Actors Quotes

I'm an actor - I want to be known for that.

George Wendt is a saint. And one of the finest American actors that we have.

Less so here, I’ve noticed. I can see why there’s a misconception that it’s easier when your parents are actors, but it doesn’t work out at all. In fact, it’s the reverse.

Normally, I rely heavily on my director to massage me out of my actor comfort zones.

As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.

Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.

The actors I respect are the ones who see it as a career and manage to live reasonably normal lives, like Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Most actors don't grow up with sweet, vanilla parents.

As an actor, you're putting yourself out there when you perform. You're bound to experience feelings of vulnerability because of this.

I think when average-size people start taking roles that were meant for dwarfs, that's a little frustrating because there aren't that many roles out there for height-challenged actors.

I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.

Someone's going to put the clothes on you, and part of being an actor is wearing costumes. Costumes tell you an awful lot about who you are, so you just, it's nothing.

Growing up I was involved in children's theater, so I was definitely on the path to be an actor and a singer.

I was a B student in math, simply because my teachers liked me, as an actor.

Believe me, you can be in the middle of a beautiful take and the next thing you know you're awash in people crossing the street. You can't even find your actors.

I've just never been the kind of actor that things have stayed with. I've never needed to carry a character off stage.

I was always ambitious. I always wanted to be more than I was....I always wanted to be a movie actor.

It seems to me that I never grow unless I'm actually working with other actors who have shed whatever shell it is that keeps them insulated from each other.

I'm no actor. And I have sixty-four pictures to prove it.

I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour.

The better the actor, usually the safer you feel working with.

I hate hearing about actors who don't like the show. There are so many actors out there who'd give their right arm for what I'm getting to do.

Most actors can't make any kind of living.

Sometimes you look at a movie and you can see that the actor or actress said, 'I'm taking this onboard because I'm making a ton of money, and not because it's going to be something special.'

The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.

In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'

I know the responsibility that entails from telling a story. The one thing I despise the most is when I go to a movie and I see a whole bunch of lazy actors making me waste my time and money.

I feel that I have grown so much as an actor being on 'Homeland'.

I can't complain. I'm making a living out of what I do, which is really rare for a lot of actors. The hard part is staying confident and staying with it.

The script is the foundation, but it's not the full story for the film, which only comes alive with the actors.

I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don't, and some actors don't.

I never wanted to be an actor.

I try to be a good, diligent actor.

I have no idea what 'method actor' means.

I guess you could say I'm a model slash hotelier slash actor slash screenwriter.

And to be honest, most actors are incredibly solipsistic.

John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.

I doubt I'm more secure than Meryl Streep... I guess actors just never feel secure.

I think a lot of actors are overly concerned about being well liked in the parts they play.

I love Woody Allen. He's very clever, always thinking, and he's great with actors. He lets actors do what they want to do and occasionally he'll give them a specific kind of direction.

I'm an actor. I started as an actor. I started on Broadway doing 'Hair' and Shakespeare in the Park.

As an actor, Sean [Penn] is brilliant. And he's really an excellent director, as well. We got along really well.

Hollywood is more concerned about its male actors being in shape than its female actors.

Unfortunately, in Hollywood, there are those directors that have some contempt for actors. We've all experienced that, in one way or another.

I think it's damaging to know too much about a person, about an actor.

I have seen no men in life loving their profession so much as painters, except, perhaps, actors, who, when not engaged themselves, always go to the play.

My goal is to work. That's the goal of most actors or performers: to work and keep working, and do the best you can, and keep growing and changing, trying to improve your craft.

It's more enjoyable to shoot in a studio on a single location with two actors... if they are good.

You know, actors lie all the time. 'Can I ride on the horse? Are you kidding? Of course! I was born on a horse!'... It's the same with motorcycles.

I like to write for actors I know and with whom I've worked before. You can write to their strengths and weaknesses and write roles that are better suited to them.