Actor Quotes

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I can't remember ever staying for the end of a movie in which the actors wore togas. — Jimmy Cannon
I've only had good experiences with actors. Starring next to them and directing them, for the most part they're all inspiring, special people. — Steve Guttenberg
What impresses me is the young actors with terrific talent arriving on the scene. They'd have blown us all away in the old days. Guys… — Robert Wagner
Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors. — Ben Stiller
I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium. — Christopher Eccleston
I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a… — Barry Levinson
There's one thing better than having a great actor, and that's having a great actor who's never done this kind of role before and is… — Sam Mendes
I'm an actor, coming from New York theater. — Skeet Ulrich
Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he wore many hats. But, ultimately, he loved the theater and… — Derek Jacobi
I'm one of those actors who likes to do it wrong nine ways before I come to the tenth way, which is the way I… — Wayne Rogers
I still feel like I'm trying to make it. It's hard to shed the struggling actor thing. — Mark Ruffalo
The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power -… — Reese Witherspoon
I think the more the actor lets you know what he thinks of the character, the less the audience cares - like a comedian who… — Neil LaBute
I should be getting photographs of me with my arm around these people like restaurant owners do, because eventually I am going to have to… — Josh Hartnett
I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me. — Jeremy Irons
We're one of the forces that causes actors to fasten seat belts before they take off chasing the bad guy in the car... or removes… — Gerald McRaney
I personally take cues directly from the script, then I like to surprise the other actors. But you must maintain control on a level and… — Lusia Strus
I've always been spontaneous and outgoing... I've tried lots of things so I've got some good life experiences, which is great 'cause it means I've… — Leonardo DiCaprio
My hunger and desperation, being an actor, an out of work actor - my memory of that is as fresh as an open wound. — Griffin Dunne
Everybody has his own theater, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwrite, sceneshifter, boxkeeper, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain. — Julius Charles Hare

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