Actor Quote by Wallace Shawn

I was trained to serve the writer and director as an actor before I serve myself. Not to say that's gotten in my way,…

— Robert Englund

I wanted to work strictly as a freelance actor, and that's the way it turned out.

— Pernell Roberts

Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a…

— Ed Asner

I wasn't one of those people who went to see a play and said, 'I want to be an actor.' I fell into it.

— Henry Czerny

I've always considered myself an actor, but I wasn't making a living as an actor.

— Alan Arkin

I had no idea what it took to be an actor. Then all of a sudden I found myself cast in a TV drama.…

— Lee Byung-hun

In the beginning, I was very stubborn and always wanted to be just an actor. I was told by a lot of people to…

— Kalki Koechlin

I come from a production assistant background. That was my first role on a set before even being an actor, that and writing.

— Quinta Brunson

One of the great things about my job is I get to do all of these things that I may not experience had I…

— Hilary Swank

The process of doing plays will make you an actor.

— Stephen Collins

To have a job you can count on as an actor is so rare, whether that means belonging to a regional theater company or…

— Jim Parsons

I started off doing plays as a theater actor. But I never thought of it in terms of it leading anywhere. I was just…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor