Actor Quotes
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The basic skill of an actor is, in fact, empathy, and that's maybe not a skill, it's a disposition. I am an assistant storyteller. I enjoy feeling useful to a team effort. It's my way of finding a use for myself, a utility in this world.
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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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I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.
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I want to be a man's man - not a kid actor or a glitzy pop star but a no-bullshit leading man.
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I don't really view myself as an actor.
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko is a ham actor, not a poet.
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I consider myself a method singer, not a method actor. I applied method acting to singing.
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My chosen occupation isn’t necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor.
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In theatre, you learn the story is more important than the actor.
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The audience's reaction is the most rewarding thing for an actor, especially me.
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As an actor, you get hired to repeat yourself. It wears you out.
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I used to love fast food because I had no money, and I was a struggling actor.
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I'm not an actor who approaches films doing a lot of research. I do zero research, unless it's a film where I'm playing a mock version of someone who already existed. Then, you've got to do a lot of research.
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"You are the actor, and I understand we already had our sit down, you explained your concept, your view," so I said, "Okay, I'm in your hands." That means that if you've got to nudge me a little bit to the right I move to the right, just from the pressure, weight, but you won't have to touch me at all. You can come and go "Okay, you want me over here a little bit more," so no pressure on us at all that's easy to do.
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I'm a great company actor, a great supporting actor. I serve the piece.
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I eventually became an actor, starting with doing stand-up comedy in New York and then theater wherever they would let me. Finally, I moved out here to Los Angeles and got on a show.
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It's all about whatever enriches you. If you decide to go the domestic route and get married and all those things, it makes you a better actor.
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Any passionate actor, if he is spoon-fed, will deliver.
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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.
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I believe that a web series allows actors the freedom to express their views.
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I love to sing. I don't think it's strange for singers to act, or painters to sculpt. I don't want to ever feel like I'm cornered into one expression of creativity because I'm successful at making films or being an actor. I guess it's best to not paint yourself into that corner.
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For an actor, its great fun to play one of these hungry white sharks. Audiences love to hate them.
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Whatever it is that you are doing as an actor, if it frightens you, if you're scared of it, you need to do it.
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"A good director is one that lets you improv," that's ridiculous. There's some actors who should not be improving and there are some scripts that should not be touched. I think it's just a case by case basis.
