Actor Quotes

I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.

I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.

You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting. They're able to finesse performances out of you that a lot directors can't get.

I feel my job as an actor is to explore all sides of humanity.

As an actor, you ask yourself what you can do to put yourself in a position where you can play that role.

What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an ounce of your essence on that stage,... Otherwise it was impossible.

When you're an actor, you're a slave to other people's visions.

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.

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing.

Most parts that can be played by one actor can equally well be played by another, but not this.

I recognized that I had a window of opportunity that had opened because of my exposure as an actor.

I criticize those critics. The reason being that they're doing one of the worst things that ever can be done to an actor, which is to say, Look, you do what we like you to do or else.

What's the classical moment that every actor or actress deals with? A tragic thing. They get that blank, faraway look in their eyes. But in life, it's not that way.

I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.

I love working with children and this young boy, Thomas Sangster, is quite a remarkable young actor. He raises your game, you know. He certainly raised mine.

I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people.

In live action movies, you just hope that everything works. Because the actor may had a bad morning and doesn't play good, or accidents happen continuously. Many things contradict what you are trying to say. But in cartoons, nothing contradict what you want to say.

No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor.

I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point.

Angelina wanted to make sure that any fighting in the movie would be comparable to any male actor. Everything from stick fighting to horse riding was real to her.

At the time I was growing up in the business I was very well established within the industry as a child actor and as I grew up and turned into a teenager there was less and less work.

The first movie I appeared in was Carry On Cowboy, though not as an actor. I was just riding horses.

I've never been in jeopardy, but being an actor is a pretty shady place to be because you never know where your next job is.

To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended.

I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier.

There are lots of people in the world who do have the advantage of going to a good drama school and just decide that they want to be actors. There's nothing wrong with an untrained actor; they have to get their training somehow, they have to learn.

I didn't intend to become an actor.

An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor.

I maintain that if you're a novelist and you go into an art museum, you'll come out a better novelist. And if you paint a picture for an hour you're a better actor at the end of it.