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If there is one thing I object to, its actors talking about how tough their jobs are.
I was a failed actor but I still wanted to show off, so I ended up doing live comedy.
If I have anything to offer as an actor, it's only my ability to make the person real.
Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it.
I really enjoy working with younger actors. I just feel like we're all peers together.
Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.
You should be able to tell your child, "This is an actor. And she's older than Mommy!"
It's a very, very rare moment when another actor hurts you. I mean, that's not normal.
Agents are still asking for millions of dollars for actors that don't sell one ticket.
The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.
I've always been someone who feels better, if I see what I'm going through in a movie.
I love Back Stage. I have lots of theater friends and actors who depend on Back Stage.
I enjoy getting riled up, and nothing's gonna do that for you like a good scary movie.
The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought: "That's what I want to do."
If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention.
Ninety-eight per cent of actors who actually make a living do so in front of a camera.
I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor.
Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one's own powers.
I don't enjoy being told what to do, I'm not that kind of actor, I'm a thinking actor.
I am the most fortunate self-taught harpist and non-speaking actor who has ever lived.
I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again.
I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders
I suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense.
When I was 16 and wanted to be an actor, people told me to go work at the supermarket.
In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.
When I was 18, I joined the Screen Actors Guild, and after college I came to New York.
As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you're not.
I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits.
I'm like a weird actor. I feel like I'm vastly uneducated when it comes to the cinema.
There has got to be more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good actor.
When actresses play actresses, or actors play actors, they have to find another level.
All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor.
I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him.
There's a personal side to me of challenges as an actor that I like to take on myself.
An actor's career relies on a lot of luck. Being in the right place at the right time.
It's a lot easier, I think, to be an actor in a movie than to spin a joke on a sitcom.
If you want to be an actor, you need to learn how to act first, even in sketch comedy.
I still feel like I'm trying to make it. It's hard to shed the struggling actor thing.
Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre.
Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.
Working at BBC, at the head of one of the top dramas, is a tradition for great actors.
As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.
One guy told me I was a great actor, I just would never be on the cover of a magazine.
I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.
And the actors tend not to want to watch themselves very often. I'm one of those guys.
Television allowed me to kick the Hollywood habit of typing an actor in certain roles.
I will no longer be an actor to hire, I have a passion for producing and making films.
I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really.
My chosen occupation isn’t necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor.
Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat.