Actors Quotes

Watching live actors onstage, in something that changes night by night, real people picking up cues from each other, it concentrates you on the process rather than the result.

One of the great things about my job is I get to do all of these things that I may not experience had I not been an actor.

My stage fright gets worse at every performance. During the overture I hope for a theater fire, typhoon, revolution in the Pentagon.

My mother implanted in me as a young girl...you can either be an actor in your own life, or a reactor in somebody else's.

I think there were bad actors in the government and bad actors in the finance, mortgage, markets industries that need to be called out and held accountable.

Obviously the actors are incredible at being the audience surrogates in this crazy universe.

I think it's very hard to direct foreign language actors, but Carl Rinsch found a great way. A special super visional way.

As much as Id love to be a successful actor, the thought of being recognised in the street is petrifying.

Any work I do I think is important...like in acting there are no small parts- only small actors.

The greatest gift that an actor can have is good scripts because then you're relieved of the responsibility of trying to elevate the material.

The fame of surgeons resembles the fame of actors, who live only during their lifetime and whose talent is no longer appreciable once they have disappeared.

The network shows tend to be run, in general, in my experience, by committee, and it's hard for actors and writers to do their jobs.

We all work to succeed in whatever we choose to do in life, so every success only pushes me to do better and I am constantly trying to improve my craft as an actor.

As professional actors, it's our job to entertain our audiences while setting benchmarks for ourselves as well, creatively and intellectually.

So to answer your question, Im not entirely sure how I ended up where I am today, in the sense that nobody in my family is an actor. It just happened by mistake.

I play the sort of character who would sell his grandmother for career advancement, something I've come across a lot with actors.

I come from the theater, so for me rehearsal is vital and a way of life. There are many film directors who don't believe in it and some actors who prefer not to rehearse.

I always think the great parts outlive the actors that play them and that's a stage tradition, that goes back hundreds of years and it should be that way.

As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great.

Ah, nuts. I'm an actor. I just do what comes naturally.

People sometimes forget how important #‎ Broadway is as a place for young actors to grow.

I have no desire to be a lead actor or anything. I was offered things and occasionally something comes along, but for the most part I'm pretty much, "You've got to be joking, right?"

Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays.

I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.

I can't really attribute my success onscreen to any formula and suggest you "do this or that" to make it as an actor.

As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.

If it sells, it sells. If it doesn't sell, I'll go make a movie.

Actors tend to not know how their performances are going to actually be used. Even though the script says one thing, in the edit, it can be something else.

I'm not a popular actor. I don't necessarily want to be famous. I want to be known for great work. I want to be known to surprise audiences.

Yeah, I know, any time you hear an actor say, 'I do music', you cringe. But I want to be gradual with my music. I want to earn my stripes.

I was on a well-beaten path of actors - what we all call 'the Law and Order route'. I spent two years of auditioning for everything... and then 'The Wire' came up.

I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that's it. Hopefully that's it.

White actors still get way more money in Hollywood. It's been that way for a very long time. I hope it'll change, but it's a matter of forcing that change.

Being able to work with Ridley Scott on this film is like being able to play on the Olympic team for actors.

Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor.

Jealous of the actors now, are we?" "What, of some fancy boy on the screen? Inconceivable." Oh, this was going to be good.

It's every actor's dream to be seen on the big screen. Having said that, it's also imperative to better yourself as an actor all the time. In that, all mediums become important in their own ways.

Actors, to a certain extent, never grow up, you see. It's an extension of being out in the back yard with a stick, only you're being paid to do it. It's borderline madness.

As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.

I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.

I'm interested in what actors reveal about themselves through the structure of the character.

Actors are cave dwellers in a rich darkness which they love and hate.

It surely gives you a high to be an international actor with quality work.

I call myself a literary agent simply to distinguish myself from actors' agents.

One job is to be an actor, the other job is to be a spectator.

I think that a sense of humor of an actor comes through most of the time. Maybe some actors have less than others, and I have it, I think. It's my nature.

I walked out on American Gangster: this evil piece of dreck. Defenders of this junk say that these movies give Black actors jobs. So did "Birth of a Nation."

I still don't think I'm a good actor. The only reason I'm doing it is because I've got a lot of support behind me.

Any actor, any playwright who's worked a life in the theater knows how to do things cheaply and quickly. It's just all by necessity. Invention is everything.

After filming I like to go home and lie down with my daughter and have a glass of wine so I don't really socialize with the other actors.