Actor Quote by Roger Ebert

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

— Anonymous

There is a need for aloneness, which I don't think most people realise for an actor. It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for…

— Marilyn Monroe

A great actor is simply just seeing him or herself, and reacting to what exists around them.

— Shailene Woodley

I'm frequently surprised, sometimes bugged off, and sometimes happy, depending on the actor. It's a fact of life that just as often as not…

— Rod Serling

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have.

— James Dean

As an actor, you live a little bit of a cloistered life. It's a lonely life. You oddly, strangely find yourself all alone, quite…

— Melissa Leo

There is a need for aloneness... for an actor.

— Marilyn Monroe

An actor alone is a bit naked. Like when you do something in front of your mirror, you're usually really bad, because you're looking…

— Clemence Poesy

The best thing an actor can bring to a role is himself - that's no secret.

— Dean Winters

One of the joys of cinema is that, given the right circumstances, and the genius director, an incredibly wonderfully actor can become the embodiment…

— Vanessa Redgrave

You always absorb a lot from a great actor. What you want, as an actor, no matter where you are in your career, is…

— Julianne Moore

No actor is a success unless he feels inside himself, as long as he lives, that he is good.

— Stella Adler