Actors Quotes

5276 Actors quotes by 2563 unique authors

I've made a career over the last seventeen years of mostly playing men in uniform, especially cops. The one thing for an actor that is… — Benjamin Bratt
If you think about filmmaking as an entire spectrum, starting with the writer and ending with maybe the marketing department, the actor's contribution is a… — William Mapother
The Grand Ole Opry, to a country singer, is what Yankee Stadium is to a baseball player. Broadway to an actor. It's the top of… — Bill Anderson
If there is a streak of ham anywhere in an actor, Shakespeare will bring it out. — Robert Benchley
The American actor is very lucky... Because so little is asked of him. — Sanford Meisner
An actors' tribute to me is in his work. — Lee Strasberg
The actor creates with his own flesh and blood all those things which all the arts try in some way to describe. — Lee Strasberg
In the language of an actor, to know is synonymous with to feel — Constantin Stanislavski
Good movies make you care, make you believe in possibilities again. If somewhere in the Hollywood-entertainment world someone has managed to break through with something… — Pauline Kael
Don't be an actor. Be a human being who works off what exists under imaginary circumstances. — Sanford Meisner
Actors should arouse a sense of wonder because of their ability to exceed what the spectators can envision ever being able to do. — Jerzy Grotowski
There are several types of movie space, the three most important being: (1) the field of the screen, (2) the psychological space of the actor,… — Manny Farber
What does an actor know about politics? — Ronald Reagan
You'd be surprised how much being a good actor pays off. — Ronald Reagan
I didn't need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didn't look good in the camera or if the actors… — Debbie Allen
I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor's nature. — Ivan Turgenev
It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful. — David Mamet
I think there's no question that, even though we may not have the evidence as Richard (Perle) says, that there have been such contacts (between… — Wesley Clark
In sha Allah, God willing, must be the expression of humility of the active actors and it must never be the justification of the passive… — Tariq Ramadan
Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've… — Lars von Trier
The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't. — Sidney Lumet
If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that has… — Sidney Lumet
I am not a master-class director. I am not a teacher. I am a coach. I dont have a methodology. Each actor is different. And… — Sam Mendes
The more film I watch, the more John Ford looks like a giant. His politics aren't so good, and you have to learn to accept… — Jonathan Lethem
Against the background of this luminous and sparkling stage Bond stood in the sunshine and felt his mission to be incongruous and remote and his… — Ian Fleming

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