Actor Quotes

I think I can work with any type of actor.

I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I did.

Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me.

I love to sing and I do think that my strength as a singer is... I think I have a voice that is certainly sufficient under most any circumstances... but I think my strength is that I really am an actor and I really do have to own what I am saying.

Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.

It's a lot easier, I think, to be an actor in a movie than to spin a joke on a sitcom.

One of the fun things as an actor is to find a character that if you were to look up a rap sheet about them, you might say, 'I don't really necessarily want to hang out with this guy' or 'I would never be this kind of guy in my life.' I think it's part of an actor's job to say, 'Maybe you could be.'

I know that if I can't move people, then I have no business being an actor.

I think every actor wants to be an FBI or cop at one point.

I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.

I get a little jealous of these actor boys. They walk into a club, and in two seconds flat there are swarms of girls who are wanting so badly to touch them or just say hello. That's not the case with me, or any other girl I know.

An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening.

I'm sure it's not great fun for them, or for any parent, when their child says they want to be an actor, 'cos it's quite an uncertain business and it can be terribly hard for most actors.

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.

Eventually I want to be a full-time mother who works occasionally - and being an actor you have that freedom.

I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into something.

You can tell when an actor or actress cares about their work. It's really clear.

The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do.

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

As an actor, my background is in the theater and I feel that my strong suit is period work, but I actually didn't do much of it at all, until the last three or four years. I'm loving it!

There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.

I think it's damaging to know too much about a person, about an actor.

As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again.

An actor always goes to the safe side.

I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.

In the Emperor's New Clothes, they got a different celebrity to do each voice. They drew up a picture of each character and then each actor wrote their own part.

That's one of the great privileges, being an actor, is that someone pays you and sends you off to learn about something that otherwise you'd never know about.

I think what makes a good actor's director is somebody who understands what I'm doing and is respectful of it, but who also has a vision and is directing me toward their vision in a way that feels productive.

I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.

My opposition to the Vietnam War. I was the first Hollywood actor to speak out against it.