Actor Quotes

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It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor. — Leon Askin
A Dumont actor was considered to be too stilted - the way we Dumont actors used to speak. — Leon Askin
Then I got out of the service, and I was going to be a Shakespearean actor. — Harvey Korman
I must have had faith that day. When I went out, I was Henry Fonda again. An unemployed actor but a man. — Henry Fonda
I realized that I needed to be anonymous on the street and somebody else on the stage. I had tried to put my street self… — Bobby Darin
At one time I thought he wanted to be an actor. He had certain qualifications, including no money and a total lack of responsibility. — Hedda Hopper
To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me. — Stephen Hopkins
I thought his performance was absolutely wonderful and had said so, but he seemed, as actors quite often are when they first see something, to… — John Schlesinger
When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing for them, just the way Shakespeare wrote for his actors. — Stephen Sondheim
We had a very energetic floor manager and he was always jumping around all over the place. The director would send down messages like, Can… — Sarah Sutton
No actor ever forgets a role, so I should have realized something was wrong. — Maureen Reagan
There are no small parts; there are only small actors. — Melanie Griffith
And I think, on the other end, there were actors who were not as good as I was, perhaps who could have hung in too,… — James Earl Jones
The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor. — Hugh Grant
I am an actor through and through. — Dougray Scott
It confirms for me that we did something on Days that meant something. We had our ups and downs, but Missy and I and some… — Matthew Ashford
My favorite actor is Wallace Beery. — Don Johnson
What we do as actors is we go through phases where you superficially learn all this information. — Cillian Murphy
Being an actor myself I realize that all actors believe they are qualified to play any role. If you showed me a script with a… — Richard Masur
The deaf community is in a favorable position because they have a national theatre and training groups of their own to get them started. Deaf… — Richard Masur

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