Actor Quotes

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He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a… — Sarah Bernhardt
Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts. — Sarah Bernhardt
Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He… — Sarah Bernhardt
The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear. — Sarah Bernhardt
To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious… — Sarah Bernhardt
Every actor wants to direct. — Theodore Bikel
As actors, we are so privileged to do what we do and to give to the world and to choose the subject we want to… — Juliette Binoche
As an actor, I have to be fulfilled in the roles that I play; it has to be a journey for me to learn something… — Juliette Binoche
People think actors have such glamorous lives, but the truth is actors go where nobody wants to go. — Juliette Binoche
I've played journalists before, and I have good friends who are journalists. I think being an actor is not very far from being a journalist.… — Juliette Binoche
Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain… — Cate Blanchett
I'm scared of actors with a scheme. — Cate Blanchett
I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack… — Orlando Bloom
The role of an actor is to make every character believable. — Orlando Bloom
I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor. — Ben Affleck
One guy told me I was a great actor, I just would never be on the cover of a magazine. — Ben Affleck
The trap for an actor is that you become too successful at what you're trying to do, and you can find yourself stuck there. — Ben Affleck
As an actor, you can steer a scene in another direction by playing it a little differently. And honestly? I like being an actor, and… — Ben Affleck
Every single director-actor I talked to, from Warren Beatty to Clint Eastwood to George Clooney, said the biggest mistake they made is not shooting enough… — Ben Affleck
The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being tempted to do… — Ben Affleck

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