Actors Quote by Matthew McConaughey

I think having children in general is always very helpful for acting.

— Josh Hamilton

Children are often better actors than adults because they have a greater capacity for believing in a situation.

— Alexander Mackendrick

People often say that you should never work with child actors. I think that's all wrong. Children have not had the imagination kicked out…

— Nicolas Cage

For an actor to remain a child is rather important. It's a childlike, dreamy thing, acting, if you think about it. It's the sort…

— Michael Gambon

As an actor, you always want to reach back to being a child and having the spontaneity and the imagination of a child.

— Wes Bentley

I had a teacher in Paris, who said that if an actor forgot what it's like to play as a child he shouldn't be…

— Simon McBurney

After all these years in the business, I really feel that actors are used. People treat actors worse than they treat children. It's always,…

— Diane Ladd

I think there is a lot of loss in being a professional child actor. All of a sudden, you start to want to be…

— Joel Grey

Acting has helped me understand people, not only because you are acting as a character, but also because you are watching other actors work.…

— Steve Martin

When you're a child you're able to assimilate so easily into any situation. You even start talking like the people you're around. I wasn't…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

There's a great deal of child left in me and acting is fun. It's a make believe thing.

— David Canary

I think actors are meant to have crises of faith; I think it's part of the job. I think it makes you a stronger…

— Hale Appleman