Actor Quotes

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As an actor, you're listening to the other person and always trying to be present and take everything they're giving you, but when they're not… — Tatiana Maslany
Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people need to be told stories. That's all it is. And yet… — James McAvoy
As an actor sometimes you can be a bit emotional and forceful, and that's not always the way to be. — James McAvoy
I always believed that I never wanted to be an actor. I only did it because I was allowed to do it and I had… — James McAvoy
I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest. — James McAvoy
I generally get challenged; I haven't been typecast, which is really, really, nice. It's not something that every actor gets, really. It's luxury. Most actors… — James McAvoy
As an actor, you don't want to be typecast, because Hollywood is so quick to put you in things that you've succeeded in before. — Danny McBride
The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don't meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our… — Matthew McConaughey
For no. 1, it's great writing, super writing. The second thing is that it's great chemistry with all the actors. We just all got along… — Reba McEntire
The learning curve on soaps is through the roof because it's a three-camera setup. There's a master and then there's two singles. And the great… — John C. McGinley
A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so… — Ewan McGregor
I'm just an actor, but if the extra part of it is that I'm helping people or people are being helped by the virtue of… — Christopher Meloni
I've got the best of all worlds. It's every actor's dream to wake up in New York City and go to an acting job rather… — Christopher Meloni
Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent… — Sam Mendes
It's a miracle to be an actor and to know that you have a job to go to a year from now is a rare… — Debra Messing
I knew what I wanted to be at 8 years old - an actor! — Lea Michele
When I came into the acting profession, it was quite hierarchical. You didn't sit at the same table as the leading actor. Sir Laurence Olivier,… — Helen Mirren
In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor. — Henry Miller
I definitely believe in the energy of the set and the energy of the actor, way more than your written word. — Mike Mills
Actors are pretending for you, but they're not lying. They are not putting on a guise instead of themselves. They are finding things inside that… — Mike Mills

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