Actors Quotes - Page 35

We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold.

The great actors, like Cary Grant, and the gentlemanliness that they portray in the movies is something that I try to keep in mind.

I think all actors have a sadomasochistic streak, because acting is kind of brutal, you know.

Of course, people told me, 'Mikey, you will never be an actor. You don't have the look. You're ugly.'

I've never been competitive with other actors. I've been competitive with myself and I'm my own worst critic, a terrible critic I am, and unless I get something right, I feel very unhappy.

Movie actors earn their living and learn their craft through listening and reacting.

Everybody who is an actor has been acting since they were three.

Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess.

Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one's own powers.

A fantastic actor in a scene that's just closed off will be good. But when working with a director who knows little tricks - correct music, slowly pushing in - that stunning performance will somehow become even better. I've always seen it as a symbiotic relationship.

It's really important for actors to feel that they're more than something for hire.

If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.

I just want to do the best possible job with everything that I do. But I'm far more concerned with being a good father as opposed to being a good actor because that's what's really going to matter.

I'm going to be a great movie star some day.

There is always one person on the set who has a lot of anxiety, an actor who is really intense and has to stay in character and holds himself away from the rest of us.

Just listening to Pac, ain't gon' make it stop A rebel in your thoughts, ain't gon' make it halt If you don't become an actor, you'll never be a factor

If I'm not on tour, I can run down to the comedy club and do a little stand-up. If you're an actor, you can't go - I guess there's forms of it.

Acting with creatures that aren't there is kind like acting with an actor who refuses to come out of his trailer. You still have to go on and do the scene.

All that day she had had the feeling that she was playing in the theatre with actors better than herself and that her poor playing spoiled the whole thing.

Working with animals is always going to be tough because the animal doesn't know it's an actor.

I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer.

Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions youd rather not know the answers to.

If youre not concerned about maintaining an image, you can pursue roads that another actor might not take.

I always thought the leading actor should be the best supporting actor, because you're the only person that can help every other actor on the set.

In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies.