Actors Quotes - Page 136

George Wendt is a saint. And one of the finest American actors that we have.

I'm an actor - I want to be known for that.

As an actor, you've got to maintain a bit of mystery and at least part of your private life, otherwise the game is up.

Acting can be a difficult business. When I was younger, if my mates were doing better than me, I might be a little bit envious, but as I have got older, I love to see actors cracking on and succeeding. The same goes for writers.

Love is one factor - but not the only on - that God uses to promote the permanence of the marriage bond.

Whenever any actor comes into a producer session, they have so many questions, and we still can't really tell them that much until they get the job. I feel badly for them. But, it's a fun show to work on. Once they're on, it's fun.

John Wayne is not just an actor, and a very fine actor - John Wayne is the United States of America.

Working on a set and working with actors, that's all the same. The moment you're doing it and you're in the moment, you don't have time to think about it. You just have to make it as good as you possibly can on the moment.

Then if the actor comes up with, "It's more logical to do this," I just change it [a scene] on the spot.

Some actors go, 'Bing!' and suddenly they're being paid huge sums. Me, I seem to get screwed every time.

I'm very much a jobbing actor who's still trying to find a place to rent down the road.

I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor.

I'm certainly not one of those actors who remain in a dark place the entire time in order to be doing the scene. I sort of come in and out of it. It can be to the detriment of my performance sometimes!

As an actor, being on autopilot is the worst thing possible.

Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that.

I just loved the whole idea of being an actor.

I'm not a broad comedy guy. I've been funny in movies, but I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who's sometimes funny.

I fired a bunch of people and kind of went back to my roots. I fired my agent - I had this big, fancy agent and a big fancy manager and a big fancy lawyer - and I went back to my first agent and said, "I want to go back to just being an actor."

For better or worse, I take my acting seriously. I may not have been in the best movies ever made, but I take it deathly serious, and I love being an actor.

Every kid's dream is to be a great actor.

Being an actor, when you sign onto a project - whether it's good, bad, or indifferent - you kind of fall in love with it. You fall in love with the experience, you fall in love with the memories.

There's not a comedy actor who doesn't want a chance to do drama, and vice versa. As actors, we're always looking to be pushed and to do the other side of the coin.

How much do you have to pay someone to be in a George Clooney/Alexander Payne film? NOTHING!! Because everyone in the world wants to be a part of it. Therefore you pay nothing. And that continues until you become something they need... I'm not that kind of actor. I'm blue collar and very replaceable.

The great thing as an actor is that I don't know what my agent is going to call me with next.

I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff.