Actors Quotes

5276 Actors quotes by 2563 unique authors

I've only had good experiences with actors. Starring next to them and directing them, for the most part they're all inspiring, special people. — Steve Guttenberg
What impresses me is the young actors with terrific talent arriving on the scene. They'd have blown us all away in the old days. Guys… — Robert Wagner
Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors. — Ben Stiller
I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium. — Christopher Eccleston
I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a… — Barry Levinson
There's one thing better than having a great actor, and that's having a great actor who's never done this kind of role before and is… — Sam Mendes
I'm an actor, coming from New York theater. — Skeet Ulrich
Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he wore many hats. But, ultimately, he loved the theater and… — Derek Jacobi
I'm one of those actors who likes to do it wrong nine ways before I come to the tenth way, which is the way I… — Wayne Rogers
I still feel like I'm trying to make it. It's hard to shed the struggling actor thing. — Mark Ruffalo
The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power -… — Reese Witherspoon
I think the more the actor lets you know what he thinks of the character, the less the audience cares - like a comedian who… — Neil LaBute
The growing drama has outgrown such toys Of simulated stature, face, and speech: It also peradventure may outgrow The simulation of the painted scene, Boards,… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I should be getting photographs of me with my arm around these people like restaurant owners do, because eventually I am going to have to… — Josh Hartnett
I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me. — Jeremy Irons
We're one of the forces that causes actors to fasten seat belts before they take off chasing the bad guy in the car... or removes… — Gerald McRaney
I personally take cues directly from the script, then I like to surprise the other actors. But you must maintain control on a level and… — Lusia Strus
I've always been spontaneous and outgoing... I've tried lots of things so I've got some good life experiences, which is great 'cause it means I've… — Leonardo DiCaprio
My hunger and desperation, being an actor, an out of work actor - my memory of that is as fresh as an open wound. — Griffin Dunne
Everybody has his own theater, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwrite, sceneshifter, boxkeeper, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain. — Julius Charles Hare
Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors whose children could be mistaken for their grandchildren necessarily act… — Warren Beatty
I go through a whole process with the actors first, building and creating characters, then I encourage them to sort of live in that character… — Keenen Ivory Wayans
I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from when I was… — Samuel West
In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors. — Aron Nimzowitsch
Young actors, fear your admirers! Learn in time, from your first steps, to hear, understand and love the cruel truth about yourselves. Find out who… — Constantin Stanislavski

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