Actors Quote by David Duchovny

The kind of acting that's wholly literary or cerebral is wrong. It's useless for me to have actors so much in their heads that…

— Mike Leigh

Actors may not realize the extent of their own power. Acting is creation. It's them bringing their own stuff, letting it marinate in their…

— Danai Gurira

I think a large part of an actor's job in preparation is just making the words feel organic to them, and obviously they came…

— Zoe Kazan

Central to being an actor is pretending, and the adventure of it all. That's why you become a junkie for different kinds of situations.

— Willem Dafoe

The problem with being an actor is that you have to be reactive to what other people want.

— Marisa Coughlan

The whole point about becoming an actor is variety and changing roles.

— Richard Wilson

I think the crucial thing about being an actor is to be doing it.

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Sometimes I think being an actor is like being a dog for a director; it's like they throw a stick, and you want to…

— Joel Edgerton

When you're an actor, there are so many opportunities that are not in your control.

— Andrew Keenan-Bolger

I think being an actor in general is acknowledging that we are constantly playing different roles, that we have all these different parts of…

— David Hyde Pierce

Being actors is a strange job.

— Paul Dano

Theres something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.

— Damian Lewis