Actors Quotes

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

As an actor, if you were to simplify what acting really is, it's about letting go.

I've been an actor since I was a kid.

I was a film student. I became an actor but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.

Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice.

I look for things that are going to challenge me as an actor.

I usually try not to think about actors while writing, because the odds of those stars aligning and you getting those specific people are so rare.

acting is a wild ride, shared in the company of other actors.

Every actor you learn from, take something from everyone - big actor or not. Whether they're big movie stars or not doesn't really matter.

I never wanted to be an actor and to this day I don't. I can't get a handle on it. An actor wants to become someone else. I am a song-and-dance man and I enjoy being myself, which is all I can do.

I've always been a bit of an orphan, because actors say, 'Well, he's more of a dancer.' And dancers say, 'No. He's really a singer.' And singers say, 'No. He's an actor.'

I've probably had more jobs than any other actor living.

I was a child actor in radio, and there's not many of us left.

I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors.

Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that 90 percent of all actors really just want to be rich and famous as the solution to all that ails.

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected.

To me, the screenplay only becomes the Bible of the film after the actors have been cast.

I'm such a fan of actors, and also enjoy watching them work, so that I can help their acting in any way I can.

Nicolas Cage is a great actor and he's done some good action movies too.

I get involved with projects based on three parameters - the script, the actors involved and the director.

I didn't originally want to be an actor. I didn't know what I wanted to be.

I just personally feel like the best writing for actors exists in cable television.

I dont want to be just considered a breakout comedic supporting actor. I want to be a breakout actor in anything thats a lead.

I am not one of those actors who believes he has to live the part he is playing. I can turn it on and off.

We as actors doubt up until the last minute that we can be this person. So everything matters, the more work you do, you get in touch with who the character is.

I had to learn how to become a real actor, I had to suffer and be rejected and face that 100 times just like every actor. It wasn't like someone handed it to me

It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am

If you're playing a cop in a modern film, you don't have to walk with your spine straight up and bow before a fight. There's a lot of free form of expressing yourself as an actor.

Like any other actor, I draw on life experience.

It's a blessing to be given a variety of roles to what I call an iconic action actor like myself.

Scratch an actor and you'll find an actress.

I think if you work as an actress and are supposed as a character to be in love with some actor, then to some extent you do have to be in love with him.

I enjoy Modern Family very much. Good TV program. I don't know why. I just find that so many of the jokes land. So many of the actors are so great. Phil Dunphy is one of my favorite characters ever.

[Ryan Reynolds] is my favorite [ on Top Gear] - I think he's the most hilarious actor who just has not been able to catch a break in terms of being known as the most hilarious actor.

My own personal process with movies is to develop the characters with the actors and, when I've done that properly, you can't imagine anyone else, but that actor, playing that part.

It's almost a work-shopping process to create the characters with the actors.

There are actors who just bring an enormous amount of empathy. They just have that"it" that makes you want to follow them and root for them.

It's better to find a stunt person who can act. It's easier to do that than to find an actor who can do a stunt.

I dreamt of being an actor ever since I was young.

I am an actor through and through.

The next actor I meet that uses the term 'courageous' to describe another actor's performance is getting punched in the face.

I don't like to direct the actors by telling them what to do. If anything, it's reminding them where they are in the movie, what's happening emotionally and what they want in the scene.

I love working with the actors eye-to-eye. I think something gets lost in translation, not only through a monitor, but when you leave the area where the actual scene is taking place.

And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a toad. I'm roadkill. I'm anything but a celebrity.

I love working, I'd be dead if I hadn't found myself as an actor I didn't have to be successful.

I think the most important thing for an actor is to stay current and stay relevant, and those are probably the hardest things to do.

My theory about actors is we're all walking milk cartons. Expirations dates everywhere.

Much of the time, as an actor, you sit around waiting. Most of your life and career, you’re waiting for your agent or your manager to call you.

It's hard to find success and it's hard to find hit movies or hit TV shows and to stay relevant. I think it's a very difficult thing for actors, because a lot of us get lost, frankly.