Actors Quotes

Some kids are fine, but often I don't like what I see in child actors. My kids are young and they are already showing an interest, so I have to try to discourage them, squash that in them.

Growing up I didn't want to be an actor. I sort of didn't want to go into the family business; the main reason being there was something I wanted to do far more, which was be an artist.

Instead of being a theater actor who sometimes does movies I became a movie actor who sometimes does theater.

I went to Harvard and immediately fell into the theater gang, and I was already an experienced actor, so you go with the flow! I've already used the phrase "campus star."

I don't have a Jersey dialect. So when I approached the singing, I approached it the same way as an actor I approach a dialect, just as a singer.

I like to learn the lines and not get any precontrived things in my head about the part. Just get on stage and see what the other actors are doing, and respond to them as honestly as I can.

I'm supposed to be a pretty good theater actor.

I think with actors, if you just don't set about trying to crush their confidence immediately, you're usually OK.

I like very much to do movies.

It never occurred to me to be an actor.

When I have failed as an actor I've always thought it was my fault. But when I direct something, I wouldn't want the actors to think it was their fault.

As actors, you don't actually need to know the future of the character. You just need to know the backgrounds.

I'm a character actor, so as a character actor, I'm always looking for something interesting.

I love having played Walter because I suppose any actor brings a certain aspect of their own personality to their work, and I had a fairly broad canvas to paint on with the different versions.

I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show', I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson.

The word 'career' and 'actor' really don't fit in the same paragraph, let alone sentence. There is no career structure for actors.

There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson.

Critics should be to actors what ornithologists are to birds: they can write all they want, but it shouldn't affect them.

A lot of actors never talk to other actors about how they're doing things, or why. I think it's important to share the way you're thinking.

My sensitivity level is high, but I think that's one of my assets as an actor.

I think I've had more of a variety in what I've done than most actors

I think that all actors find they go down and then they come back up if you work on your craft. They come back up to the top and then they go back down and they come back up and they go back down.

As an actor, your main goal is to tell the truth.

That would have been a great ticket, Reagan and Ford - an actor and a stuntman.

I can't tell my self that I'm a serious actor. But I'm serious person.

The challenge for me is still to do something that hasn't been beaten into the movie going consciousness. Otherwise what am I in it for?

It can be tough as a jobbing actor.

I can be in 20 movies. But I'll never be an actor.

What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can for the director. They have a lot of questions, and your job is to have answers.

Writing has made me a better actor. Acting has made me a better writer. So why wouldn't directing make me a better actor and writer?

As a writer, I haven't delved into dramatic writing. As an actor, I could always, even more so than comedy, do drama.

When someone who is known as a comedic actor goes to drama, it often doesn't work out, because they really just chose wrong, I think - or maybe they're just not good actors, I don't know.

I'm an actor, I'm not a comedian, I never was a comedian.

I am a filmmaker fanatic. I have never been star-struck by an actor once in my entire life.

I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters.

I'm focusing on my efforts behind the camera. I'm doing some producing and directing so that I can make projects for all of the amazing, talented actors and crew that I know.

I don't like the theatre. I like plays in which the audience is addressed by the actors. I don't like seeing people talking to each other on stage as if there isn't an audience.

It can be easy for an actor to go "Well I really have to do a lot" and then just saying "I don't need to do anything, I'm not bound to do anything".

I'm not a star, I'm an actor - there's a difference!

I find actors who play nasty guys in movies are the nicest guys in real life, and the opposite then goes for heroes.

I think all actors have addictive personalities.

The reason the contracts are so long is because actors are very spontaneous; we may want to do Shakespeare one day and be Porky Pig the next!

I don't actually like blocking actors. I prefer giving actors freedom. They don't have to step on a precise mark with me. Instead of giving marks to the actors I like to give marks to the camera.

Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.

I don't have any training in dance. I can convince an audience that I know how to dance because I'm a convincing actor.

It's always fun watching new actors and new voices come out.

When you're an actor, you show up and it's wonderful because you're in the world of make-believe.

Actors can become very involved in a role, but for a director or producer, that's your life for many years.

I love acting, every job is a dream job when you're an actor. I'd like to do eventually more film work and to collaborate with the best actors and directors in film.

I have been very lucky for most of my adult life to be working as an actor.