Actor Quotes

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I definitely wanted to be an actor. I didn't want to be on TV, I didn't want to be famous, I didn't want to be… — Lauren Graham
I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you… — David Morse
We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel - according… — Kate Mulgrew
Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie. — Sam Mendes
Downtime is where we become ourselves, looking into the middle distance, kicking at the curb, lying on the grass or sitting on the stoop and… — Anna Quindlen
Actually, I wanted to be an actor when I was two years old. — Keith David
Now, when I started my theater, the modus operandi was having the actors stare right into the audience. — Richard Foreman
Uncle Junior is a criminal, which makes him a villain, so it makes people want to watch him. My whole life as an actor has… — Dominic Chianese
A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can't talk to them. It's Method and the whole thing. — Norman Jewison
Other actors like to rehearse on film-they like 30 or 40 takes. When you get an actor like that, it becomes difficult for me because… — Richard Widmark
My dad's always been a famous actor, so I've grown up with that, and with the lifestyle. In a way, I think I thrive on… — Alice Eve
I've obviously made a very nice amount of money. I have a very nice lifestyle. I get to do what I love. Very few actors… — Erika Slezak
Actors have this amazing skill - we bond quite quickly but equally we move on quite quickly. There's nothing particularly cold or capricious about it… — Natalie Dormer
I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualising myself to be an artist of life. — Bruce Lee
Work with good directors. Without them your play is doomed. At the time of my first play, I thought a good director was someone who… — Terrence McNally
There's this sense of being strange, which is at the heart of every creative person. Every writer, every actor, every director knows who Ripley is.… — Anthony Minghella
I think actors are brave souls that have to use parts of themselves that I'm just not comfortable doing anymore. — Joe Mantello
I'm a dog person, I've had dogs all my life. But you see, it's not really a dog. It's more like a little robot. It's… — John Mahoney
Critics should be to actors what ornithologists are to birds: they can write all they want, but it shouldn't affect them. — John Simm
I was mainly a stage actor. I found film acting mechanical, because it was so technical - there was so much technique with the lamps… — Erland Josephson

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