Actor Quotes

It's like playing tennis, you play a different rally with different people. Every actor is different and the chemistry between actors is different.

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

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.

My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I didn't even consider film and television when I was in New York, but what came along, came along.

I acted in junior high in the junior high school group, and then when I got into senior high I was, you know, the main actor of the senior high school.

I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.

Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I had developed an image of being a little bit unusual, different and wild.

Music always came first. I never set out to be an actor.

In between, I go broke because I seem to do movies where you're not paid a lot as an actor.

If you're an English actor and turn up in America, they don't have an opinion about where you sit. They have no idea what auditions to send you to, so they send you to everything.

An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.

I know I'm an actor, but I'm not at all a believer in people watching a lot of TV. I've never had television in my home.

Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children.

Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor.

There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the tradition of theatre, about performing on the West End stage.

I'm really in no danger of being perceived as a famous movie actor!

I just loved the whole idea of being an actor.

I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there was a bunch of them at once.

I think what's dangerous about being an actor who does action movies is you think, 'Well, I can totally handle myself now.' But if my opponent didn't know the other half of the routine, I don't know how well I'd do.

You suffer as an actor. It's difficult to be an actor and live a good life, especially today.

I don't think I can call myself an actress yet. I just don't think my skill level is that high. I hope that with every job it gets better. But until I'm good, I can say I'm trying to be an actor, but I don't think I've completely made it.

I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.

I'm quietly becoming New York's premiere actor. People don't understand. They have me pigeon-holed as a comedian.

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

You never really know as an actor; it's completely out of your control, in terms of editing, and music, and film stock, shot selection, and what takes they use.

As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what's personal to you. You have to be personal about your work; otherwise, it doesn't ring true.

I think basically an actor is a salesman.

It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there are certain expectations.

And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor.

But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.