Actors Quotes - Page 57

The great, rewarding thing about directing is that you're overseeing the whole thing. When you're an actor, you're just one department.

It was being young and sensitive and an actor. There was a lot of pressure, everything was a hurdle.

Before I was 14, I wanted to be a singer, an actor, or a hockey player. By 15, I knew I was going to be a singer.

I never enjoyed working in a film.

When I was 18, I joined the Screen Actors Guild, and after college I came to New York.

Be in the moment as an actor and as a human being, and you're going to be happy.

It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world!

The breadth of the potential readership is also a factor.

You know those actors who have a sense for how they should be used? I don't think I have that.

I couldn't have left my career as an actor on a better note than to have done a cameo in the Lost In Space movie. Doing this part is the highlight of my career. What a way to leave the profession!

I'm not a method actor, but I'm affected by the life I share my life with during shooting. It's always a very strange and special period for me.

Eventually though, I'd like to have my own production company. Then I could create great opportunities not only for myself, but for other actors as well

There are very few persons who would think of inquiring into the private life of the newspaper dealer at the corner, or the druggist, or the doctor, or even a Mah Jong partner, but the moment one belongs to the theatrical profession, the public usually feels cheated unless it knows one's inmost thoughts of love.

the role of the Do-Gooder is not what actors call a fat part.

I had this vivid image of myself at the age of 60 looking back on my life and truly regretting the fact that I hadn't tried to be an actor

The thing about being an actor is that you're in the business of not growing up

As far as my dreams go, all I want to do is be a working actor, and I happily achieved that.

Actors, politicians, and writers-all of us are but creatures of the hour. Long-lasting fame comes to but few.

The only power an actor has is the ability to say "no."

Being an actor is really odd. So, don't take that as your reality - take your family, take your friends, take your relationships - that's your reality. And hang on to them.

I knew an actor's career goes up and down and back up again. Your standing in this business can't be your whole identity; otherwise, you're doomed

It's an enormous relief to go to work and be an actor and not be worried about writing.

The thing about Canada is, you're not really considered a Canadian actor unless you do something with the CBC.

Are we not like the actor of old times, who wore his mask so long his face took its likeness?

James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will only correct you if he finds it incorrect.