Actors Quotes - Page 79

Being pigeonholed is the death of all actors.

I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.

I'm proud to be involved with Simon Cowell and 'X Factor.

I can't think of a more pathetic situation for an actor than to do a film and not connect to it. And I pray to God that I never face that situation.

For old actors, just remember that inside you're only 14. Acting is for kids. You poor old grown-ups, you've forgotten how to do what kids know automatically.

Maybe I'm a better actor when I know there's going to be an older woman involved.

I made more lousy pictures than any actor in history.

It may sound cliché, but it really was an honor to be nominated. As an actor, nothing is guaranteed.

I don't consider myself an actor, for me it's employment. Like the actor who's a waiter a lot, I'm an actor when I'm not on tour, in that that's a job I can do.

With that incredible voice that he [Alan Rickman] could play like a sort of wonderful instrument, like a cello or something. He played his voice, and he could be the most subtle of actors. And he could also be quite a big actor. He could do the grandiose performances as well.

If I had had to struggle at the beginning like most actors... Id never have stuck it out. But having such complete success at the beginning, I was stuck with being an actor for life.

Chadwick Boseman work as an actor, I think, is truly remarkable, and I had a great time working with him.

The only ambition I ever had going into and committing to wanting to be an actor was to live my life.

I love stand-up. I look at it as a way to always stay productive. I couldn't imagine only being an actor or a writer. Because what the hell do I do when I'm not working? Mope?

Hamlet has been played by 5,000 actors, no wonder he is crazy.

To me, a lot of what makes a good actor is not what a teacher tells you to do but how you respond when youre on your own.

I'm less confident now than I've ever been. In this peculiar craft, confidence is something you spend a lifetime losing. I used to be frightened only one night a week but now I'm frightened of every performance. I mean really frightened.

I know what my limitations are as an actor, but my strength is putting myself into a well-written part. When I get in trouble is when I have to fix it, or when I have to carry it on personality.

He[John Cassavetes] was just being an actor. A very successful actor, especially in live TV. He did many wonderful performances.

I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors.

Uta Hagen is our greatest living actor; she is, moreover, interested and mystified by the presence of talent and its workings; her third gift is a passion to communicate the mysteries of the craft to which she has given her life. There are almost no American actors uninfluenced by her.

I studied at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano: I was a theatre actor.

What you always try to do, as an actor, is find the thing that's universal in the person.

For me as an actor, I find it's most creative when I'm bringing myself into the role rather than putting the role on. I feel like it's more of a cathartic experience.

I hate the word celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm an actor.