Actors Quotes

I think the education I've had as an actor I would never have had at university.

You have to carry so many archetypes as an actor, especially as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed one.

I'm a character actor; that's my skill set.

I'm a journeyman actor. My experience as a journeyman actor is that you have to go where the work is. I've never been the lead; I've never been in that position.

I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.

As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to think about.

If you are a successful actor, which is what I am, then you tend to get labelled very quickly and easily.

I liken actors and movies and TV shows to football teams. We all have our favorite ones.

Each of us has our own destiny. Mine is to be an actor.

I just don't feel like part of the fraternity of actors. I do geek out. All the time.

When you're working, nobody's a star. We're all just actors trying to figure it out.

To be an actor, a lot of times it's a strange combination of high confidence and low self-esteem. Which is a weird combination to have, but I think it's sort of very common among actors.

You don't go to Berkeley to become an actor. In fact, I don't think you go to any school to become an actor. You've just sort of got to go out there and act.

I usually hang out on the set. I get to know everybody. I have a nice time with the other actors.

If they're willing to pay you what you think you're worth for it, that's why an actor goes to work. A lot of times they want to pay you a lot for a picture you don't want to do.

It's not easy making money as an actor. It's just not an easy thing to do. There's so many that want to do it and so few opportunities to do it that it's not as easy as it would seem.

As an actor, I've been drawn to those characters that are further away from who I may be.

Every actor wants to be everybody - play all the roles.

I just can't say enough about the actors having faith and trust in the writers and the writers having faith and trust in the actors.

As an actor, you're always in situations that can be compromising. But you can wipe away that gray area by making a choice.

I think great directors really respect their actors and vice versa. That mutual respect makes the job fun instead of anything but.

We joke about it in the entertainment industry: Every actor wants to be a musician, and every musician wants to be an actor.

There's nothing more terrifying than an actor who comes with an idea.

Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.

From the time I became an actor my whole approach was to try to do as many different things as possible. It never occurred to me that I might be typecast.

Who says that actors are cattle? Show me a cow who can earn a million dollars a film.

Perhaps teachers must be good actors where lessons are concerned, but in life outside the class, we mustn't hide from our pupils our individual spirits.

Actors can't retire. What would they do?

I started as a standup comic and an actor.

We start with a rehearsal where the actors kind of bring what they think should be in the scene. But we film everything, and we use cuts of this first take, also.

Even if you feel all right, tell the actors you don't have full power, and they will help you.

As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films.

I love actors, regardless of where they are in their skill level. There's something terribly satisfying about working with someone who's really learning.

What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really great script that would force me to grow, or work with a really great actor who will make me better.

I knew that I wanted to be an actor. Then it became about whether acting wanted me.So, I gave it a shot. It hasn't worked out too bad, so far.

In terms of acting, we go through phases of being really inspired by film and television and actors and works that we've read.

I had very few skills. If I hadn't been a producer I'd been a failed actor. That would have been really disastrous.

They think actors are freaks - that we're a lot of drunks who party all the time and never work. Well, I for one work my tail off.

How long an actress lives professionally depends on her stamina, the extent of her masochism, her imagination, and her yearning for recognition or approval.

Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting. They only think of stardom

All actors are terrified - they just learn how to control it.

As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process.

When the creator of the show is gone, the actors end up being the people who have been there the longest.

Actors should ACT. Not sell perfume, or write cookbooks.

And Daniel?" She asked. "Daniel was a player-" "Hey!" "That's what they called the actors." Bill rolled his eyes.

You're an actor - people judge you and criticize you, and praise you and say you're great in equal measure.

I'll say my dad couldn't act to save his life and nor can my uncle and they'll say I'm the worst actor in the world.

Scratch an actor and you'll find an actor.

I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.