Actor Quotes
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As an actor, it's very interesting to make the audience love you while you are doing horrendous things.
Florence Pugh -
A kitten is the delight of a household. All day long, comedy is played by an incomparable actor.
Jules François Felix Fleury-Husson
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Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me.
Michael Gambon -
The poor show of a film can be crucial in an actor's career. Maybe that is why some actors choose to act in a lot of films, so as not to be affected by a single hit or a flop.
Nivin Pauly -
I'm a character actor. Nobody's ever seemed to think of me as a leading man. I'm 6'6''. I've got a big nose. I'm gangly. I've got crooked teeth. That's certainly not Brad Pitt. I'm still around and alive, so if they need older guys, I guess they're thinking of me.
James Cromwell -
How many times, in any actor's life, do you get to be a part of something that has a legacy like Buffy? I think that's only fortunate. I don't see the negative.
Sarah Michelle Gellar -
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.
Steve Wilkos -
A worldly actor is a better actor. It sounds pretentious, but I think having these experiences can translate back into your work.
Nick Robinson
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I am a great observer of things, and I do it all the time. I store stuff; I use it as an actor; that sort of recall, of emotional memory and images of things, just tastes of things.
Steve Bisley -
As an actor just learning the craft, you literally do a scene with Jimmy Gandolfini, and you walk away a better actor.
Steven Van Zandt -
I've been sort of coasting on 'Peep Show.' So now it's kind of, 'When I grow up, I'm going to have to be an actor if I'm not careful.'
Robert Webb -
As an actor in-between jobs, it can be hard to stay motivated when you feel like you future is always in someone else's hands. You are always waiting for someone to look at you and say "YES."
Benjamin Stone -
The actor's life is the road. Always has been, always will be. That is his cross and his glory.
Nick Mancuso -
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.
Alison Elliott
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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 -
Muhlenberg is the school that made me and shaped me into the actor I am today.
Frankie Grande -
If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors.
Cary Grant -
The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you.
Stephen Rea -
That's your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.
Morgan Freeman -
I actually cut my sentences a lot. I'm very aware of the actor, giving them too many words - just a mouthful of words - it's difficult sometimes for an actor. So I'm kind of aware of breaking sometimes the line, the sentence with a comma where maybe there wouldn't be a comma there. Just to give a breathing space for the actor, just to be aware of that.
Nilo Cruz
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To tell you the truth, I always wanted to be a sketch comedian and a comedy actor.
Artie Lange -
I think it's just growth, and development, timing. I've been fortunate to be around for a long time. Allowed me to get better as an actor. Allowed me to play better roles.
Morris Chestnut -
There are the obstacles of your position as an actor, not being a commodity enough to be hired by the big directors for projects that have some kind of integrity, because the successful actors who've been in the game for a while want those roles. So there's more competition, so you have to work harder and be right for it.
Adrien Brody -
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?
Steven Millhauser