top of page

Quotes by Actor

"The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time."
Quote_1.png
Dana Snyder
"The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"A few nights ago I went to a Hollywood screening of a small independent film made by Sally Kirkland, an old friend of mine who also did terrific job acting in it. There were other actors in it and they were all terrific."
Quote_1.png
Nick Mancuso
"A few nights ago I went to a Hollywood screening of a small independent film made by Sally Kirkland, an old friend of mine who also did terrific job acting in it. There were other actors in it and they were all terrific."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I've just been more interested in doing film right now and I don't want to go away from my family for six months, which was what I would have had to have done if I did the play on Broadway."
Quote_1.png
Mark Ruffalo
"I've just been more interested in doing film right now and I don't want to go away from my family for six months, which was what I would have had to have done if I did the play on Broadway."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"My birth neither shook the German Empire nor caused much of an upheaval in the home. It pleased mother, caused father a certain amount of pride and my elder brother the usual fraternal jealousy of a hitherto only son."
Quote_1.png
Conrad Veidt
"My birth neither shook the German Empire nor caused much of an upheaval in the home. It pleased mother, caused father a certain amount of pride and my elder brother the usual fraternal jealousy of a hitherto only son."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"Basically, my life is so boring, it's embarrassing."
Quote_1.png
Hugh Grant
"Basically, my life is so boring, it's embarrassing."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I'm always surprised by things that happen to my work."
Quote_1.png
Eric Bogosian
"I'm always surprised by things that happen to my work."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"The Whole Wide World is the first movie I've ever produced."
Quote_1.png
Vincent D'Onofrio
"The Whole Wide World is the first movie I've ever produced."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula."
Quote_1.png
Dirk Benedict
"Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people."
Quote_1.png
Marcel Marceau
"In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being."
Quote_1.png
Sidney Poitier
"I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was."
Quote_1.png
Sidney Poitier
"So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had."
Quote_1.png
Vincent D'Onofrio
"Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature in the days when we only made two a year, 1990. It was ridiculous really."
Quote_1.png
Christopher Eccleston
"I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature in the days when we only made two a year, 1990. It was ridiculous really."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"My entire family were Democrats all our lives. But because how furious I was about the previous administration, I turned in my card to become a Republican. I did not want to be known as a Democrat under that person's regime."
Quote_1.png
Danny Aiello
"My entire family were Democrats all our lives. But because how furious I was about the previous administration, I turned in my card to become a Republican. I did not want to be known as a Democrat under that person's regime."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"Frankly I've never really subscribed to these adjectives tagging me as an 'icon', 'superstar', etc. I've always thought of myself as an actor doing his job to the best of his ability."
Quote_1.png
Amitabh Bachchan
"Frankly I've never really subscribed to these adjectives tagging me as an 'icon', 'superstar', etc. I've always thought of myself as an actor doing his job to the best of his ability."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"Bush wasn't elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines."
Quote_1.png
Alec Baldwin
"Bush wasn't elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"We have nine ships and in the next two years will have ten, eleven and twelve. So things are going very nicely and all because of that program that people thought was mindless and so forth."
Quote_1.png
Gavin MacLeod
"We have nine ships and in the next two years will have ten, eleven and twelve. So things are going very nicely and all because of that program that people thought was mindless and so forth."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form."
Quote_1.png
Harold Ramis
"No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"To have my fan club. I am very proud of doing everything. I try to support my parents, friends and fans. I am also proud of my performing in the visual arts, and motion television."
Quote_1.png
Chris Burke
"To have my fan club. I am very proud of doing everything. I try to support my parents, friends and fans. I am also proud of my performing in the visual arts, and motion television."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"If you make compelling television, they will come."
Quote_1.png
Henry Winkler
"If you make compelling television, they will come."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I suddenly discovered that acting made girls notice me."
Quote_1.png
Ted Lange
"I suddenly discovered that acting made girls notice me."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"One of the wonderful things about this glorious holiday trip I'm on is that I'm in public with people. It hasn't been inclined... I don't know - something to do with the death of my wife. It's inclined to make me isolated."
Quote_1.png
Jeremy Brett
"One of the wonderful things about this glorious holiday trip I'm on is that I'm in public with people. It hasn't been inclined... I don't know - something to do with the death of my wife. It's inclined to make me isolated."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"Well Bill Martin and Mike Schiff were the creators and they knew we had to do a family show. Everybody came at it from the angle of having been a kid and a teenager."
Quote_1.png
Donal Logue
"Well Bill Martin and Mike Schiff were the creators and they knew we had to do a family show. Everybody came at it from the angle of having been a kid and a teenager."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never do, but we never stop trying until the day we die. It's that struggle to achieve 100 percent, that's where our performance lies, that's what the audience gets. They get the struggle."
Quote_1.png
Vincent D'Onofrio
"All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never do, but we never stop trying until the day we die. It's that struggle to achieve 100 percent, that's where our performance lies, that's what the audience gets. They get the struggle."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I consider myself fortunate that I've been able to find a character that people have responded to."
Quote_1.png
Dennis Franz
"I consider myself fortunate that I've been able to find a character that people have responded to."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even think it's as much as what I want for myself. It's more what I want for the people around me. That's what I want."
Quote_1.png
Tom Cruise
"I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even think it's as much as what I want for myself. It's more what I want for the people around me. That's what I want."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I had to get used to wearing a mask and wearing a prosthetic and performing with those things while singing and expressing myself through stylized movement, while keeping it as human as possible so the audience could be closer to the horror of the Phantom."
Quote_1.png
Gerard Butler
"I had to get used to wearing a mask and wearing a prosthetic and performing with those things while singing and expressing myself through stylized movement, while keeping it as human as possible so the audience could be closer to the horror of the Phantom."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"You have a little bit of feeling for everyone you play."
Quote_1.png
Robert Duvall
"You have a little bit of feeling for everyone you play."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I don't know any of us who are in relationships that are totally honest - it doesn't exist."
Quote_1.png
Richard Gere
"I don't know any of us who are in relationships that are totally honest - it doesn't exist."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"We loved being in Russia and would love to go back again, especially to visit my namesake."
Quote_1.png
Eric Roberts
"We loved being in Russia and would love to go back again, especially to visit my namesake."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"My definition of cool is finding your own definition of cool and not necessarily taking your lead from what other people tell you or from what you might read from magazines or see on TV."
Quote_1.png
Wentworth Miller
"My definition of cool is finding your own definition of cool and not necessarily taking your lead from what other people tell you or from what you might read from magazines or see on TV."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?"
Quote_1.png
Gregory Peck
"Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?"
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"Well unfortunately I didn't work with Andre much. But rap is a strong presence in the culture and anyone is going to grateful for its appearance, grateful for any kind of music that has the kind of effect that rap has had on us all."
Quote_1.png
Harvey Keitel
"Well unfortunately I didn't work with Andre much. But rap is a strong presence in the culture and anyone is going to grateful for its appearance, grateful for any kind of music that has the kind of effect that rap has had on us all."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors."
Quote_1.png
Steve Buscemi
"I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"As far as Beau is concerned, we're on the same team, we root for each other. If my parts are slightly more attractive, or are perceived that way by others, he's very content."
Quote_1.png
Jeff Bridges
"As far as Beau is concerned, we're on the same team, we root for each other. If my parts are slightly more attractive, or are perceived that way by others, he's very content."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"It's a great feeling to think that I can be a friend to so many people through my movies."
Quote_1.png
River Phoenix
"It's a great feeling to think that I can be a friend to so many people through my movies."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"Everybody that's an actor leaves it for a while 'cause they ain't got a job."
Quote_1.png
Wilford Brimley
"Everybody that's an actor leaves it for a while 'cause they ain't got a job."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I am still seeking to become firmly established as an actor."
Quote_1.png
DeForest Kelley
"I am still seeking to become firmly established as an actor."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty."
Quote_1.png
Dom DeLuise
"When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it."
Quote_1.png
Victor Garber
"I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"Will Shatner, Jonathan Frakes of Star Trek have already put novels out."
Quote_1.png
Bruce Boxleitner
"Will Shatner, Jonathan Frakes of Star Trek have already put novels out."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I always like having kid energy around. I think it's good for a movie, even when you're doing dramatic stuff."
Quote_1.png
Mark Ruffalo
"I always like having kid energy around. I think it's good for a movie, even when you're doing dramatic stuff."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"People watch movies - and it's vague ideas, it's vague notions, but people pick up on these things, that they are supposed to think certain ways or that they're not supposed to think, basically, and they don't."
Quote_1.png
Crispin Glover
"People watch movies - and it's vague ideas, it's vague notions, but people pick up on these things, that they are supposed to think certain ways or that they're not supposed to think, basically, and they don't."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work."
Quote_1.png
Robert De Niro
"There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"The more you understand me, the less characters I can play."
Quote_1.png
Skeet Ulrich
"The more you understand me, the less characters I can play."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines, nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation."
Quote_1.png
Harry Shearer
"I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines, nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I."
Quote_1.png
Alan Ladd
"If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I think that maybe that's my weakness, in that I don't know how to do it, so I just do what I do and try to do it as passionately and as well as I can."
Quote_1.png
Aaron Eckhart
"I think that maybe that's my weakness, in that I don't know how to do it, so I just do what I do and try to do it as passionately and as well as I can."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat."
Quote_1.png
Omar Epps
"There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
"I don't think that people in America are really given enough information about the Third World."
Quote_1.png
Martin Sheen
"I don't think that people in America are really given enough information about the Third World."
Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
44
bottom of page