Actor Quotes

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Acting with creatures that aren't there is kind like acting with an actor who refuses to come out of his trailer. You still have to… — Liam Neeson
Well, from an acting point of view, I bear no relation, I don't look like Alfred Kinsey at all, but I thought somewhere in my… — Liam Neeson
I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an… — Judd Nelson
I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood. — Paul Newman
I'm an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30's. Most of the people who… — Jack Nicholson
I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it. — Jack Nicholson
When I come up against a director who has a concept that I don't agree with, or maybe I just haven't thought of it or… — Jack Nicholson
In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally wild, and it's… — Jack Nicholson
When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and… — Jack Nicholson
Actors always talk about taking their work home and I always think: 'What are you on? You just turn it off. You are at work… — Bill Nighy
It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas. — Bill Nighy
I always tell actors when they go in for an audition: Don't be afraid to do what your instincts tell you. You may not get… — Robert De Niro
I mean, the actors that I admired were Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, an actress named Barbara Harris. And Greta Garbo. They were great actors. — Robert De Niro
Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel he… — Robert De Niro
I didn't have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you're rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You're behind… — Robert De Niro
The best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it. — Christopher Nolan
My approach with actors is to try and give them whatever it is they need from me. Direction to me is about listening and responding… — Christopher Nolan
People need to realise what real happiness and success is, because success as an actor is fleeting. You can be up there one day and… — Chuck Norris
Every little thing that people know about you as a person impedes your ability to achieve that kind of terrific suspension of disbelief that happens… — Edward Norton
No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor. — Edward Norton

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