Actors Quotes

George Clooney is a super-human, he's just such an amazing human being, he taught me how to be a better person and a better actor!

I am a human being. I am not an actor.

All I know is that when I go somewhere, I'm not an autobot. I am a human being. I am not an actor.

I'm really enjoying being an actor right now, at this point in my life. It's a great job, it's a huge responsibility, and I just want to do it more.

You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can.

There are lots of actors, and you need a way to stand out. Writing comedy sketches was a way of doing that.

People are really emotionally affected by actors. And it's hard to know how to behave in a way that doesn't impose or withdraw. Because everybody wants your attention.

Meeting actors and TV personalities is one thing, but I just feel like meeting musicians is the coolest.

The trouble with marrying an actor is they grab you in their arms, hold you close and tell you how wonderful they are.

It's really hard as a Canadian actor to make a footprint in the States, because of the visa stuff.

I don't define myself as an actor at all. Nor is that my greatest passion in life by any stretch of the imagination.

As an actor, the minute you start getting real in interviews, you lose mystery.

I think every young actor in Los Angeles went up for that role. It was between Frankie Muniz and me, and he pulled out, so I got the role.

The best movies are simple.

Most actors on most days don't think they're worthy.

Every time you make a movie it's an adventure.

Every actor chooses their story at the beginning.

Nobody makes movies like Oliver Stone.

It's no accident that Tony Hopkins is a wonderful film actor.

An actor has many lives and many people within him. I know there are lots of people inside me. No one ever said I'm dull.

The comedy of class, played so straight, is a wonderful thing for an actor to sink their teeth into.

Movie makers now choose profit over vision.

On the stage you try to act real. On the screen you try to be real.

Im a character actor at heart.

I'm really an actor first. I'd love to do more straight plays.

Even if you have a gift, it's nearly impossible to become a good actor in just a few weeks of training.

I really enjoy working with younger actors. I just feel like we're all peers together.

I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor.

I went to Queen's University Belfast and stayed nine months, then I ran away to be an actor.

As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he's a genius.

It's not really about confidence. It's just something that isn't really in the vocabulary of what goes on at work. The writers write and the actors act.

I want only dead actors. That way there'll be no jealousy.

I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's activity in his future profession.

I'm a fool for a good role in a creative piece where there are really such talented writers and wonderful actors.

A lot of times, actors and directors don't want to repeat something. I don't think we're repeating something, but I think there's certainly a genre that we're in, and we're happy to embrace it.

More actors in action movies should be gangly because that way it's believable when they move through tight spaces.

You can keep yourself alive. That's the magic of being an actor.

Today we find many actors, they are Latin, they are Hispanic, they are living in the Unites States, they are American, but very rarely you find them in a lead role.

Sometimes you choose the wrong actor, he could be the best actor ever, but hes not cast in the right part then it doesnt work.

Martin Sheen is my pinup! And Allison Janney, oh my God. They're brilliant actors.

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

I wrote 'Actor' all on the computer. I didn't touch any instruments until I was in the studio. So while I had all these ornate arrangements, I didn't have any songs.

To have the freedom to be able to make choices is something I guess every actor aspires to. Most actors don't have those kind of choices. If the part comes along, they take it.

My strength as an actor is in the theater - I know that about myself. Some actors get onstage and vanish, but I'm much better there than I am on screen.

Actors, it's very hard for them to make value judgments when they play characters. It's very dangerous if you start thinking of yourself as a bad guy.

Actors make choices for different reasons.

I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things.

I love recording lines. It's like being an actor without having to really act.

As an actor, I feel like youre asked to live life as vibrantly as possible.

If you feel safe then you can go wherever you want to go as an actor.