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Actor Quotes

"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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"An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer."

"An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer."

Marlon Brando, American Actor

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"I pay attention to the actors and stuff, but not even that much. I don't pay attention to who's writing."

"I pay attention to the actors and stuff, but not even that much. I don't pay attention to who's writing."

Jason Mewes, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Attention, Writing

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"Now that was one thing, but from an actor's point of view, this poor young man, crying from the moment I opened the door to the moment he left. Now if an actor did that they would say he's over-acting."

"Now that was one thing, but from an actor's point of view, this poor young man, crying from the moment I opened the door to the moment he left. Now if an actor did that they would say he's over-acting."

Rod Steiger, American Actor

Actor, Man, Now, Poor

26

"Richard Marquand, on Jedi, was very much an actor's director."

"Richard Marquand, on Jedi, was very much an actor's director."

Peter Mayhew, British Actor

25

"If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors."

"If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors."

Walter Scott, Scottish Novelist

25

"Yeah, well I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre and that's really where my training is. As an actor, that's my training."

"Yeah, well I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre and that's really where my training is. As an actor, that's my training."

Christopher Walken, American Actor

Actor, Comedy, Theatre, Training

25

"If you watch the show and the characters don't look at each other while they're talking, the actors probably aren't getting along."

"If you watch the show and the characters don't look at each other while they're talking, the actors probably aren't getting along."

Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

Actor, Actors, Talking

25

"The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate characterization and dialogue memorable in itself produces dramatic literature."

"The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate characterization and dialogue memorable in itself produces dramatic literature."

George P. Baker, American Theorist

Actor, Desire, Instinct, Literature

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"For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared."

"For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared."

Jena Malone, American Actress

Actor, Being, Listening

25

"I still feel like I'm trying to make it. It's hard to shed the struggling actor thing."

"I still feel like I'm trying to make it. It's hard to shed the struggling actor thing."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

25

"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."

"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."

Claire Danes, American Actress

Actor, Boys, Girls

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"I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it."

"I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it."

Richard Gere, American Actor

25

"I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor."

"I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor."

Michael Ironside, Canadian Actor

25

"I'm not an instinctive actor."

"I'm not an instinctive actor."

John Thaw, British Actor

25

"I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry."

"I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry."

Corey Feldman, American Actor

25

"Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession."

"Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession."

Russell Crowe, Australian Actor

Actor, Profession, Reality

25

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

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

Kyra Sedgwick, American Actress

Actor, Humanity, Job

25

"I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium."

"I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium."

Christopher Eccleston, English Actor

Actor, Film, Television, Theatre

25

"But I'm an actor and I like to just keep working."

"But I'm an actor and I like to just keep working."

M. Emmet Walsh, American Actor

25

"It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre."

"It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre."

Frances McDormand, American Actress

Actor, Debt, Depression, Theatre

25

"Any actor will tell you, anybody in the public eye, that the tabloids are the worst kind of ramification of being a celebrity."

"Any actor will tell you, anybody in the public eye, that the tabloids are the worst kind of ramification of being a celebrity."

Tracey Gold, American Actress

Actor, Being, Celebrity, Eye

25

"There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic."

"There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic."

Nicolas Cage, American Actor

25

"Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew."

"Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

Actor, Actors, Sense

25

"The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the best thing for me to do was audition, help out, do carpentry, whatever it took to get me on that project."

"The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the best thing for me to do was audition, help out, do carpentry, whatever it took to get me on that project."

John Ratzenberger, American Actor

Actor, Cute, Drama, Help

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"Actors are not all there when it comes to things like relationships. The thing about us is we still greatly enjoy each other. If it weren't for her support it would be hard for me to do what I am doing now."

"Actors are not all there when it comes to things like relationships. The thing about us is we still greatly enjoy each other. If it weren't for her support it would be hard for me to do what I am doing now."

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Now, Relationships, Support

25

"I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor."

"I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor."

Julia Roberts, American Actress

Actor, Living, World

25

"Once I found out how much an Off-Off-Broadway actor makes, I was whoring myself out the next day."

"Once I found out how much an Off-Off-Broadway actor makes, I was whoring myself out the next day."

Rob Corddry, American Comedian

25

"I don't know how to ground myself without the other actor present."

"I don't know how to ground myself without the other actor present."

Garry Shandling, American Comedian

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"I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person."

"I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person."

Gale Gordon, American Actor

Actor, Joy, Years

24

"Inside I never said I wanted to do theatre or be an actor."

"Inside I never said I wanted to do theatre or be an actor."

Sebastian Bach, Canadian Musician

24

"It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa."

"It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa."

Dirk Benedict, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Marketing, Stars, Vice

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"I've never had a desire to be famous. Lots of actors are actually extremely shy. I have shy areas."

"I've never had a desire to be famous. Lots of actors are actually extremely shy. I have shy areas."

Jeremy Northam, English Actor

Actor, Actors, Desire, Famous

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"When you're an actor you don't really know what you have to do until you see what you look like."

"When you're an actor you don't really know what you have to do until you see what you look like."

Tom Wilkinson, British Actor

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"Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative."

"Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative."

Joe Pantoliano, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Want

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"It was great as an actor to be given the story line I was given but I didn't expect Craig to stay so it was a lovely twist when I found out they'd decided to keep him."

"It was great as an actor to be given the story line I was given but I didn't expect Craig to stay so it was a lovely twist when I found out they'd decided to keep him."

Richard Fleeshman, English Actor

24

"Young girls of 13 or 12 are great actors."

"Young girls of 13 or 12 are great actors."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Actor, Actors, Girls

24

"I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films."

"I knew you had to go in and audition and maybe they'd hire you, and that's where you start. I had a good understanding about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films."

Laura Dern, American Actress

Actor, Responsibility, Understanding

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"I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again."

"I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again."

Judi Dench, English Actress

24

"Actors cannot go on for over running around the trees."

"Actors cannot go on for over running around the trees."

Rajendra Prasad, Indian Statesman

Actor, Actors, Running, Trees

24

"Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired as advisor to the actors, I was trying to make Jesuits out of them."

"Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired as advisor to the actors, I was trying to make Jesuits out of them."

Daniel Berrigan, American Clergyman

Actor, Actors, Trying

24

"Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb."

"Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb."

Dirk Benedict, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Dumb

24

"There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House... I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living."

"There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House... I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living."

Martin Sheen, American Actor

Actor, Living, President

24

"Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments we had made without a plan. Improvisation without a plan is like tennis without tennis balls."

"Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments we had made without a plan. Improvisation without a plan is like tennis without tennis balls."

Lars von Trier, Danish Director

Actor, Actors, Fact, Play, Tennis

24

"I've been around where I knew other actors were going to steal the scene, and I don't compete with them."

"I've been around where I knew other actors were going to steal the scene, and I don't compete with them."

Kevin Costner, American Actor

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"I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always a connection between the actors. They may be technically proficient, but they're not surprising each other. I'm thrilled by actors who make choices that are surprising."

"I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always a connection between the actors. They may be technically proficient, but they're not surprising each other. I'm thrilled by actors who make choices that are surprising."

Lusia Strus, American Actress

Actor, Actors, Choices, Connection, May

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"An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie."

"An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie."

Christopher Walken, American Actor

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"Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything."

"Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything."

William H. Macy, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Preparation

24

"The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's just a lot of crossover."

"The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's just a lot of crossover."

Christine Lahti, American Actress

Actor, Actors, Film, Now

24

"When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to be that way."

"When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to be that way."

Jason Patric, American Actor

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