Actor Quotes
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I am a total sucker for an actor's autobiography/biography. I have probably read most of them.
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A career like mine as an actor has a lot of ups and downs. Sometimes you wonder if you're not wasting your time trying to carve out a space for yourself in this crazy entertainment industry.
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I'm a pretty cliche actor in that I hate watching myself on film.
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The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.
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My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor, and if fame follows suit, that's fine.
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But I'm an actor and I like to just keep working.
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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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No artiste wants to be boxed. We thrive on challenging roles, and they can come from anywhere. I consider myself blessed to be recognised as a pan-Indian actor. Yes, it means more hard work, prepping more for the roles, but I'm all for it.
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The actor’s realm is that of the fleeting.
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Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.
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I had the benefit of watching good people show me what it really is to be an actor – the day in and day out of it.
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Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work.
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I've dubbed for my roles in Hindi, English, and Italian. Therefore, I'm used to the process. But, dubbing is hard, especially when you are dubbing for a prominent actor.
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I worked as an actor for many years. Then I segued to some non-fiction writing.
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I think selfishly, as an actor, we always want to do more.
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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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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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It's crazy, it's different. It's what I wanted, but it's different. It's not exactly what I wanted, you know what I mean? If you become an actor you want to be a successful actor; but with success comes a lot of things. Some of it's great! It's great to be able to pay your rent from the work that you do.
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My ambition is to get better as an actor.
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Zombies - obviously they're doing it in a much more expansive way on The Walking Dead - basically, what you used to do is you put a bunch of goo on an actor and have them shamble towards you, and it's a very effective creature. It always has tremendous impact, just that feeling of death coming for you; that's universally accepted.
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It was never a plan to be an actor.
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I wanted really to make it moment to moment, partly because I'm an actor and that's how I operate - actors are all about creating the moment.
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My whole thing is I just always wanted to be a working actor and I just wanted to stop waiting tables.
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I'm an eccentric English actor, and there's a lot of us around.
