Actor Quote by Joan Didion

In a sense, all actors are character actors, because we're all playing different characters. But a lot of the time - and I don't…

— Dennis Farina

My theory is that everything an actor does, from the way he looks at his watch to the way he moves across the stage,…

— Bernard Sahlins

As an actor, you have to perform the character in the way that people relate to.

— John Bishop

I don't think an actor's job is to be recognized. I think an actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a way that…

— Jeffrey Donovan

I think the writing and the casting and all of that has so much to do with actors becoming their characters. I think if…

— Scott Michael Foster

Whether or not I am a 'character actor' or any other kind of actor, I really don't know. When people call me a 'character…

— Kay Kay Menon

It's weird, not to sound too actor but I think that any time you do a performance, you kind of take a little piece…

— Alia Shawkat

When I'm writing, I'm writing for a particular actor. When a lot of writers are writing, they're writing an idea. So they're not really…

— Todd Phillips

I've always called myself a writer/performer, not an actor because I basically write what I perform.

— John Cleese

I think in some ways, acting and writing are the same. You're getting inside the skin of someone else; you're creating their language and…

— Finn Wittrock

The most important definition of an actor, the job of the actor, is to serve the writer, not yourself. Way too many actors serve…

— Kevin Spacey

I guess every character has a little bit of the actor - I guess for every character you play, the actor has to allow…

— Kali Hawk