Actors Quotes - Page 102

The life of an actor can be very enviable.

The last thing you want is an injured actor. That, or having to use a stuntman too much.

Human beings are, necessarily, actors who...can be divided...into the sane who know they are acting and the mad who do not.

The remarkable thing about Hitler was his talent for dissimulation. His formidable abilities as an actor are often overlooked. There are only very rarely situations where we can say he was being genuine.

My favorite newer movie is "Training Day." Denzel Washington is, to me, one of the greatest actors ever. The way he gets into those roles is ridiculous.

My parents never pushed me to be an actress. You can come from a family of actors, and sometimes there have been families that grow you up as an actor, but this wasn't my situation. It's very important to find your own way because it's something you then have to confront yourself.

[Denzel Washington] was rustling with something and when he came back it was with a word about loving myself and the body that I'm in because I was still going on and on about the weight thing. I just liked that, because what people don't understand is that so much of what blocks us as actors is so personal.

Actor is just a strange profession, it really is, that you could be in front of the same people for years, and all of a sudden one thing happens, and it finally clicks.

It's harder to work with people who are not as dedicated to their craft. It also leaves you a better actor when you finish the project, since you always feel like you've learned something.

Denzel [Washington] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that.

I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color.

That's why there's so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.

I'm a perfectionist, so doing a high quality, high caliber television show with great actors makes me feel like there's this whole world of television that I've never experienced.

As an actor, I like as much time with the material as possible and given the opportunity, time spent with the other actors in the scene. But that is a rare luxury in working in any TV series.

For me, it was a wonderful surprise because I saw wonderful actors being very professional working in front of me [on Chicken with Plums]. I finally understood what an actor is and what an actor does. On a daily basis, it's a bit repetitive.

Being an actor is like winning the lottery. It's not really about your talent, it's right time, right place, right face.

I don't really study television or how things do or don't change. So I don't know anything about that. I'm just a stupid actor.

I'm just an actor. Just a stupid actor.

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.

And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.

I really enjoy being an actor!

All of us have a lot of sides to ourselves, but the fun thing about being actor is you make one side predominant for the character you're playing.

Unfortunately, in Hollywood, there are those directors that have some contempt for actors. We've all experienced that, in one way or another.

As an actor, Sean [Penn] is brilliant. And he's really an excellent director, as well. We got along really well.