Actors Quotes - Page 187

Unless it's a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor.

The movies I made early on may not have been great, but they were all commercially successful.

My favorite actor is Steve McQueen, and he did his own stunts.

I'm an actor I'm not a politician. I always kick myself when I talk too much about family, or personal things.

Everyone always tells you that you're the only one that can do this or that role right, and if you say no, they go to somebody else and tell them that they're the only one that can do it right. But when they're talking to you, you're always the 'Best Actor of Your Generation.'

A lot of actors say that theater's the thing for them. And that's great, and I'm not one to speak with any authority about it because of not having done it properly. For me, movies are what I love.

As an actor, we are, in a way, a mirror of other people.

Unfortunately, when you're an actor you have to act. It's not like you can sit in your living room, your bedroom, your study or whatever and act with yourself. It requires having somebody to respond to.

Here's what I knew about doing a play: I knew it would make me a better actor.

Dude, I didn't say Jude Law can't act. I didn't say Jude Law was in bad movies. I just said he's in every movie.

Music is the soundtrack to the crappy movie that is my life.

Nick Offerman is my hero. He just cracks me up. He's so funny, but he's a true actor, too - he's bringing so much when he's onscreen.

I love 'Capote.' Huge fan of Philip Seymour Hoffman; if he's not my all-time favorite actor he's definitely in my top five. I just love him so much.

Hey, I think comic actors are the best actors.

Going out with other actors is never good; actresses are neurotic, and actors are horrendous egotists.

I don't know the politics of Hollywood. Am I hungry for great material? Every actor is. How I can get to it, that's another story.

As an actor you appreciate the security of a job. But I don't ever want to get too comfortable.

If you're an actor in your heart, no matter how much money they shove at you, it doesn't matter if the work doesn't provide that creative spark. You want out.

I'm lucky to just be a working actor. There are so many great actors out there and I'm just lucky to have gotten work.

It [smoking] was like an aphrodisiac. Actors would say let's have another cigarette on that great scenes, and they'd blow smoke in each other's face.

No one else in my family is an actor or aspires to be, and most of my friends aren't actors. Most of my friends are the people that I grew up with back in Georgia. It's really helpful to be surrounded by a world that's bigger than the entertainment industry.

I find actors a little bit too self-conscious.

There's a certain thought process about actors that they are in Hollywood and they sit around pools and get suntans and just get offered jobs.

I love being an actor, and that's really the bottom line - in any medium, in any genre - and I want to do it.

Having a director who is also an actor makes for that very relaxed way of working and it's empowering.