Actor Quotes

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The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor. — Benedict Cumberbatch
We all want to escape our circumstances, don't we? Especially if you are an actor. — Benedict Cumberbatch
Um, musicians are funnier you know, than actors on the whole. — Tim Curry
Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me. — Jamie Lee Curtis
Good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like an affair with no mess. — John Cusack
My life won't be a series of either/ors - musician or actor, rock or country, straitlaced or rebellious, this or that, yes or no. The… — Miley Cyrus
Comedians work great as actors because they're good under pressure. With a lot of actors, you have to make them feel like everything's going really… — Louis C. K.
But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor. — Vincent D'Onofrio
I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to. — Vincent D'Onofrio
And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor. — Vincent D'Onofrio
I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worry about box office. — Vincent D'Onofrio
All the time, as an actor, you want to be asking what's next and where things are going. If you're not asking those questions, you're… — Willem Dafoe
Any actor who tells you that he makes choices, absolutely, is wrong. You find work and work finds you. — Willem Dafoe
I'm a task-oriented actor. A pretender. And I try to invent my process anew each time I make a new project. So I frown on… — Willem Dafoe
It's no fun for an actor to keep repeating what you did before. It's always changing. I'm changing. The target keeps moving. That's the beauty… — Willem Dafoe
I'm not attracted to naturalism, I'm not attracted to behavior, I'm attracted to dance. I'm attracted to gesture, I'm attracted to singing with your voice,… — Willem Dafoe
I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary… — Matt Damon
As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys… — Matt Damon
I get a little jealous of these actor boys. They walk into a club, and in two seconds flat there are swarms of girls who… — Claire Danes
Actors want to surprise themselves. When it's really good, you kind of transcend yourself, and that happens infrequently. Very, very rarely. — Claire Danes

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