Acting Quote by Virginia Madsen

What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job.

— Robbie Coltrane

If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.

— Famke Janssen

When you first start out as an actor, you're just looking for a good part. As time goes on, if you're being held responsible…

— George Clooney

I don't know how you can tell a good actor in the movies. I really don't. I think you simply just do the part…

— Walter Matthau

Ultimately your job as an actor is to perform however you're being asked to perform and there's many different procedures as an actor that…

— Kurt Russell

I think actors make for very good directors, and I would like to do that one day.

— Omari Hardwick

Don't leave your job without getting an acting offer. Very few people in the industry are lucky to get a film without much struggle…

— Parineeti Chopra

Heading out to L.A., doing this acting thing. You can't rest on your laurels out there. You finish a film, you don't know how…

— Corey Hawkins

I learned early on that it's heartbreaking to - there's the editor that comes in, and then they have to craft the movie together,…

— Tavis Smiley

You know how it is, somebody will see your work and like it and remember it, then decide to make it a role in…

— Michael Rooker

An acting career usually has about a shelf life of ten years before people get sick of seeing you. It's a good thing to…

— George Clooney

One of the things I've learned over the years is that you only do what you can do as an actor. You do the…

— Matt Dillon