Actor Quotes
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I don't think I'm that much different from any other working actor that's trying to make a living.
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I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.
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My attitude as an actor, because I'm a stage actor, is whatever the director tells you to do, you try it. You don't resist what a director is giving you.
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I try to be a good, diligent actor.
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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.
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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!
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Seriously, I would go in a second. I'd be the first actor in space and I'd love to do it.
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It's always nice when you get a chance to actually work with the other actor. It just brings the scene to life, in a way that's not as easy to replicate on your own.
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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.
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I'd like to be the next Oprah financially, but I'm not a TV actor. I'm not someone with an entertainment background, I'm a cop. And I'm not afraid to go anywhere and get down and dirty.
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The actor is not quite a human being-but then, who is?
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I still act. It's in my blood. I'll always be an actor.
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As an actor, one's role is very much to respond and react to the situation within the context of the character and his world.
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I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in the part.
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The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.
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The most important thing for me as an actor playing a character is to make you laugh. That's my No. 1 goal.
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If you were a kid actor, if you had any plans of being an actor as an adult, you were really barking up the wrong tree.
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When you're an actor or any kind of artist, you use your life as something to draw from in every experience.
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As an actor, my No. 1 focus was to be on the same page with the writer, director, and producers.
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It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist.
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If you're an actor, go out and act.
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As an actor playing the role, I am so happy with the stuff I am getting to do and the place I am getting to go.
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I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.
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An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.
