Actors Quotes

Have you heard anything useful come out of an actor's mouth lately?

An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.

I wanted to be an actor, and when that day happened that was sort of like the end. Now let it take me.

As an actor, you're never busy enough.

As a director you come in and tell the actors how good they are.

Actors, writers, directors - that triumvirate of creativity - we have to rely and trust each other to be able to get to the final product.

My goal has always been to be a working actor.

Part of an actor's job is to draw up a back story.

The only thing that we as actors really can control is to be able to say 'yes' or 'no' to the material.

Being a day player, period, is one of the hardest things you can do as an actor.

I appreciate my role as an actor much more after I direct because it's just easier.

When actors first come up, you're auditioning for everything - you're trying to sniff it out like a pig with a truffle and you would do anything!

That's the reason you want to become a star as an actor, to be able to have more control of your destiny.

What used to frustrate me going into an audition was that some inexperienced, lesser casting people would think that actors are acting only when they're speaking.

It's a neat experience to go from the blank page to an actor elevating it to the audience understanding it - the full life of that is why I became a writer.

I love Hugh Jackman. Love Hugh Jackman. He's the coolest. He's one of the coolest actors I've ever worked with, and I'll do anything with him.

As an actor, it's always fun when you're able to feel like there's freedom to explore things and try out jokes and be funny.

Even though I do a more traditional type of being funny on television, I still know a lot of comedians and stand-ups and improv actors.

Like actors and writers who are on and off again in terms of employment, I had a very unstructured life.

I was on the verge of quitting… The Acting Center actually saved me as an actor.

T.V.s weird because its both the greatest gig as an actor potentially because it can be all this work for all this time, but there are so many question marks at every stage of the process.

I've always had a natural affiliation with nature. If I wasn't an actor, I'd be some sort of biologist working in the field in Africa or something.

I'm an actor, because I get to see other sides of life and I get to be other people and it excites me so much.

That's how I am as a director - if somebody does a really good take, I can't help it, I'm not even aware of it. Actors really, really need positive reinforcement.

You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!

One of the great things about being an actor is that you do get to indulge in someone else's life.

Anyone who says there isn't pressure to look good as an actor in L.A. is lying.

I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.

I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.

Personally, just as an actor, I love accents; they're fun.

One of the most important things for an actor is to observe humanity.

As a writer, I always think about who my prototype actors are, in my brain. It's helpful, as a writer, to think about that.

At times as an actor, it's often times unclear as to what the directors envision for a project.

I feel like I was born an actor. I did not pursue acting until I was a bit older. But I got a taste of it at an earlier age in the UK.

Eventually I want to be a full-time mother who works occasionally - and being an actor you have that freedom.

When we approach history, we are dealing with a conglomeration of irrational continua. Those who deal with history by nonrational processes are the ones who make history, the actors in it.

I think that's all you can hope for as an actor when you read a script; that after the first thirty pages it has some meaning to it.

Actors are always looking for ways to build a character.

My major intention for coming to Hollywood - besides the fact that I was just enamored with acting from a very young age - was that I was tired of seeing wimpy Asian actors.

Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor.

As an actor I suppose you're constantly observing. I don't sit in restaurants making notes, I don't live my life in order to then feed it into my work.

Never let your actors go before they are satisfied with a scene.

Hitchcock said he viewed actors as cattle.. but some were free range.

I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors.

Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor.

Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough.

I have nothing but admiration for the actors on soap operas. It is unbelievably challenging to put out an hour show in one day.

The truth is, ever since I was little, I've wanted to be an actor more than I ever wanted to be a movie star.

Actors and burglars work better at night.

I think a lot of actors, especially actors with a theater background, have a musical ear. A lot of actors just want to be musicians anyway, and a lot of musicians want to be actors.