Actor Quotes
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It's just people should realize that the celebrity aspect of being an actor is very rarely enjoyable for people like me who would always rather go unnoticed and disappear into the crowd.
Winona Ryder -
My philosophy has always been to try to put myself into roles and films that are different. That intensified after 'Lord of the Rings' because it was so massive, but it's something I've always believed in, wanting to change people's perceptions and challenge myself as an actor.
Elijah Wood
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As an actor I am always waiting for my luck to run out.
Tom Hanks -
For some time, I thought being a producer would be a more fulfilling career than being an actor. But then I went to a conference in Cannes with 300 other producers, all desperately chasing finance for their projects... and realized being an actor wasn't so bad after all!
William Kircher -
The heartbreak that it might not happen wasn't something that I wanted to face with any more weight. Then, when I got the call to go ahead I never thought for a second as I was approaching it who I would get - that would come later. Again, I think the idea was that I now had the rights to make the movie and I can start writing it but if I have to wait another 10 years before I find an actor that's right for it, I'd be very happy to do that.
Sean Penn -
When you're an actor and you walk into a theatre where your movie is playing, you're kinda proud. "Look at my skill!"
James Hetfield Metallica -
He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.
Sarah Bernhardt -
I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.
Sean Penn
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I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry.
Corey Feldman -
I've played some gangster roles, but that's obviously not me. When you're an Italian-American New York actor, it's just an easy way to get cast.
Michael Imperioli -
To wait, for an actor, is not like someone who's waiting to see the doctor. It's not the kind of wait where you get bored.
Catherine Deneuve -
If I have to wear a hat as a producer to do that, then I'm willing to do that. An actor's, producer's and director's point-of-view is all the same to me, as long as the story's being told.
Michael Eklund -
The most complex challenge for an actor is the ability to give dimension to the story from the time that it happened, not from the present.
Benjamin Ávila -
We must recognize the eloquence of our passions and refuse to be taken in. Instead of saying, 'That false friend always did despise me,' say: 'In my present state of agitation, I can't see clearly, I can't judge clearly; I am only a tragic actor who is declaiming for his own ears.' Then you will see the lights in the theater go out for lack of an audience, and the brilliant sets will be nothing more than painted cardboard.
Emile Chartier
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To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished.
Sarah Bernhardt -
In the beginning, I was actually embarrassed to admit that I wanted to be an actor.
Brigitte Michael Sumner -
I go to the movies a lot, and I regret when I see some actor that I used to like, to find them offering no more surprises.
Catherine Deneuve -
It is very essential as an actor to be a perfectionist and have a knack for doing different roles over a period of time to keep their fans entertained.
Sidharth Malhotra -
My advice to any actor who's playing, quote, unquote, "extra" to think of it more like Stanislavski did. It's not a small part. You are the lead in the movie, in your own movie.
Harvey Keitel -
Remember that you are in actor in a play of such a kind that the author chooses...For this is your duty, to act well the part that is given to you; but to select the part belongs to another.
Epictetus
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As an actor, you don't have control over what you do, whom you work with.
Scott Ellis -
I've been working steadily as an actor since around 1998. I wasn't well known in the public, but I was a dependable working journeyman.
Nicholas Offerman -
I used to love fast food because I had no money, and I was a struggling actor.
Eva Mendes -
I try to be a good, diligent actor.
Moon Bloodgood