Actor Quotes

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I figure there are a few actors like Marlon Brando, George C. Scott and Laurence Olivier who have been touched by the hand of God.… — John Forsythe
Part of my strength as an actor comes from what I've learned all these years: when you play a villain, you try to get the… — John Forsythe
I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an actor has an… — Kerry Washington
I feel that I am a good actor. — Burt Lancaster
Arnold Schwarzenegger, I don't know if you'd call him a great actor, but he's amazing in terms of his presence, and he is interesting enough… — F. Murray Abraham
A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good. — Gary Cole
The thing about being an actor is that you're in the business of not growing up — Luke Wilson
We make a contract within ourselves as actors or directors or writers about how much of ourselves we let into projects. You can actually figure… — Ajay Naidu
Part of the work is determining through what instrument you are playing. Actors are physical, olympian storytellers and we should be able to create entire… — Ajay Naidu
To stand up on the stage is to say to many people: Look at me. How can you do that without speaking the only truth… — Judith Malina
It doesn't matter if you're good. If you're just good, you won't succeed. If you have patience and persistence and talent and that's it, you… — Bryan Cranston
As a director you come in and tell the actors how good they are. — Bryan Cranston
I don't get the point in a lot of biopics, they're boring. You know what's gonna happen. You're just watching actors show off. — Samantha Morton
As actors, we went where we wanted to, and the camera followed us: it was like having another person in the room. There was no… — Emily Watson
It's an incredible privilege for an actor to look into the camera. It's like looking right into the heart of the film, and you can't… — Emily Watson
A lot of times, actors and directors don't want to repeat something. I don't think we're repeating something, but I think there's certainly a genre… — Skylar Astin
My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that made me want to be an actor. — Skylar Astin
I have considered myself a mature actor. — DeForest Kelley
I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors. — Samantha Bee
Theater actors like to change character roles. They don't like to always do the same thing. — Marcello Mastroianni

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