Actors Quotes

5276 Actors quotes by 2563 unique authors

Of course, at their best, movies are anti-literature and, as a medium, belong not to writers, not to actors, but to directors. — Truman Capote
I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it. — Patrick Macnee
I acted in junior high in the junior high school group, and then when I got into senior high I was, you know, the main… — Richard Foreman
If you're not still learning and growing as an actor, then you have no backbone and no career — Kate Winslet
A film is the director's medium. The theater is an actor's. — Hugh Jackman
So I started to learn Russian and I was one of those probably way too eager, annoying young actor kids who was trying to change… — Jared Leto
The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with… — Rob Lowe
I've always known I wanted to be an actor. It never crossed my mind to be anything else. I think I probably decided for sure… — Christopher Judge
I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I'd… — Liev Schreiber
The trick to being a good actor is getting so involved in your character that the camera disappears, the 50 bored guys eating doughnuts disappear,… — Val Kilmer
I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films. I… — Kevin Kline
Being an actor is a religious calling because you've been given the ability, the gift to inspire humanity. Think about that on the way to… — Sanford Meisner
Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological problems of human… — Uta Hagen
You know, it's recently come into focus for me why I want to be an actor: It's because of the connection I feel to people. — Jessica Chastain
I look at everything I’ve done critically - but I think that’s the job of an actor. If you ever sit on your laurels or… — Nicole Kidman
Being present is the actor’s job. Being aware of your body, in space, and the emotions that are occurring inside, is essential. Well, quite simply,… — Sandra Oh
I'm not a big star in Japan. I'm an actor. I have a very normal life. Four days a week, I cook at home. A… — Ken Watanabe
What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to risk, find opportunities to fall on my face if it's… — Jeremy Irons
WHY is the most important word in an actor's vocabulary. — Sanford Meisner
It's my job as an actor to commit to the role and not - through my own inhibitions - run away. — Nicole Kidman
You just hope that you will get the opportunity to do what you love and pay your bills, and that is being a success as… — Debra Messing
I love to watch good actors who surprise and amuse me. — John Malkovich
When I was a waiter I was fired twice from the same restaurant. I guess I was that good of an actor but that bad… — Nathan Fillion
Every actor's greatest ambition is to create his own, definite and original role, a character with which he will always be identified. In my case,… — Bela Lugosi
Some of the most intense affairs are between actors and characters. There's a fire in the human heart and we jump into it with the… — Sigourney Weaver

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