Actors Quotes

I can't remember ever being involved in a fight in a movie where I haven't done most of it.

I'm sort of one of those weird actors who whenever I do a play, I think, "Oh, we should film this." As opposed to have to belt it out of ourselves in a theater auditorium.

A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.

I've got actor friends who didn't get breaks, who struggle and worry about things that I'm fortunate not to have to worry about.

I actually really love working with young actors because they're so responsive and instinctive, and it's a much less honed craft that they're employing.

I've had some great times with actresses, but that's in a movie.

When I was younger, people used to say you only really prove yourself as an actor on stage. And I disagree with that. Some of the finest acting I've ever come across has been for film.

I'm one of those actors where usually I'll read a script, and then I'll have a flurry of notes. I'll ask a hundred questions about things, and really get in there and examine it.

I certainly am not a great believer in over-rehearsing between actors, and certainly not doing the dialogue too much.

Actors love to act all those death scenes.

I can't bring you absolute truth in the detailed factual sense. All I can do is bring you an interpretation as I understand it. That's all you can ever get from an actor.

Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other than what they're doing.

I do think I'm a character actor.

I would love to be able to get behind the camera and direct actors. I think that would be a lot of fun.

If I can be a working actor, if I can be an actor and not have a day job, I'll be fine.

I love working with actors. I grew up with a lot of actors. All my friends are actors. I love that process.

I'm not a big method actor. I'm much more superficial.

As far as a job, actors get treated a lot better than writers so I definitely prefer acting. A writer has to make his own coffee and an actor has somebody bring them coffee.

Shakespeare teaches you how to act. You come out of this process as a better actor. It's just the nature of the words he writes.

[In New York,] when you say you're an actor, there's a certain level of respect that goes with that.

In L.A., being an actor is like a pastime, everybody there is like, "I was on this reality show; I'm an actor." It becomes a word that is loosely thrown around.

I just want the actors to put their faith in the language. Just let the words do the work.

An actor remembers his first piece of published praise. It is written on his heart.

I would like, in the long term, to be recognized as a writer-director-actor.

I don't know an actor who hasn't let himself down at some point. I imagine it's the same in politics. There's always the potential to self sabotage.

I very rarely get nervous as an actor. Very rarely.

I'm a real people person and I'm very sensitive, and I've just noticed how other actors that I've worked with, as an actor, take direction from people.

I've done movies where I've had to cast actors and teach them to rap, and cast rappers and teach them to act.

I do a public access show with puppets. Puppets called actors, TV and movie stars.

Focus on making you the best you can be as an actor, and follow your own path.

I had always planned to be an actor, and the music was just in my DNA, it's always been.

Seeing a film at the cinema, or a DVD or whatever at home, your brain is really receptive to not only whether the script's working, or if the actors are acting well, but also the colours.

I started out as an actor but now I act to fund my own productions. I've managed to separate my mindset.

I think if you don't stop an actor every two minutes, changing the position of the camera and the lighting, there is going to be a flow of energy.

It was very natural that people just think of me as a comic actor.

What I try to do is give each actor an environment in which they can do their best work.

All actors have their own unique path when it comes to the development of their training and careers.

Some friends of mine who are actors feel directing shuts them down and kills all their impulses, but the worst thing for me is if I feel a director hasn't noticed.

I think as an actor, it's very exciting when you have a really fully realized, complex, multifaceted character already established.

Every character actor, in their own little sphere, is the lead.

Its hard for me to listen to any actors whine or moan about anything acting-related because look at the world. We really have nothing to complain about. Just to be working is a blessing.

Once you start working with a particular actor, that actor becomes very present in your mind as your mind as you're writing subsequent episodes.

I think actors like to be directed. Actors like to know where they're headed and what they want, so I'm very encouraging.

I've always enjoyed family movies anyway. And I grew up loving actors who could hop around and play in something very family friendly, big, playful - and then go and do drama and comedy as well.

"I've never see you do something like this before and I'd love to see you try." For a young actor, that's about the most exciting thing that anyone can say to you.

I always wanted to be an actor.

I love writing for other actors, women of African descent and people who are generally underrepresented.

The whole thing with comedy is that you are always in control. Writer, director, actor, producer, and sometimes bouncer. And you are just a piece of their puzzle.

I always wanted to be an actor. I had the arrogance to believe I couldn't be anything else.

I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.