Actor Quotes

It has given me an insight into what it's like as an actor to come into a show in the middle of a production and fit into a group that's already established.

When an actor asks you to read his script, your heart sinks. The number of scripts I've been given by actors that are so unbelievably terrible!

As I got older, with my work, I became aware of the responsibility of film, and I feel one of the best ways I can apply myself as an actor, is to go beyond movie stardom and celebrity.

Jim Carrey is a consummate actor and professional. He comes on set, knows his lines and knows his moves.

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.

You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact.

I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits.

This really should be kept secret, but you can learn a lot by watching the making-of DVDs. Every actor should do it. You figure out what you're dealing with.

Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

You know, OJ was a really nice guy, and he knew his lines. He was nice to everybody on the set. He got to be a better actor, I thought, with every movie.

Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal.

I've been on jobs where there's that one actor who is just a miserable, miserable no-good, dirty bastard, and it just turns the whole process sour.

As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies. There's always the little guy who's the sidekick to the tall, good-looking guy who gets the girl.

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.

That's the only way to do it. Just like an actor. You can get a great performance if you do a bunch of takes and edit it. You find the moments and string them together.

As an actor, you can certainly, at any moment and at any time, discover 400 people who think you're stupid, fat and ugly.

I think it's a bigger risk following a part that plays up your looks than it is to try and carve out a career as an actor.

'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.

There's no one actor in particular that I want to model my career after, except for the people who have been able to keep their career varied and who choose things that interest them. That opportunity is all I really want.

I want to work with great filmmakers and great actors and get better as an actor.

To be an actor, a true actor, you have to be brokenhearted.

I'm an actor, so sometimes there are moments where I think about everything that's happening and I want to cry. I'm doing what I love and I will be doing it for a very, very long time - and it's amazing. A lot of people don't get to do that.

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worry about box office.

The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life.

Celebrity is death - celebrity - that's the worst thing that can happen to an actor.

I pray and try every day to be a better actor.

I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.

You know, I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor.