Actors Quotes

• I think I would co-direct because I love actors and I've got a very good eye. I'm not a second-guesser. I don't think that I would be very happy, getting inundated by financial issues. I would love to co-direct with somebody because that would be a real freedom and an adventure, and then I could leave all the pain and misery to them. I'm not glib about it. I would take the responsibility to make a really good movie.

  

  Lance Henriksen
  • Happy
  • Freedom
  • Responsibility

• It's not like I sit around watching my movies again and again, but I've never quite believed actors when they say they don't watch themselves.

  

  Kristen Stewart
  • Actors
  • Watches
  • Again And Again

• Not all political actors share our vision of fighting terrorism, lessening tensions in the region and focusing on building the economy. It is natural that they would challenge the government, but we have fought every challenge effectively. The daily ups and down of democracy should not be interpreted as lack of stability.

  

  Asif Ali Zardari
  • Political
  • Government
  • Fighting

• There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, theyve forgotten that, and they leave going, Wow - what an amazing play.

  

  Kevin Spacey
  • People
  • Amazing
  • Theatre

• The one thing I think I've noticed about shows that are supposed to be funny on television is that they've sort of become routinized, so there's an awful lot of mannerisms and joke lines that are sort of there to trigger laughter, rather than give actors a chance to play a moment.

  

  Alan Alda
  • Funny
  • Chance
  • Laughter

• I was a student of Sanford Meisner for three years at the Neighborhood Playhouse, and I studied with Lee Strasburg for five years and became a member of the Actors Studio. What I studied came right from the horse's mouth. My students have a lot to learn from me, and I am so eager to share it.

  

  Lainie Kazan
  • Students
  • Share
  • Studio

• Between pets, comedy and toys, I try to surround myself with as much fun stuff as I can. That's how I pick projects. It's about whether I'm going to enjoy myself, enjoy the other actors, and enjoy the other people that I'm working with.

  

  Eric Stonestreet
  • Comedy
  • Enjoy
  • Projects

• If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.

  

  Tara Strong
  • Actors
  • Talented

• But actors with political views are a dime a dozen.

  

  Tom Hanks
  • Actors
  • Views
  • Dime

• My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch.

  

  Michael Caine
  • Views
  • Psychiatrist
  • Couches

• There is nothing worse than when actors come to a set - and it happens a lot with big stars - and they are too aware of where the camera is. They are the show. And that becomes apparent and it affects the production. I am like 'You should not know where the camera is - you should act, and I will do the rest.'

  

  Paddy Considine
  • Stars
  • Show
  • Camera

• As a playwright, you are a torturer of actors and of the audience as well. You inflict things on people.

  

  Tony Kushner
  • People
  • Audience
  • Wells

• I'll never look down on and I love running into actors who say 'Oh yeah, I did a soap.' I say 'Tell me which one!' It's like being a member of a secret society.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Society
  • Secret
  • Say

• That's how I am as a director - if somebody does a really good take, I can't help it, I'm not even aware of it. Actors really, really need positive reinforcement.

  

  Cameron Crowe
  • Good
  • Help
  • Positive

• Our job as actors, especially in front of a camera, is almost like textile artists. We spend so much time getting the right texture of yarn, and working out the color scheme, and binding off the weave, and making it just right.

  

  Anthony Heald
  • Job
  • Artists
  • Texture

• I'm wide open to getting married, but actors are not easy people to date. You end up sharing that person with this other mistress that is their career. I very much like the traditional courtship method of making a date. That's what they do in normal places, but Hollywood's not normal.

  

  Seth MacFarlane
  • Married
  • Careers
  • Mistress

• I plan on having the credibility and integrity of being a part of an entertainment news program like 'E!,' in addition to being on the actor side as well.

  

  Terrence J
  • Integrity
  • Program
  • Entertainment

• My job as an actor is to serve the writing and help the author get his ideas across.

  

  Kevin Spacey
  • Writing
  • Job
  • Help

• You have to start with the notion that you pick the actor who's going to embody the role, the best person that you can find. If you don't start with that then it sort of defies the whole purpose of trying to make the best film that you can make.

  

  Christopher Meledandri
  • Trying
  • Purpose
  • Film

• I'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the Best Actor.

  

  Michael Caine
  • Actors
  • Betting

• You can watch actors create their illusions, but if you don't see where they get the pigeons from, you don't really know how they're doing it.

  

  Alan Alda
  • Actors
  • Illusions
  • Pigeons

• Never meddle with play-actors, for they're a favoured race.

  

  Miguel de Cervantes
  • Play
  • Actors
  • Race

• I'm good with dialect. Some actors do it immediately; other actors never quite get it. It's something I've always really enjoyed and something I've always been pretty fast with.

  

  Scarlett Johansson
  • Actors
  • Enjoyed
  • Dialect

• I'm an athletic actor. I'm known for my action; I'm a guy who does my own stunts on screen.

  

  Akshay Kumar
  • Guy
  • Action
  • Athletic

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