Actor Quotes
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If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my first choice was an actor, but if I couldn't be that, I'd want to be a superhero.
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As an actor, you can steer a scene in another direction by playing it a little differently. And honestly? I like being an actor, and I want to keep having a career.
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No actor wants to play to an empty house.
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I no longer believe that William Shakespeare the actor from Stratford was the author of the works that have been ascribed to him.
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I'm an actor and it happened to go my way that day.
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Thankfully, the life of an actor can be quite balanced anyway. If you look over the course of a whole year, you do tend to have periods of down time. So, it's about managing the balance.
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If I'd had the choice when I was 14, and someone had said to me, 'You can either be a footballer or an actor,' I'd have said: 'Well, can't I be a footballing actor?'
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Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor.
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I always wanted to be a comedic actor - that's what I wanted from the job - to do comedy and to create my own comedy. But I still love doing stand-up and will probably be doing it forever. I'd love to be an old guy who can't really walk, can't really stand-up, and I have to sit on the stool and tell jokes.
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I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
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I think any actor should be aware of where they're starting to stretch into what's not truthful.
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I don't really have foresight as an actor as far as career trajectory - I just stick to no-brainer situations.
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I think every actor brings something personal to a role, right?
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I have to say as an actor I have been inspired by so many British actors throughout the years.
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For people who seriously want to get into voiceover acting, clearly the most important thing is that you must be a good actor. That comes first. That's why celebrities get so much work in voiceovers - we've seen their work, we know they're good actors.
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As an actor you're used to being the focus of attention.
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Directing a film requires a different set of skills. It is a difficult job, and I am happy being an actor.
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In fact you can begin to discover and investigate whether you are an actor or not, whether you're in my view, qualified for a life in this profession or in this endeavor by checking yourself out and acting every day, getting plays and scripts and getting together with people and divvying up the parts and acting in one way or another, or writing things.
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It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'm looking for things that I can actually physically use in the movie.
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I got to New York when I was eighteen. I was knocking around, trying to be an actor, writer, musician, whatever happened.
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To be respected as an actor it doesn't help to be seen out in the clubs.
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There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.
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It's one of those things where if I do a movie, I don't even know if I'm any good. So, I may do one and it sucks and I'm a horrible actor, and I'll never do another one.
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There is a kind of invisible thread between the actor and the audience, and when it's there it's stunning, and there is nothing to match that.
