Ambitions Quote by Maurice Chevalier

“The value of an artist is more because of his originality than his skill.”

— Amit Kalantri

When you are a young actor, you're imbued with the high purpose of your art. You think, 'They hire me for my talent; if…

— Charlton Heston

The reality of an actor's life is that we do not always have the luxury of choice. We take what comes to us.

— Stephanie D'Abruzzo

As an actor, you need to grow and experience things. What you experience in life is what is going to help you and your…

— Jonathan Majors

Being an actor is about having the courage to follow your instincts, and also having the discipline and dedication to sacrifice the things in…

— Matt Smith

You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.

— Elia Kazan

As an actor, you tend to draw on your human instincts and your background, what you've gone through as an individual.

— Michael Ealy

“Art value always goes up once the artist’s associated with fucked-up things such as cutting off his own ear like Van Gogh, or marrying…

— Matthew Quick

You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences. The actor cannot afford to look only to his own life for all his…

— Stella Adler

The writer knows his own worth, and to be overvalued can confuse and destroy him as an artist.

— Charles R. Jackson

The actor cannot afford to look only to his own life for all his material nor pull strictly from his own experience to find…

— Stella Adler

There is a lot lacking on the intellectual side and on the values side when being an actor.

— Natalie Portman