Actors Quotes
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I find it very invigorating having Ken Lonergan, who's an established, Pulitzer-nominated playwright doing Howards End, or Chris Hampton who's won an Oscar writing a TV series, or having an actor like Mark Rylance, who is probably England's leading theater actor, in the lead in Wolf Hall.
Colin Callender
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I like TV in the way that it moves quickly, I like the pace of TV because I'm that type of actor. I like to go-go-go. I don't have to do 50 million takes of something. I guess I'm not that patient. I really like the pace of it.
A. J. Cook
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Every actor has their stalker.
Erin Gray
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If you are a professional actor who has pride in his work, then the judgment of your peers should be important to you. I treasure each and every award I have ever received - and my Oscar is in a place of honor.
Sofia Villani Scicolone
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I couldn't remember ever having seen a young man with such power, so many facets of expression, so much sheer invention as an actor.
Hedda Hopper
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Sometimes acting and politics make a very bad combination. I think that sometimes people take me less seriously in my work for the UN because I am an actor.
Angelina Jolie
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Preparing a character is the opposite of building-it is a demolishing, removing brick by brick everything in the actor's muscles, ideas and inhibitions that stands between him and the part, until one day, with a great rush of air, the character invades his every pore.
Peter Brook
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Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's opinions of what you do.
Alyssa Milano
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I look for something that grabs me and that's heartfelt, and that's coming from a good place. I want to work with good actors and with directors that I can learn from.
Harry Treadaway
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The Old Vic has always been first and foremost an actors theatre, a home for great talent and memorable performances.
Kevin Spacey
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A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.
Ang Lee
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I never want movie theaters go away. It is the greatest time out on the town. You go out, it's a great place to go, great location, great hang, great date, good place to be with friends. But as an actor who works hard at making movies, I am glad that no matter what people can see your movie on. It's hard to keep a theater for long time; there are so many movies, so when you leave a theater, you're just glad there's a life for your movie.
Adam Sandler
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I don't think it's more difficult for actors to have a good marriage than anyone. I think, in the end, a really important component of any relationship is honesty, and it also comes down to luck.
Cate Blanchett
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I've done interviews with actors who I've worked with who I really like, and I'm like, "Wow, look at you. You're just going on . . . You don't even know what you're saying!"
Kristen Stewart
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The big advantage is that for all the people wondering if someone is really interested, there's finally some proof one way or another. You don't have to rely on a hunch, or continue wasting time if you're in denial, which is a common scenario, ... On the flip side, it could create a generation of actors who know that their conversations are being interpreted, and therefore are less inclined to be genuine.
Jeff Cohen
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When you're working as an actor, you don't think that when you get out of school, it's going to be so hard to get a job. Just to get a job. Any job. Whatsoever. You don't think that people are going to see you in a certain way.
Viola Davis
