — Patrick Wilson
If I had had to struggle at the beginning like most actors... Id never have stuck it out. But having such complete success at the… — Harry Morgan
I am not a long-run actor. I admire actors who can do that. — David Ogden Stiers

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