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Actor Quotes

"Somewhere in talking and rehearsing, there is a magical moment where actors catch a current, they're on the right road. If they really catch it, then whatever they do from then on is correct and it all comes out of them from that point on."

"Somewhere in talking and rehearsing, there is a magical moment where actors catch a current, they're on the right road. If they really catch it, then whatever they do from then on is correct and it all comes out of them from that point on."

David Lynch, American Director

Actor, Actors, Right, Road, Talking

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"To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle."

"To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle."

James Dean, American Actor

Actor, Thinking

30

"If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable."

"If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable."

Jack Lemon, American Actor

30

"The worst thing that an actor can do is go into any project with a lack of respect for the material. You can have an opinion about it, but you have to respect yourself in doing it."

"The worst thing that an actor can do is go into any project with a lack of respect for the material. You can have an opinion about it, but you have to respect yourself in doing it."

Alfred Molina, English Actor

Actor, Opinion, Project, Respect

30

"When I think about actors I know, I'd much rather hear about who they're shagging than what film they're doing next."

"When I think about actors I know, I'd much rather hear about who they're shagging than what film they're doing next."

Hugh Grant, English Actor

Actor, Actors, Film

29

"In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing."

"In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing."

Barry Bostwick, American Actor

29

"You know, for an actor to come into the midst of that, it's - It can either be difficult and somewhat unnerving, or it can be very embracing and like, kind of stepping into a nice hot tub."

"You know, for an actor to come into the midst of that, it's - It can either be difficult and somewhat unnerving, or it can be very embracing and like, kind of stepping into a nice hot tub."

Keith Carradine, American Actor

29

"Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused."

"Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused."

Liev Schreiber, American Actor

29

"It's well known that actors are lousy writers."

"It's well known that actors are lousy writers."

Richard Grant, American Author

Actor, Actors, Writers

29

"Watching a good actor is the best way to learn."

"Watching a good actor is the best way to learn."

Kieran Culkin, American Actor

29

"If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives."

"If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives."

Marlon Brando, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Talk, Television

29

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

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

Richard O'Brien, English Actor

Actor, First, Horses

29

"Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of."

"Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of."

Tia Carrere, American Actress

29

"It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor."

"It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor."

John Ford, English Dramatist

28

"Well, I think on second units it's all about execution. Because you come in there, you don't have to worry so much about the studio and all the other actors and all that."

"Well, I think on second units it's all about execution. Because you come in there, you don't have to worry so much about the studio and all the other actors and all that."

David R. Ellis, American Director

Actor, Actors, Execution, Worry

28

"To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me."

"To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me."

Stephen Hopkins, American Politician

28

"Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She's an actor who's a child."

"Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She's an actor who's a child."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

28

"I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but never any good at anything."

"I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but never any good at anything."

Sean Bean, English Actor

Actor, Being, Intention, Pretty

28

"This is still a big barrier for me and it is for a lot of foreign actors."

"This is still a big barrier for me and it is for a lot of foreign actors."

Chow Yun Fat, Chinese Actor

28

"I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would be if actors had a tail because I have animals and a tail is so expressive. On a cat you can tell everything. You can tell if they're annoyed. You can tell whether they're scared."

"I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would be if actors had a tail because I have animals and a tail is so expressive. On a cat you can tell everything. You can tell if they're annoyed. You can tell whether they're scared."

Christopher Walken, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Animals, Talking

28

"And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor."

"And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor."

Ted Shackelford, American Actor

Actor, Play, Want

28

"On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors."

"On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors."

Aisha Tyler, American Actress

28

"Today I divide my day between being actor, producer and distributor, and the monotony is broken."

"Today I divide my day between being actor, producer and distributor, and the monotony is broken."

Ajay Devgan, Indian Actor

Actor, Being, Day, Today

28

"As an actor you become that lighting rod between the person who made the play and the audience."

"As an actor you become that lighting rod between the person who made the play and the audience."

Christopher Walken, American Actor

28

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

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

Marlon Brando, American Actor

Actor, Listening, Talking

27

"I don't really think of myself as an actor."

"I don't really think of myself as an actor."

Dylan Moran, Irish Comedian

27

"I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since."

"I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since."

Michael Ironside, Canadian Actor

27

"Because we're actors we can pretend and fake it, but I'd rather the intimate investment was authentic."

"Because we're actors we can pretend and fake it, but I'd rather the intimate investment was authentic."

Keanu Reeves, Canadian Actor

Actor, Actors, Investment

27

"I'm happy being an actor, it's what I have always wanted to do. I'm just lucky I got to do it so early."

"I'm happy being an actor, it's what I have always wanted to do. I'm just lucky I got to do it so early."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

27

"I'm a ballplayer, not an actor."

"I'm a ballplayer, not an actor."

Joe DiMaggio, American Athlete

27

"It's certainly more interesting for me as an actor, but I think it's also more interesting for the audience to see three-dimensional characters, rather than just a bad guy or a good guy."

"It's certainly more interesting for me as an actor, but I think it's also more interesting for the audience to see three-dimensional characters, rather than just a bad guy or a good guy."

Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor

27

"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."

"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."

Jude Law, British Actor

Actor, Career, Risk

27

"Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors."

"Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors."

Konstantin Stanislavisky, Russian Actor

27

"No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement."

"No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement."

James Earl Jones, American Actor

27

"In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator."

"In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Actor, Content, Paris

27

"We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie."

"We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie."

Javier Bardem, Spanish Actor

27

"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."

"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."

Joe Pantoliano, American Actor

27

"As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams."

"As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams."

Phil Hartman, Canadian Actor

Actor, Cute, Leading, Man

27

"Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience."

"Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience."

Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor

27

"I want to aspire to something like what Denzel Washington does, which is try to find scripts written for white actors - or Jodie Foster, who reads scripts for male actors."

"I want to aspire to something like what Denzel Washington does, which is try to find scripts written for white actors - or Jodie Foster, who reads scripts for male actors."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Actor, Actors, Want, Washington

27

"At 27, it's great to get to a place where I'm not an actor for hire anymore."

"At 27, it's great to get to a place where I'm not an actor for hire anymore."

Ryan Phillippe, American Actor

26

"I was an actor before becoming a comedian."

"I was an actor before becoming a comedian."

Shelley Berman, American Comedian

26

"A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly."

"A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

Actor, Encouragement, Environment

26

"The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the dispute is resolved, that it be resolved peacefully."

"The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the dispute is resolved, that it be resolved peacefully."

William Kirby, English Scientist

Actor, Actors, states, United

26

"Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves."

"Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

Actor, Actors, Rejection

26

"I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy."

"I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

Actor, Actors, Artist, Artists, Writers

26

"What I've got to do now is let them judge me for who I am as an actor and not for my notoriety."

"What I've got to do now is let them judge me for who I am as an actor and not for my notoriety."

Mickey Rourke, American Actor

26

"I'm a Method actor. I spent years training for the drinking and carousing I had to do in this film."

"I'm a Method actor. I spent years training for the drinking and carousing I had to do in this film."

George Clooney, American Actor

Actor, Drinking, Film, Training

26

"I had to learn how to become a real actor, I had to suffer and be rejected and face that 100 times just like every actor. It wasn't like someone handed it to me."

"I had to learn how to become a real actor, I had to suffer and be rejected and face that 100 times just like every actor. It wasn't like someone handed it to me."

Donnie Wahlberg, American Actor

26

"In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined."

"In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined."

Jena Malone, American Actress

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