Great Actor Quotes

62 Great Actor quotes by 57 unique authors

You can have good writing, but a great actor will make it feel and sound like great writing. You can have great writing, and mediocre… — Denis Leary
Nicolas Cage is a great actor and he's done some good action movies too. — Dolph Lundgren
I sort of have open invitations from a lot of people to do TV. But it's very hard for me to do roles in sitcoms… — Norm MacDonald
Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that. — Gary Oldman
A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the… — Lee Strasberg
When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. — Lauren Bacall
However gross a man may be, the minute he expresses a strong and genuine affection, some inner secretion alters his features, animates his gestures, and… — Honore de Balzac
Only a great actor finds the difficulties of the actor's art infinite. — Ellen Terry
The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting. — Charlie Chaplin
The [Great] Actor is able to approach in himself a cosmic dread as large as life. He is able to go from his dread to… — Unknown Author
I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft. — Al Pacino
I think part of what makes someone a great actor is being able to walk into a situation emotionally available and open, and have all… — Katie Aselton
When I was 11, I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin, and my teacher told me I would make a great actor. — Brian Blessed
I thought the best route to being the great actor I wanted to be was to play the great classical parts. — Stephen Mangan
Nick Lea is a great actor, and doing scenes with him was always awesome. — Matt Dallas
Before you start making a movie, make sure you have a great actor. — Unknown Author
We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor. — Bobby Farrelly
It's a risk casting anyone against type or what they're known to do. But there's one thing better than having a great actor, which is… — Sam Mendes
One of my heroes is Mr. Sidney Poitier. In his autobiography, 'The Measure of a Man,' he talks about the difference between being a great… — Michael Ealy
What a great actor and what a committed human being...For years, he's used his fame for the purpose of developing new talent and providing positive… — Antonio Villaraigosa

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