Actors Quotes

I was dissatisfied just being an actor.

I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid.

I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.

It’s a nice challenge to escape your reality. I think that’s why actors do what we do. We like to play other people. It’s therapeutic.

Actors are different. Some actors play themselves very successfully, but I come from the theater. Having done Shakespeare, we sometimes did three or four characters in the same play.

I think most actors like to do things that are right outside of their comfort zone.

As far as the performance aspect, I'm going to be an actor. I still love performing, but I'm moving into more acting.

Why do I use the same actors in different movies? One of the things I really stress in casting is I need to find someone who is suitable for the role in the movie. That's always the main reason.

I hadn't intended to end up there. I meant to be a serious actor with a beard who wore a lot of black and wanted to share his misery with you.

The process of doing plays will make you an actor.

There's a lot of idiots in Hollywood, a lot of people with no imagination, so as an actor you have to constantly re-show them what you can do.

As a director, my job is to protect. I protect scripts, actors, cameramen, designers.

I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind.

To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.

The truth is, I'm a character guy. That's how I see myself. I always see the role as being far more interesting and important than I am... not all actors approach it that way.

When actors begin to think, it's time for a change. They are not fitted for it.

I didnt know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didnt know any arty types.

My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I didn't even consider film and television when I was in New York, but what came along, came along.

I don't aspire to direct like many actors. I would aspire most likely to do some writing, but I haven't had a chance to do that.

When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing for them, just the way Shakespeare wrote for his actors.

I like songs that are part of a dramatic texture, and therefore I like the scenes to be active. I wanna follow the story and that means you lean on the actors.

With 'Twilight,' I felt the actors needed to be up-and-coming artists that haven't been recognized yet.

I definitely get star-struck over - not so much actors and celebrities because I see them around and I work with some of them - but it's more things I'm not involved in that I get star-struck about.

Kristen Bell is rare as an actress, because she's the type of actor who jumps out of a plane without a parachute - from a totally fearless place, which is really refreshing and inspiring.

I love actors. I love working with actors. I really enjoy the process. I love having those in-depth discussions about the interior of their character, and actors really love to discuss that too.

In a huge way, everything that I've done in my life has helped inform my ability to communicate with actors and direct them.

I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors.

I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it.

I don't blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done it, as an actor.

I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor.

You project a version of yourself to the public to protect and insulate yourself a little bit. Actors come up with a version of themselves in order to protect the real person.

If I was ever to ask advice, it could be from any actor or showrunner or writer. I wouldn't necessarily ask an animate. I don't want to say that the wrong way, but animation's not really my world.

I was never an actor. I had done one or two random projects in my advertising career.

Wanting to work is a luxury; having to work is not. If you're an artist, an actor, and you don't have to work, then you do work that you wanna do.

When you're starting out as an actor, there isn't much food around. I was lucky to have a hit pretty early on. I didn't starve too long.

I'm not going to say, I'm an actor and I'm changing the world. Who cares?

I've only had good experiences with actors. Starring next to them and directing them, for the most part they're all inspiring, special people.

The thing is that I'm an actor first, and in 'Once,' I was able to be a musician and a singer as well as an actor.

What is a movie star? A movie star is many things. They can be tall, short, thin, or skinny. They can be Democrats... or skinny.

Ill never be as good an actor as I want to be....but I'll be good.

When I was 16 and wanted to be an actor, people told me to go work at the supermarket.

You have to make something good. Just because all the hot actors show up and the money is there and the explosives are ready, it doesn't matter.

I look at it like, I'm just a character actor. If I get cast as the stoned sidekick, fine. But I just want to act.

It's such a gift when you know who you're writing for and you know that that actor is capable of so much that you can relax a bit.

Like all independent movies, the first thing you're looking for is a name actor who will justify your financing.

You hear this said about actors sometimes, that they're fearless, but she [ Maggie Gyllenhaal] really is.

My dad took me to my first movie.

Actors just need each other to act together.

I think even if you're on a screen or you're in a play, it's always a group effort. It's not just the actors, it's the editor.

Actors want to be told what to do - they really do. But they also want to have an input and be recognized for that.