Actor Quotes

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Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance… — Constantin Stanislavski
The main factor in any form of creativeness is the life of a human spirit, that of the actor and his part, their joint feelings… — Constantin Stanislavski
An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand. — Laurence Sterne
I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in… — Dan Stevens
But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you have to do… — Dan Stevens
The genuine artist is never 'true to life.' He sees what is real, but not as we are normally aware of it. We do not… — Wallace Stevens
It's not like I sit around watching my movies again and again, but I've never quite believed actors when they say they don't watch themselves. — Kristen Stewart
I've actually always been interested in following a character more long term, but the only place to really do that as an actor is on… — Kristen Stewart
I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that. I have a lot of… — Kristen Stewart
I think people are used to seeing actors be wide open and desperately giving of themselves, and while I do that on a movie set… — Kristen Stewart
I don't want to be a movie star like Angelina Jolie. Nothing about being a celebrity is desirable. I'm an actor. It's bizarre to me… — Kristen Stewart
I've been working as an actress since I was very young, and I know a lot of people who are actors who don't have to… — Kristen Stewart
We're actors. We're the opposite of people. — Tom Stoppard
A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the… — Lee Strasberg
Chris Cooper is one of my favorite actors in the world. I've seen him in most everything he's done. — Meryl Streep
I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young… — Meryl Streep
The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process. — Meryl Streep
Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He's done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything… — Barbra Streisand
I don't wear a wig. I'd feel terrible onstage with a wig. I hate to be so 'Actors Studio'-ish, but I like to feel it's… — Elaine Stritch
I'm not that complicated as an actor. I have a formula in which I work, yeah. But not like Sean Penn does. Sean is one… — Kiefer Sutherland

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