Great Actor Quotes

62 quotes by 58 authors

When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely… — Lauren Bacall
Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him. — Kevin Bacon
One guy told me I was a great actor, I just would never be on the cover of a magazine. — Ben Affleck
Mel Blanc is a hero because of what he could do with his voice for all the Looney Tunes, the Warner Brothers cartoons, to be… — Nicolas Cage
I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could… — Patti Page
People told me, when I was coming through the ranks, that a mark of a great actor is one who deals with the period of… — Claudia Black
I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be… — Tom Sizemore
Bob Duvall is a great actor because each time out, he creates a whole, complete character. You have the feeling that you'reÂ not seeing an… — Ellen Burstyn
I never pretended to be a great actor. — Joel McCrea
I never will believe there is such a thing as a great actor. — Robert Mitchum
I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a… — Jon Lovitz
To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer. — Johnathon Schaech
A bunch of six nicer people, I couldnâ€™t be more fortunate to call my family â€” from Lee Pace, who is so dear. When I… — Ellen Greene
To be a good actor, you have to be very smart. But to be a great actor, you also have to have a streak of,… — Lena Olin
Arnold Schwarzenegger, I don't know if you'd call him a great actor, but he's amazing in terms of his presence, and he is interesting enough… — F. Murray Abraham
You know, I don't think you need to be educated to be a great actor. — Mark Rylance
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
Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself. — William Manchester
It's absolutely impossible to have a serious critical discussion about enthusiasms for movie stars. Because a movie star is an animal separate from acting. Sometimes,… — Peter Biskind
The secret of being a great actor is a love of food. — Yash Chopra

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