Actor Quotes

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I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools. — Al Pacino
The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers. — Al Pacino
When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies. It was her way of getting out, and she would take… — Al Pacino
You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when… — Al Pacino
When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I… — Al Pacino
I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent. — Ellen Page
A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by… — Camille Paglia
There's something that sort of weirds me out about actors who want to be rock stars, and the other way around too. — Gwyneth Paltrow
I expect I should be more calloused by now, but I am so sensitive about not ever living up to anybody's worst idea about an… — Sarah Jessica Parker
I'm just an actor. I am nothing special. — Mandy Patinkin
Having a persona people recognize, it's the thing that probably gets you paid the most - but it's also the thing that virtually every actor… — Robert Pattinson
My biggest problem in my life is I'm cheap and I didn't hire a publicist. In every awkward interview, normally actors get these things scripted. — Robert Pattinson
I think a lot of actors take on fun roles and then they're lazy or flippant with them. I just can't do that. — Guy Pearce
I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor. — Alexander Payne
The actors are the greatest executors of tone in a film. They're the most important cinematic component. — Alexander Payne
There's a very small group of elite actresses who are my age, who people want to work with. It's not easy to get a good… — Amanda Peet
As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role. — Amanda Peet
I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point. — Sean Penn
I love acting, truly my favorite people are actors. — Sean Penn
I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that. — Sean Penn

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