Actor Quotes

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I always wanted to be an actor. I was one of those lucky kids - or cursed kids - who always knew what he wanted… — Tim Matheson
My mom always knew I was going to be an actor because I was a ham from the very beginning, so she would push me… — Aarti Mann
I think good actors are born with a kind of native gift. When you study too much with an acting teacher, that gets taken away.… — Titus Welliver
Genre stuff is the most exciting stuff for an actor to play. I get to try new things, do things I would have never got… — Amy Acker
When I was an actor, I worked with lots of men who had a bit of success early on, who were very good looking, who… — David Nicholls
I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again. — David Nicholls
Class clowns become actors. — Jasper Fforde
My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen… — Bryce Courtenay
I happen to be very good with younger actors because I have extremely vivid memories of that time of my life, and kids are just… — David M. Evans
I think musicians and actors have all these problems, because of the popularity and the opportunity. — Ravi Shankar
We have been deformed by educational and religious institutions that treat us as members of an audience instead of actors in a drama, so we… — Parker Palmer
I find the theatre faintly embarrassing for the actors performing on stage. It seems rather showy-off in an undignified way. — Charles Saatchi
In all my years as an actor, I had never been me - I had always hidden behind my glasses, mustaches and funny voices. — Jon Pertwee
Somehow I seem to have been gently bypassed as a serious actor. — Jon Pertwee
An actor can change himself to fit a part, whereas a personality has to change the part to fit himself. The personality has to say… — Dale Robertson
Being a director, just to begin with, is just, I think, one of the hardest jobs just because you have to work in every way.… — Agnes Bruckner
Anytime you get to work with an actor who is beyond you in experience and talent, I feel like they make you a better actor.… — Malin Akerman
The thing as an actor is you get a sense of what a show is like the minute you walk on the set. — David Morrissey
The great thing about being an actor is things happen to you very quickly. I like to put myself in the way of surprise. — David Morrissey
When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard. — David Morrissey

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