Actors Quotes - Page 192

I always made a living as an actor when I came to California. I never had to do anything else.

I love villains. You know, I am a character actor, and any chance to get to play a really outrageous villain. I like to play that.

That's always something that's really important for an actor - to find an opportunity to do a scene where there is a moment like that, where you manage to connect with everyone.

And as much as I love the gritty characters, I like to play all sorts of characters. I'm an actor. I love to create.

Working is the best way to understand and grow, as an actor, in my opinion. That's been my experience.

There are so many filmmakers who are so talented, and actors and writers who work so hard, and it's really hard to let your work enter the world.

I think I am looking as an actor to find ways to push myself into places I haven't been before as a human being.

As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But there's also something about it that every time you really feel like you're doing it for the first time; you have no idea whether you're capable of it.

The most intoxicating thing about being an actor is to surrender to a story that you never would have come up with.

I'm a character actor, so I don't take the hit if the movie's bad, the lead does. So, I don't want to be the lead. He takes the hit, I don't.

I was 3 when I told my mom that I knew what my dharma was and that I wanted to be an actor.

I was home-schooled 'cause I wanted to be an actor. I would spend all day watching movies, trying to get through calculus.

I just always wanted to be an actor. I don't remember ever not wanting to be an actor. I did a lot of musical theater when I was younger, and I really hope to get back there someday.

I'm an actor. I've always been an actor. I've always approached all my comedy as an actor. I don't really care about jokes either. I tire of jokes.

I had a really nice time on [Alphas]. It was a bunch of really good actors, and I was particularly thrilled to be working with David Strathairn.

And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly.

I think there is something like 90% unemployment in the Screen Actors Guild, so we are the exception.

As an actor, to get a gift of a part like that is unusual. And then, to have the prospect of another one is always going to be interesting and exciting.

As an actor, it's exhausting being someone else. It's not physically demanding, but it's mentally demanding, if you do the job the way you should.

You cant be a casual observer of something humorous - you have to engage, you have to find it funny for the relationship between actor and audience to work.

I took a gamble in becoming an actor and my dream job has been realised.

The fame of an actor is won in minutes and seconds, not in years.

I got into [producing] to be part of stories that wouldn't necessarily be right for me as an actor.

Given a chance, I would like to work with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan because she's a versatile actor.

I went to school to be an actor in Canada and realized I hated auditions once I left, which is a huge problem if you want to get a part.