Actor Quotes
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Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience.
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An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?
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I guess I've always wanted to create my own stories, but writing was one of those things where I thought that I would never actually do it. I respected writers too much, and what they do, to think that I was one of them - and I still feel that way a lot of the time. I still feel uncomfortable calling myself a writer. I'm like, "No, I'm an actor who writes sometimes."
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Confidence is the greatest gift for an actor.
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I believe your thoughts are your thoughts, but are you a human being in front of the camera, or an actor? They are two different things.
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I was an anguished little girl with just one wish: to become an actor. I debuted in live theater at 14 with Dario Niccodemi's 'La Nemica.'
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It wasn't like I ever said, 'I want to be an actor.' I was in the right place at the right time. I went to a local drama group because I found football on the weekends too cold - which is highly ironic because I've had some of the coldest experiences of my life filming 'Game of Thrones.'
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I'm not particularly good at 'celebrity'; I don't think it was something I was born to do. I think I can get by as an actor, but I've never been one for the red carpet and don't put a lot of stock in celebrities that are famous for being famous.
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I have to tell you, you can't have an ego when you're an actor. A lot of actors have them, but in reality most of those people are just sensitive artists dying for a hug and a compliment.
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I'm an actor - it's not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won't ask for their money back.
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One of the most empowering things about being a self-employed actor is also one of the hardest things; I get to set my own goals.
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[ Chadwick Boseman] is a remarkable actor, and he's a remarkable person.
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Changing writing styles is like an actor taking on a different part.
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I was sure that none of the other wonderful actors I had met for this role would have such truthfulness, would have such courage and self-awareness of auto-destruction as River does.
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As an actor, especially one who's worked in casting, you read so many scripts, and some of them are terrible. They're terrible and they're getting made, and some of them are good but the female role is just painful or underwritten. So after years of that, I had this idea kicking around in my head for two years, and I thought, I'm just going to start writing.
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I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor.
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I am an extremely selfless but, at the same time, supremely confident actor.
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The out-of-work actor wears out more than shoe leather. The very sensibilities that make him an artist are shattered by the disregard he is shown as a human being.
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It takes a good actor to sound excited every time.
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Do you believe that the actor on the stage is really a villain? Let me ask you something else. If he isn't a villain, then is he a liar?
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I do the same thing for myself (as an actor) that I do for others.
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A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool's part.
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To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer.
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An actor gets to take a nap, but the director is working hard from dawn till midnight. I'm kind of lazy.
