Actor Quotes

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I think any good actor is an anarchist. They have to be. — Sam Rockwell
It is scary for an actor when you get hired as a lead. No matter what the plot is, it is your job to do… — Tom Selleck
Ambition! We must be careful what we mean by it. If it means the desire to get ahead of other people - which is what… — C.S. Lewis
The actor must use his imagination to be able to answer all questions (when, where, why, how). Make the make-believer existence more definite. — Constantin Stanislavski
Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the… — Larry Merchant
Every young person is going to be inspired to be a maker from now on. It's like how everyone used to want to be a… — will.i.am
I've always been a people-watcher, and as an actor, later, I just mined all those little details. — Sissy Spacek
I'm an American actor. I work with my clothes on. I have to. Riding a horse can be pretty tough on your legs and elsewheres. — John Wayne
The big difference I think between tv and stage is definitely the immediate buzz that you get. And that's not just as an actor, as… — Colin Morgan
The actor needs to find out what the basic fight is in every character in every scene. — Michael Shurtleff
Every scene is a love scene. The actor should ask the question: 'Where is the love?' — Michael Shurtleff
Let the child be the scriptwriter, the director and the actor in his own play. — Magda Gerber
I really think music and movement - dance, you know - and literature inform my visuals. I think film is also based in dance. The… — Christopher Doyle
A lot of the stuff you do as an actor - or I do, because I can't speak for everyone - is not always consciously… — Henry Cavill
Regrets are something you can't really have as an actor, because ultimately you'll end up destroying yourself there's a lot of disappointment in this business. — Henry Cavill
I was a child actor in radio, and there's not many of us left. — Dick Van Patten
There are a lot of actors out there who've made one or two films and who never work again. — Phoebe Cates
I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person. — Jeffrey Dean Morgan
First day working with Tom Hiddleston. He is my ideal as an actor: brilliant, reliable, human, decent, open, and friendly. He charmed my daughter as… — Jim Beaver
It's difficult to judge other actors, because as an actor you're looking at different things than what an audience is looking at. — Henry Cavill

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