Actor Quote by William Monahan

A lot of the time, as an actor, you don't have the freedom to change what your lines are, and they can often be…

— John Francis Daley

Actors are magical people. They can take words you wrote and say them in a way that, although you thought the line was good…

— Kenya Barris

A lot of actors think that the more lines they have the more attention they get. That's bullshit. I make people look at me.…

— Lee Van Cleef

I think acting, oftentimes it's not about lines, it's about spaces in between lines and expressions on people's faces and their relationships. You can…

— Peter Capaldi

Most of my acting in general is about what's going on in the head, and the lines are just something that comes out.

— Stellan Skarsgard

Sometimes it can get overburdened with nuance - the actors find all sorts of different spins on the lines that can lose simplicity and…

— Gregory Doran

If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors.

— Cary Grant

You work with every actor differently. It's like if you're a mother, if you have children, some children need more discipline. Other children you…

— Rob Reiner

You can be playing a line some way and the director wants you to change that, or you can disagree. But I always think…

— Ewan McGregor

I'm not an actor. I can show up for friends and improvise a little bit, but I'm not an actor. I can't remember lines.

— Robert Downey Sr

Actors become very professional and proficient about watching out for each other's light and not stepping on each other's lines.

— Ryan Gosling

I like to learn the lines and not get any precontrived things in my head about the part. Just get on stage and see…

— John Mahoney