Actor Quotes

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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes… — Jacki Weaver
I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have. — Jacki Weaver
I know that Philadelphians hate New York actors passing off New York accents as Philadelphian when they are quite different. — Jacki Weaver
I really enjoy working with younger actors. I just feel like we're all peers together. — Sigourney Weaver
Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown? — Rachel Weisz
I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer. — Rachel Weisz
It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And they're… — Rachel Weisz
Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him. — Orson Welles
My kind of director is an actor-director who writes. — Orson Welles
Good evening, ladies and gentleman. My name is Orson Welles. I am an actor. I am a writer. I am a producer. I am a… — Orson Welles
As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a limb for his… — Orson Welles
I'm never certain of a performance - my own or the other actors' - or the script or anything... But to me it seems there's… — Orson Welles
Actors wait tables, directors work at video stores. — Joss Whedon
In TV, there's so much compromise, it does start to grate a bit. But if you're a writer or an actor, it really is the… — Joss Whedon
Meeting actors and TV personalities is one thing, but I just feel like meeting musicians is the coolest. — Shaun White
Whatever you do, make sure you want to write more than you want to be a writer. Make sure you want to act more than… — Bradley Whitford
When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds. — Olivia Wilde
All actors should experience public failure. — Olivia Wilde
Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part. — Olivia Wilde
While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance. — Oscar Wilde
An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation. — Billy Wilder
If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent. — Thornton Wilder
Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them. — Thornton Wilder
I got to work with Dustin Hoffman on a film called 'Billy Bathgate.' I got to work with Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn and Bob… — Bruce Willis
The Baha'i celebrity, or the Belebrity, is a character actor with a big head playing an annoying creep on a TV show. — Rainn Wilson

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