Actors Quotes

I've always tried to kind of stretch my wings as an actor and do things that are different.

I think it's always good when you're able to, as an actor, allow your work to be some kind of a conduit for social discourse, and an examination of where we are, as a society.

I never write with particular actors in mind.

I honestly think I'm just an actor. It doesn't matter the medium. I can go on stage and be happy, I can be on TV and be happy.

If I have to wear a hat as a producer to do that, then I'm willing to do that. An actor's, producer's and director's point-of-view is all the same to me, as long as the story's being told.

Getting the correct writer is simply like casting. You wouldn't hire an actor in order to tell him how to work. He knows how to work, which is why you hired him.

Every actor has their own method, so I'm not suggesting what works for me will work for everybody else.

I do like taking on responsibility, sometimes too much. But I was aware of that early on and it's something that came up in the previous set of interviews, and that is the actor‛s contribution.

Generally a wise actor will be very careful about the person to whom he gives that power.

If you think about filmmaking as an entire spectrum, starting with the writer and ending with maybe the marketing department, the actor's contribution is a rather slender band.

It's a difficult thing as an actor not to repeat one's self.

As an actor, it's always been good to be working at all.

Exercise is an important element of being an actor, on any level.

I guess every actor has certain emotions they can access easier than others.

I just hate the idea of being well known. I know that is almost impossible if you're an actor who has done okay, but I've always fought against it.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

I always feel like I can't do it, that I can't go through with a movie. But then I do go through with it after all.

I'll never admit that I'm an actor, because the next horrible follow-up question is always, "Oh, what have I seen you in?"

I recognized that I had a window of opportunity that had opened because of my exposure as an actor.

A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.

I don't watch rushes. My whole thing is to try to stay in the moment with the other actor, and to let it all hang. I'm not sure I'm right on that, though.

At the end of the day, what actors really want to do is act a lot and not wait around in the trailer.

Television can become a bit of a treadmill for directors. You come in, nobody knows you, the actors are already doing what they're doing, and you're just one of a number of directors who comes in.

Acting has to reach everybody on some level - it's a communication of feeling - but as far as judging the work is concerned, it is, I think, something that actors know about.

Actors were the first people to accept me.

Everybody that's an actor leaves it for a while 'cause they ain't got a job.

When you're young, you kind of take yourself seriously, and you think, like, "People need to see what I can do." And it's so laughable, especially with actors.

What's enjoyable for me, as an actor, is to do as many different things as possible.

I think when you work on a Woody Allen film the actors become a real company, probably more than on any other film.

The fictional work is a kind of actor that wears a satirical garb but can put on other costumes as well.

The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'

I'm identified as a New York actor, I sound like I'm from New York, and I couldn't be more proud of it.

Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer. It was when I first saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' that I wanted to be an actor.

Anything that you [as an actor] can change about yourself for a part is helpful.

I think it's very dangerous for an actor to take [shooting] too seriously because I think it could really damage you if you do that.

It actually got me upset reading about adopted children. They become junkies or criminals or actors. I wanted to write a book from the children’s point of view.

I much prefer to watch actors and writers create "humanizing" moments for characters. In a drama, "humanizing" is far more impactful and powerful than "redeeming."

You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question.

I don't think I'm predominantly thought of as being a comedic actor.

You know, it's hard as a writer to lose characters (and actors) you like. You really don't want them to die because you're not going to get to see them anymore.

So many actors spend so much energy trying to remember the lines. It's so foolish. Guys are the worst.

Other actors are not my concern, and that's their life and that's their journey. Everybody has to get to a point in their own time and their own way.

Directing was a natural thing for me. Actually, it was far less stressful directing than being the lead actor. I was able to have my input in all aspects of it.

It's hard on an actor when you have to do a scene 45 times and you know damn well that three of the angles a director is shooting will never make it into the movie.

What actors are good at doing is walking into a situation that should make you incredibly self-conscious and frightened and doing it anyway. That's the gig, pretending that you are comfortable.

I feel like a lot of the young actors that are just coming up are really good. I think directors are directing better.