Actor Quotes

5575 Actor quotes by 2698 unique authors

I wanted to be a New York City cop before I became an actor. — Erik Estrada
I never understood actors who could just wait around. — Scott Eastwood
I am not the greatest actor in the world, but the reason I keep working is that I work hard and show up every day… — Scott Eastwood
I truly love the rehearsal process, those eight hours a day! I really love actors. — Pearl Cleage
Denzel Washington is a big Hollywood movie star now. But he started out as an actor in the Negro Ensemble company. — Pearl Cleage
Like actors and writers who are on and off again in terms of employment, I had a very unstructured life. — Buzz Aldrin
You know how kids dream of being soccer players or actors? Well, my dream was to be a sushi chef. — Nobu Matsuhisa
When I grew up, the only way a lad like me would maybe escape was playing football. Not being an actor. — Sean Harris
The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw
An actor is like a piece of clay: you just keep moulding me. Even people who work with you every day want to put you… — Erika Eleniak
I think the theater is basically the boot camp for the actor. If you can survive the rigors of an eight-show-a-week schedule and be at… — Corey Reynolds
My job as an actor is to cover and expose in varying allowance that - so that the audience can peek through the window to… — Lorraine Toussaint
Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics. — Victor Mature
My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia. — Yael Stone
I never once dreamed of sort of being able to be in an American TV series, you know? It was all about theater and touring… — Sam Heughan
People forget actors can adapt and change their appearance. In this industry, people sometimes cast to type, or as close to type as possible, but… — Sam Heughan
Nothing taxes an actor more thoroughly than a good audiobook. — Barbara Rosenblat
Theater actors are just tolerated. You have to be a movie star to be a celebrity. — Michael Gambon
People should be shrouded in mystery. Especially actors. No, hang on, maybe actors should be blown up. — Michael Gambon
I never looked at my future as comedy. Even at Second City, I always thought of it as acting. I knew I was going to… — Scott Adsit
I feel very privileged to have worked with a lot of outstanding actors: Alun Armstrong, Peter Mullan, Matt Smith and Andrew Garfield. — Andrew Buchan
What goes on between the actor and director is sacred. — Jack Kilmer
When I decided I wanted to go to drama school, I realized that a lot of the actors whose careers I really admire and whose… — Ben Schnetzer
The first 10 years I was a professional actor, I did Shakespeare. — Unknown Author
I think the moment I discovered I definitely wanted to act was when I saw a play alone by myself when I was fourteen. Maybe… — Louis Garrel

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