Actor Quotes
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I like to be directed, it's true. If I didn't like that, I'd do something else. Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else.
Catherine Deneuve -
An actor only has his own understanding and experience to work with.
Harrison Ford
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Any film that you make, it's a very high end game of musical chairs ... but that's just the nature of filmmaking. You do the dance with a certain actor.
Eran Creevy -
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a clown. I didn't want to be an actor, I wanted to join the circus and entertain people.
Eric Stonestreet -
There's no one beating Mr. Bachchan when it comes to acting. He is outstanding. He is a phenomenal actor and a thorough gentleman. His natural skills at acting just bowled me over, and I've become an even bigger fan of his after working with him.
R. Madhavan -
As an actor timing is important, especially as a mother with small children, so a lot is chance.
Nicole Kidman -
As an actor, you always want to root for your characters.
Simon Helberg -
Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you do. It brings back that element of pretend.
Stephen Lang
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I love the idea of longevity in this career. But producing is not about, "Let me do this because this might happen 20 years down the line." Sleepwalking wasn't a vehicle for me, it was a film that pushed the envelope. I want to produce good stories, versus creating a niche where I can look after myself as an actor.
Charlize Theron -
...as an actor there`s nothing better than a great moody moment to play with nothing to say. It`s so much easier to do because you can really get inside your head.
Ewan McGregor -
Every actor is always prepared for the worst when it comes to work.
Sylvester McCoy -
Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor.
Catherine Deneuve -
Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it.
Morgan Freeman -
As an actor, it's great to play a strong leader with a heart of gold.
John C. McGinley
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Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.
Giancarlo Esposito -
I couldn't have ever married an actor. They have a childishness carried into an age when maturity should have set in.
Susan Kohner -
The only thing hard about being an actor is being out of work. So, when you get a job - that part ain't hard at all.
Harrison Ford -
Right now, if you're interested in being a dramatic actor, they're not making that many just regular dramas. Movies have to have some other thing going on.
Ethan Hawke -
The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers.
Steven Berkoff -
Theater is about interpretation and what an actor and what a director brings to a piece too. I'm open to it every time I work with a director and a group of actors. I have to be open to that interpretation. I'm not one of those hysterical playwrights that come and say, "This is not what I intended to do." It's one rendition of the piece.
Nilo Cruz
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I got my first job as a card-carrying actor in New York in 1967. Before that, I was a very desperate wannabe.
Morgan Freeman -
The real actor - like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
Bette Davis -
I think... as an actor, you never want to overspeak about something because, frankly, you want people to be excited about it but still have relatively low expectations so that people will feel better about it.
Nicholas D'Agosto -
I probably became an actor because of my vivid imagination, and doing voice-over really sort of takes me back to that.
Eric Stonestreet