Actor Quotes

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I never grew up thinking, 'One day I will play so and so' because I wasn't expecting to be an actor at all. — Wallace Shawn
I never planned to be an actor. It turned out I could make a living doing it. — Wallace Shawn
In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors. — Wallace Shawn
For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing.… — Wallace Shawn
Acting itself is quite scary. Some people say that actors are show-offs, very egotistical and all that kind of stuff, but it is quite scary. — Michael Sheen
I think when you work on a Woody Allen film the actors become a real company, probably more than on any other film. — Michael Sheen
I think I'm becoming more relaxed in front of a camera. I suppose I'll always feel slightly more at home on stage. It's more of… — Michael Sheen
I went to an ordinary school in New York City with no other actors. I learned to compartmentalise different parts of my life. I was… — Brooke Shields
I miss that process of getting the script and reading it and working on it. Every actor has their own way of memorizing their lines,… — Pauly Shore
What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows. — Martin Short
A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors, architects, academicians and athletes. — Hugh Sidey
Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch? — Gene Siskel
I have never liked Morrissey, and I still don't. I think it's hilarious, actually, what things I've heard about him, what he's really like, and… — Robert Smith
You hang around actors, or dancers, the minute you sneeze, everybody has a remedy, and we're all on a million different kinds of diets, and… — Anna Deavere Smith
Actors, movie stars, rock stars, I can meet them with no worries - but with footballers I go weak at the knees. All of them. — Matt Smith
Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part. — Matt Smith
The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.' — Will Smith
A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are. — Will Smith
I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching. — Wesley Snipes
Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor. — Ian Somerhalder
I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda. — Ian Somerhalder
I don't know how to do anything else other than be an actor. If I wasn't in this, I would be in alternative energy and… — Ian Somerhalder
You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting. They're… — Ian Somerhalder
We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the… — Boris Spassky
Every actor wants to break out of the box that they put you in and that's where I'm heading, out of the box as fast… — Rick Springfield

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