Actors Quotes - Page 112

When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.

I'm really an actor first. I'd love to do more straight plays.

Im a character actor at heart.

Movie makers now choose profit over vision.

The comedy of class, played so straight, is a wonderful thing for an actor to sink their teeth into.

On the stage you try to act real. On the screen you try to be real.

An actor has many lives and many people within him. I know there are lots of people inside me. No one ever said I'm dull.

It's no accident that Tony Hopkins is a wonderful film actor.

Every actor chooses their story at the beginning.

Every time you make a movie it's an adventure.

Nobody makes movies like Oliver Stone.

Most actors on most days don't think they're worthy.

The best movies are simple.

I think every young actor in Los Angeles went up for that role. It was between Frankie Muniz and me, and he pulled out, so I got the role.

The big thing for actors is the level of commitment. So, if you know something's already happened, there's not a whole lot of whys and hows that go down. You just innately commit 'cause it happened. It does help with commitment.

As an actor, the minute you start getting real in interviews, you lose mystery.

Trust me, baby, you weren’t that good. I was just a better actress than you were actor. (Zephyra to Stryker) Ew! No offense, Mum, I don’t want to know who you’ve slept with. Kill the sexual bantering and him before I go deaf from it. (Medea)

I don't define myself as an actor at all. Nor is that my greatest passion in life by any stretch of the imagination.

It's really hard as a Canadian actor to make a footprint in the States, because of the visa stuff.

The trouble with marrying an actor is they grab you in their arms, hold you close and tell you how wonderful they are.

Meeting actors and TV personalities is one thing, but I just feel like meeting musicians is the coolest.

I have a theory... Theatre actors are better at auditions than film actors.

People are really emotionally affected by actors. And it's hard to know how to behave in a way that doesn't impose or withdraw. Because everybody wants your attention.

There are lots of actors, and you need a way to stand out. Writing comedy sketches was a way of doing that.

You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can.