Actor Quotes

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I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young… — Meryl Streep
The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process. — Meryl Streep
Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He's done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything… — Barbra Streisand
I don't wear a wig. I'd feel terrible onstage with a wig. I hate to be so 'Actors Studio'-ish, but I like to feel it's… — Elaine Stritch
I'm not that complicated as an actor. I have a formula in which I work, yeah. But not like Sean Penn does. Sean is one… — Kiefer Sutherland
As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real. — Ice T
Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing. — Quentin Tarantino
My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor. — Quentin Tarantino
I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave. — Kristin Scott Thomas
As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is… — Kristin Scott Thomas
I find that balancing my life with my work with the kids at St. Jude, working on books, working on my career as an actor… — Marlo Thomas
There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor. — Henry David Thoreau
Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive… — Uma Thurman
It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are neurotic, or they would not be actors. — Gene Tierney
Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew. — Gene Tierney
A lot of actors never talk to other actors about how they're doing things, or why. I think it's important to share the way you're… — John Travolta
I was always a character actor, basically, that sometimes looks like a leading man. — John Travolta
An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like… — Francois Truffaut
In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use… — Desmond Tutu
Once you have an innovation culture, even those who are not scientists or engineers - poets, actors, journalists - they, as communities, embrace the meaning… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our age; he's like Olivier. He's one of those people who can take you into a… — Sam Taylor-Wood
My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors. — Tracey Ullman
Sex in the City was a different kind of phenomenon because of the show itself is a phenomenon and to me that's successful because to… — Blair Underwood
I like directors who have worked as actors. They know the experience. — Gabrielle Union
There's only so much you can do until you get on set and see the aesthetics of what you're dealing with. Then you see what… — Karl Urban

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