Actors Quotes

I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent.

Where I come from, you don't just say, 'Oh, I'm going to become an actor.' Talk like that and they think you're crazy.

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time.

I've been very fortunate, because I've cooked for a lot of actors and actresses and musicians. I've cooked for presidents and I've been to the White House.

The genres are widening. I don't think that there's as many limitations on the kinds of projects that actors can do as there once was.

If you give an actor any wiggle room to whine in situations where they want to whine, you're gonna whine.

I feel like in Australia, all the films I've done, we're all equal moving parts in this equation of making the film - an actor is another crew member, essentially.

As actors, we need a moment to take a breath and have a moment of slowness.

I always felt that if I was going to do a movie, I wanted it to be authentic.

The people I look up to the most - politicians, actors, artists - are the people who manage to do a high-powered job while staying themselves. They aren't afraid to be nice.

For an actor, it is better to play well (or even not so well) in a bad film, than to not play at all.

I'm lucky that I've worked with so many different directors with very different styles and with a lot of different actors.

Most actors want to sink their teeth into amazing material.

I'm a very cerebral person and I like to do my homework and break it down. I like to feel like I did my due diligence. It's a confidence factor for me, as an actor.

Someone once told me that the most dynamic actors are people who have stories. People who have lived life. People with experiences.

I'm an actor, so I love to be degraded!

As an actor, you have to get used to being told no, develop a thick skin, and just keep persevering.

I really appreciate an actor who has paid their dues and who has learned hard knocks and has been rewarded in the end.

If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front of an audience.

Remember that you are in actor in a play of such a kind that the author chooses...For this is your duty, to act well the part that is given to you; but to select the part belongs to another.

I'm not a very good actor, so I break character all the time.

I have done some formal acting training, because I sucked at acting when I first got to Los Angeles. I'm still one of the worst actors and auditions out there.

One of the greatest things I've learned, as an actor, was how to talk to actors.

I already love acting and I love actors, so being able to communicate with actors and to bring performances out of them, and to tell a story and aid them, is really exciting for me.

A lot of why we become actors is to fill a void that we have and a part of that void is to live out and tell stories that we've lived or that we hope would have been different in our own lives.

As an actor, I've always paid attention on sets. I've always watched, learned and listened, and you start to see things differently. You always leave yourself an out.

As an actor I've been attracted to the sort of films that I want to go and see. That tends to usually be drama-related.

I've always described parts as tattoos. For actors our tattoos are in the form of films.

It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work.

I never really think much about the size of a production because I think as an actor, once you're in it, it's all the same. I never ever pick projects based on their size.

Do we have good writers, producers and actors in the U.K.? Yes we do.

Let's be honest, any show will live or die based on how good the characters are, how good the actors are, how complicated the relationships are, how grounded they are and how much heart they have.

To be able to work with actors who are doing such good work, not only makes it easier for you, but it makes you better.

A lot of actors are perfectionists, besides merely being egotists.

I always get a little uppity when I hear the phrase 'TV actor.' It's like saying you're a magazine reporter. I was in the theater for ten years before I ever had a TV audition.

As much as I loved [Al] Pacino and [Robert] De Niro and wanted to be a dramatic actor, I also grew up on sitcoms.

My first film as an actor was 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' a glorious experience that spoiled me for future films.

Look, I'm an actor, I don't profess to understand much of anything

I'm very grateful and appreciative, and I remind myself every day that there are thousands and thousands of actors that have the same dreams and aspirations that I have.

As actors, we want to challenges ourselves and put ourselves in different situations to see how we react and deliver a performance.

I love performing in a good straight play as well and I'm a crossover actor, I crossover from plays to musicals, musicals to plays. This is very difficult for performers.

I don't think I can be intimidated about working with any comedic actors. It felt great to get to play hardball with the big boys as they say.

Every actor has their stalker.

I call myself a character actor all my life. I've done a certain amount as a leading man, but character actors in my estimation - it's a lost art these days.

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.

People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession.

I've always watched actors on the red carpet getting drunk and making idiots of themselves and now I'm happy to join their ranks

Right now, if you're interested in being a dramatic actor, they're not making that many just regular dramas. Movies have to have some other thing going on.

Set designers, costume designers, actors, writers, music, that's what is beautiful.