Actors Quotes - Page 21

I would almost say that the best screen actor is the man who can do nothing extremely well.

I wish it was a little easier for an actor to later go into singing and have it be accepted, but maybe I can still do it.

If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.

I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.

I've wanted recognition; I wanted success; I wanted appreciation; I love the perks of being in the movies. I love the fame that comes with it - but that's why I became an actor.

I consider myself a method singer, not a method actor. I applied method acting to singing.

I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.

Working with big actors and realising that they were just normal people who've got an incredible talent was just a great experience.

Um, musicians are funnier you know, than actors on the whole.

I really feel that if I did another [Narnia] film I'd just be repeating myself and I don't really want to do that as an actor.

The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't.

I'm a much better singer than actor, which doesn't really say a whole lot.

There are actors who can pull of a writer's lines; I am not competent enough to do that.

The most dangerous thing for an actor is to refuse to listen to anyone else, to feel you know more than anybody.

Just about every actor wants to be a Disney cartoon voice at some point.

As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked at and watched, but there's a paradoxical bit that wants to run away.

A lot of people say, "What's the worst part about being an actor?" And the worst part is that you're not a musician.

Actors need steely determination. It's a tough profession with plenty of knocks along the way. You have to be very determined and never take 'no' for an answer.

The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.

Till now I have never shot a scene without taking account of what stands behind the actors because the relationship between people and their surroundings is of prime importance.

I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.

As an actor for hire, my job is to do some pre-production work for myself. Then my job is to show up and give the best performance I can.

For a lot of actors, our biggest fear is that we're going to start talking about things we don't fully understand and sound like idiots.

The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.

As an actor, of course, you want to be in something that's successful.