Actors Quotes

I never made the choice to be an actor. It just sort of happened to me when I was a kid, for whatever reasons that are irrelevant in this moment.

The other day, someone called me this generation's Bruce Dern - I'd never thought of that, and frankly, I don't know enough of Bruce Dern's work to comment on it, though he is an incredible actor.

I don't know how to ground myself without the other actor present.

A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.

Television is a big roulette table on so many levels. That's all it is for actors.

When you see period films, it tends to often be with older actors.

I don’t discount a magical hand of fate. I am an actor, after all, and a Shakespearian, no less. But it can’t be the ruling force of your life. You have to be the driver.

When I want to support a film starring actors I like, I purchase several tickets at the box office - even if I can't stay for the movie.

I've been just like any other working actor, out there looking for stuff.

We all know the huge problem there is with entertainment in general leaving out women. Especially as actors, we know there are fewer great parts for women.

As a model you do play a certain role and you know as an actor you play another role.

A lot of actors think they can't be happy without the acting... But I think I couldn't be happy with it anymore.

An actress is not a lady; at least, when she is, she is not an actress.

The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They don't want music or poetry because they know that both are good. So actors and actresses thrive and poets and composers starve.

I do not want actors and actresses to understand my plays. That is not necessary. If they will only pronounce the correct sounds I can guarantee the results.

When you first start out as an actor, you're just looking for a good part. As time goes on, if you're being held responsible for the movies themselves, you're looking for a good script all around.

I don't know of an actor that the Coen brothers would come to and say, "Hey, I've got a movie for you to be in, if you want to do it," that would say, "No." That's the truth.

It's hard to find actors that don't feel contemporary when you put them in a period piece.

A lot of actors flame out.

You can't just pick people for their hair color or the shape of their face. You have to go with the best actors.

The actor is not quite a human being-but then, who is?

I'm fascinated with actors, and I've never quite understood the process.

I do this profession. I'm an actor. And it is, for me, an opportunity to meet people.

Ive always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites me.

I know from teaching, that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much.

It's certain that the death of an actor can be on a television screen playing the same thing every week.

I felt like I had to prove myself, but I feel that you have to do that anyway, as an actor. You're there to do a job, and that's your primary concern.

An actor's job is to do their job. It's great if it's successful and it's fantastic when it's a huge hit, but at the same time, you're there to do a job and make sure you do it well.

I know other actors who are relieved when their shows get cancelled, and I've never felt that way about 'Community.'

You're always looking to have a unique experience as an actor, and definitely, being punched by a puppet ranks as a singular experience in my career.

The main fun of being an actor is that you get to bounce around to a lot of different worlds.

I'd never really done comedy before Community, so getting to work day in and day out with all these great people, directors, writers, and actors, I feel like I've learned a lot.

I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I want to work with.

No actor wants to choose - they just want all of the options available to them all the time; we tend to be pretty greedy.

A lot of writers, because they don't understand actors, feel like, in order to be better at their performance, they have to change the words around a lot.

I just consider myself a committed actor. If a movie is a success, that's great; I'm happy for that. But I've learned just to concentrate on my job and do the best that I can.

I'm not an actor, and I'll never call myself an actor. I've never thought of it as part of my life. I'll always be a singer, in my eyes.

As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.

What's so fascinating about people is what they don't show. People are masters at it; usually actors show too much.

I think there are certain actors that have that kind of energy about them, that taking over a room energy.

Some actors count their lines as soon as they receive a script. I'm the opposite. I try to see how many lines I can whittle down. You can say just as much in 4 as you can in 14.

I think a lot of good actors - for instance, Gary Sinise - have no training. His training was really entirely on his feet. I suppose you have to have an instinct for it.

Claude Rains was what we call an actor's actor. He was very involved with himself and his performance.

Oftentimes, actors are looked at as court jesters. They are not looked at as deep-thinking, smart people who do many other things or have gifts in other areas.

Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the Praetorian Guard ruled.

I'm an actor who loves to get physical so any role that allows me to access that is glorious.​

As an actor, you are at the mercy of others for what role you can be seen for and then what you will be cast in.

I don't like making a film and having the actors in character too much in magazines and on the net and everything else. Because you want to keep something back.

Oh, man, pop singers are terrible actors. We're all bad.

The caliber of actors I'm getting to work with and learn from on a daily basis is phenomenal for me as a developing actor.