Actor Quotes

The way I see it, when I go out as an actor, it should be on a type of film I'm never going to do as a director.

I only worked on Men of Honor for three weeks, but I walked away with so much. Because Bob is the kind of actor who gives you the opportunity to really go there. And we really had to go there. I mean, we were both playing drunks.

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.

Personally speaking there's only so long you can go from film to film to film. There's an inspiration an actor gets from the stage.

When you know youre whoring it hurts. I have kids. I'm not going to run down an actor for doing this.

I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be.

Any actor or actress that tells you that they don't watch their stuff is lying.

I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.

I was never a struggling actor, for which I feel very blessed.

As an actor, to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I'm not going to get any more work; it's about not having enough money.

When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you don't know what the hell is going on.

I never write with an actor in mind - never.

I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.

I'm an actor, that's my contribution.

An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation.

When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies. It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I'd go home and act all the parts. It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.

I don't have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force.

I've played some gangster roles, but that's obviously not me. When you're an Italian-American New York actor, it's just an easy way to get cast.

So as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve. I want to work with people that frighten me and excite me, and characters that I don't believe I'm the best person for the part but I'm still gonna try anyway. Those are my favorite roles.

Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life.

It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist.

The trap for an actor is that you become too successful at what you're trying to do, and you can find yourself stuck there.

I spent so many years of my life as a stage actor and when you do all these plays, a lot of really great plays are very politically driven. They deal with deep social issues, and that's the kind of stuff that I love, as an audience member.

I couldn't have left my career as an actor on a better note than to have done a cameo in the Lost In Space movie. Doing this part is the highlight of my career. What a way to leave the profession!

I consider myself a very lucky actor that, approaching 60, I'm still employed and employable.

My favorite actor is Wallace Beery.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.

There's a personal me, there's an actor me and there's a star me.

I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly not the path many Indian parents encourage their children to take, but mine were very supportive. They wanted me to have an education, but understood that this is what I wanted to do.

I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.