Actor Quotes
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I've always like sort of, as an actor, I'm drawn to exploring how we are as human beings in given situations and how we act and how we react and what makes us tick.
Ewan McGregor -
As an actor, you don't want to know the beginning and end to your character's arc. It makes it more fun. You're not playing the end. You're playing it realistically. You don't know where this character is going to go and what's going to happen to him, which just makes it more interesting for the viewers to watch.
Jordan Gavaris
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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 -
I find human behavior really interesting. I think that's ultimately what being an actor is. You explore what it means to be human.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau -
I'm an actor for hire. It's important not to forget that you're disposable....When you have that mentality, you fight for the jobs you want.
Scarlett Johansson -
Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be an actor.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau -
Without 'Santini,' my life as an actor would never have had any of the depth or, at least, nothing like the depth it has now.
Michael O'Keefe -
You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can.
Sharon Horgan
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I went to LA because my parents were there and somebody asked me if I wanted to be in a movie. It was easy, it wasn't easy to do, but I fell into it. I made a living as an actor for a long time, but I didn't think of myself as an actor, I thought I was a writer.
Hampton Fancher -
If I was just considered a looker and wasn't considered an actor, where would I be in 10 or 20 years from now?
Heather Matarazzo -
I don't know one actor that became an actor for healthy reasons.
Judge Reinhold -
Why did I decide to become an actor ? I decided because my brother helped me decide. I knew nothing about the entertainment industry, and never thought I actually would. I never had an interest in it. I grew up not watching many movies or rarely watching TV.
George Stults -
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.
Josh Duhamel -
I've always tried to kind of stretch my wings as an actor and do things that are different.
Michael Douglas
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After a while, the person who knows the character best is you, the actor.
Susan Kelechi Watson -
A play has two authors, the playwright and the actor.
Eric Bentley -
If you're an actor, go out and act.
Simon McBurney -
It was like there's got to be some way to stay working and stay productive in Los Angeles. TV is that kind of thing for an actor. Unless you get stuck in one of these shows where you have to go to Vancouver.
Ethan Suplee -
As an actor, to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I'm not going to get any more work; it's about not having enough money.
Paul Giamatti -
As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you.
James Cromwell
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As an actor, my No. 1 focus was to be on the same page with the writer, director, and producers.
Haaz Sleiman -
My mother implanted in me as a young girl...you can either be an actor in your own life, or a reactor in somebody else's.
Hillary Clinton -
As an actor, I never go back and look at my work, anyway. The satisfaction comes in the doing.
Hart Bochner -
I wanted to be an actor, but only because I wanted to be everything, and that was the only way I could be a marine biologist as well.
Essie Davis