We're actors in our lives, pretendin' to be who we want people to think we are.

It's great to write for actors when you know who they are. I think I prefer it.

As an actor, you look at some people and know if they're there with you or not.

I'm not a trained actor. I'm someone who is autodidactic and learned on my own.

I love to sing! To be in a movie with musical number is the coolest thing ever!

I've always been an actor. That's my job — I can be anything you want me to be.

I think, at the end of the day, if youre a good actor, then youre a good actor.

Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else.

And the people I'm best friends with on the films are not generally the actors.

The actor doesn't merely command the stage, he seems to own it by divine right.

I don't remember what made me want to be an actor. In fact, I'm always curious.

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

Idris Elba is a grand actor. He's very larger than life; he's bigger than life.

I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor.

You can't please everyone... If you make a good movie, that's all that matters.

When actors begin to think, it's time for a change. They are not fitted for it.

I guess you could say I'm a model slash hotelier slash actor slash screenwriter.

Any actor should be grateful if he's remembered for one movie in their lifetime.

If there is a streak of ham anywhere in an actor, Shakespeare will bring it out.

When you're an actor and you can set your arm on fire, you feel kind of magical.

My ego's not the kind that says, 'I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.

As an actor, sometimes you feel a pressure to change yourself from time to time.

It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor.

We can only use British actors because everybody's got to talk exactly the same.

It’s hard to market a movie when you’re at the mercy of critics and journalists.

I never thought I actually could be an actor. I was always pretty shy and quiet.

I call myself a literary agent simply to distinguish myself from actors' agents.

I was obsessed with Jim Carrey growing up. It's why I wanted to become an actor.

As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.

One of an actor's fears is that your current project could be your last project.

I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.

You can tell when an actor or actress cares about their work. It's really clear.

The actor is merely a crude empiricist, a practitioner guided by vague instinct.

I hope the perception is that I'm an actor, I never intended to be a movie star.

Anything that you [as an actor] can change about yourself for a part is helpful.

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

My sexual nature is irrelevant. I'm an actor, I play roles, fragments of myself.

What's a celebrity anyway? Paris Hilton's a celebrity. I'm just a working actor.

Each of the actors is quite different, but they're all living in the same world.

I was on the verge of quitting… The Acting Center actually saved me as an actor.

Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.

I think the education I've had as an actor I would never have had at university.

As someone who makes his living as an actor, my routine varies almost every day.

I can fight with all actors, I can face them and win, but I cannot fight aliens.

Being a day player, period, is one of the hardest things you can do as an actor.

I am a huge Bollywood fan, and my favourite actor of all time is Shah Rukh Khan.

I began my comedy as its only actor and I come to the end as its only spectator.

Some of the greatest love affairs I've known have involved one actor-unassisted.

Every actor wants to get their two cents in about a scene at the end of the day.

As an actor, I need to get excited about something that I can actually relate to.

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