Actors Quotes - Page 115

I realized that being an actor was something I never owned up to, in a weird way. I would be a hostess or a waitress or a house restorer before I would consider myself an actor, because I never thought I was good enough.

Anyone who has been given the gift of being opposite an actor who gives and gives, it just makes you better.

When you're an actor, seeing yourself for the first time, you spend all your time just watching yourself and hating yourself and picking your performance apart. You say, "I look horrible. I should quit."

It's the rare happening when actors get together and you have chemistry, connection, just something that works, that's bigger than what's on the page.

I am an actor and fiction will always be my priority

Most actors are socialists, aren't they?

What did my parents say when I told them I wanted to be an actor? 'Be a plumber.'

I've never considered myself a comedian. I'm a comedic actor.

[The Man] was a case where it was a funny role teamed up with another actor. It's a great teaming. And the role was a bigger role. It wasn't so much that it was a co-starring role. This is not a new direction. I'm not saying, 'No. I'm only now co-starring.' It just happens it's a co-starring role.

Certain comedians work with certain actors; like Adam Sandler worked with Jack Nicholson.

I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.

My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedda Gabler' with Dame Diana Rigg.

I think any actor who talks in beatings-up is just talking himself up. I tend to not bring them up.

If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln.

You never really know who you're going to be acting with, but that doesn't really matter. 99% of the actors I've worked with, and they number in the thousands, I've liked.

I like being around actors. Imagine not liking actors.

Actors are easy to like. They are generally sociable, thoughtful people.

I like actors. I like their insecurities, their humor and their intelligence.

One of the reasons I loved working with Tom is people feel they know who he is... I think working with an actor who the audience already has a relationship with actually helps you in a film like this.

I always learn something from every actor I've ever worked with. I always pick something from them.

I'm picky, very picky. I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old, and I figured that was only one way to ever have any longevity, and that's to be careful about what kind of work you do.

I read a lot of scripts. Most of 'em go to other actors.

I have one friend that I've had since I was born, and she's from Coatzacoalcos. She's not really impressed or interested in the actor's life. My family isn't really either.

I know from my own experience that great films and great actors can have a really big influence on you. There is a place for art in the world, and if you're lucky enough to be good at something and to keep being given work, it's not such a bad thing.

I'm an actor. I'm trying to be the character and do what they're doing.