Actor Quotes

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Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors whose children could be mistaken for their grandchildren necessarily act… — Warren Beatty
I go through a whole process with the actors first, building and creating characters, then I encourage them to sort of live in that character… — Keenen Ivory Wayans
I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from when I was… — Samuel West
The main difference between the art of the actor and all other arts is that every other [non-performing] artist may create whenever he is in… — Constantin Stanislavski
Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success upon the stage. And I am… — Ellen Terry
The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was… — Johnny Weissmuller
Normally when people ask me what I do I say I'm an actor, and that's what I always wanted to be and that's the way… — Simon McBurney
I suppose as an actor you become very sensitive to rhythm, not just rhythm as you look at it sort of from the, from the… — Simon McBurney
The other, the other aspect when I say I'm an actor is that as an actor you make this imaginative leap into being somebody else,… — Simon McBurney
I had a teacher in Paris, who said that if an actor forgot what it's like to play as a child he shouldn't be an… — Simon McBurney
An actor knows two important things - to be honest in what he is doing and to be in touch with the audience. That's not… — Ronald Reagan
An actor is part illusionist, part artist, part ham. — Oscar Wilde
A good actor makes clear the meaning of the words. A better actor gives also the emotion of the part. The best actor adds emotion… — Clare Eames
A cat actually thinks visibly. If you watch him jump on a shelf, the wish to jump and the action of jumping are one and… — John Heilpern
There's a certain secret every actor must have in his work. If you reveal it, you're letting the audience in on the wrinkles and convolutions… — Frank Langella
In the theatre, the actor is in total control. The director wasn't in the house last night, the designer wasn't there, the author's dead. It's… — Ian Mckellen
The "magic if" is a tool invented by Stanislavski, the father of acting craft, is to help an actor make appropriate choices. Essentially, the "magic… — Bruce Miller
It is a great help for a man to be in love with himself. For an actor, however, it is absolutely essential. — Robert Morley
All the theories that acting is reacting to imaginary circumstances as though they are real, and directing is turning psychology into behavior, those are all… — Mike Nichols
What is the main problem of the actor? It is to keep the audience awake, and not let them go to sleep, then wake up… — Laurence Olivier

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