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Actor's life is very long. -- Jackie Chan
I'm an actor. Actors are supposed to act. -- Robert Englund
Actor of the low IQ, let's hear your view. -- Jethro Tull
Drama school, you know, I own an acting school, Actor Prepares. -- Anupam Kher
A brick layer, lays bricks... I'm an Actor, that's what I do. -- Michael Chiklis
In Spain there's the king - and then there's Antonio -- Melanie Griffith
There's a personal me, there's an actor me and there's a star me. -- Shah Rukh Khan
The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years -- Michael Caine
I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries. -- Frank Capra
From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other. -- Alan Rickman
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication. -- Marlon Brando
Actors are beings who have tasted life's nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and touched another's heart -- David Ackert
Actors are willing to give their entire lives to a moment--to that line, that laugh, that gesture, or that interpretation that will stir the audience's soul -- David Ackert
Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world. -- Alan Rickman
I didn't understand how you could be an actor if you didn't also study philosophy and study political science, astronomy. And also just go out and live life and have experiences. -- Brit Marling
My sister wanted to be an actress. She never made it, but she does live in a trailer... so she got halfway. She's an actress, she's just never called to the set -- Mitch Hedberg
I like Ryan Gosling as an actor. I watch all of his movies, and he's Canadian and I just like his swag. I read his interviews and I'm a big fan of his. -- Drake
I've always been spontaneous and outgoing... I've tried lots of things so I've got some good life experiences, which is great 'cause it means I've got lots of material to work with as an actor. -- Leonardo DiCaprio
I have to tell you, you can't have an ego when you're an actor. A lot of actors have them, but in reality most of those people are just sensitive artists dying for a hug and a compliment. -- Josh Brolin
What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen, he's become a different person. -- Edith Head
I think it's very important to recognize talent in all facets of filmmaking. Making a movie is such a lengthy and intense experience, so it's wonderful to honour actors, directors, producers and all crew members who put so much hard work and passion into a project. -- Eva Green
For most artists, you take what you have and who you are, and then you expand on it to make it more entertaining. Everyone knows actors aren't the same people that they play in movies, but people somehow expect musicians to be a certain way all the time! -- Tinashe
I mean, I enjoy my work as an actor. But to make a difference in people's lives through advocacy and through supporting research - that's the kind of privilege that few people will get, and it's certainly bigger than being on TV every Thursday for half an hour. -- Michael J. Fox
Good evening, ladies and gentleman. My name is Orson Welles. I am an actor. I am a writer. I am a producer. I am a director. I am a magician. I appear onstage and on the radio. Why are there so many of me and so few of you? -- Orson Welles
To me, he's a hero, ... He's not polite. He's not someone you want to take home to meet your mother, necessarily. This is a guy in search of truth. Incidentally, that truth one day could save your life or the life of someone you love. That's a heroic thing -- Hugh Laurie
Talent is to actors what luck is to card players. It's not really anything; it's just a fictitious word that people have created and labeled things. Talent is like, you know, I never really believed in talent, I believed in drive and determination and preparation, but talent is sort of like luck. -- Shia LaBeouf
I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as actors is empathy. -- Natalie Portman
I don't like improv at all. It terrifies me. I like to know exactly what I'm going to say. Being surprised does make me a better actor. Anytime I'm afraid of something that makes me rise to the occasion, it scares me, but it's what makes great actors - being in the moment. -- Jesse Tyler Ferguson
As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate. -- Gordon Ramsay
Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the job is to show another world and other people. You may access it through bits of yourself, and your imagination and experience, but actually, in the end, you're not playing yourself. -- Ralph Fiennes
There is a need for aloneness, which I don't think most people realise for an actor. It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you're acting. But everybody is always tugging at you. They'd all like sort of a chunk of you. -- Marilyn Monroe
A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by android Barbie creep. All those thick swatches of lifeless strands clustering lankly round ladies' necks! Like orange tanning spray, this is a fashion fad that should be put out of its misery. -- Camille Paglia
Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and dancing around as a kid, ... That's not my personality. For me, the fun part of making movies is seeing it as a director sees it. I like the architecture of movies. I like knowing what's coming and working to set that up -- Jodie Foster
I think it's important to keep your personal life to yourself as much as you can. It protects your sanity and you need to have boundaries. And it helps that enchantment of watching an actor. If you know someone's favourite colour or what they like to do on a Sunday, you won't fall for the character as much. -- Dianna Agron
Whether you are a writer or an actor or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared enterprise. That's what theatre was, always. And live performance shares that with an audience in a specific compact: the play is unfinished unless it has an audience, and they are as important as everyone else. -- Lee Hall
People have come to me for my opinion since 'October Baby.' But, hey, look, I'm an actor who is very fortunate to be in a movie that's making wonderful noise, and hopefully helping parents and children to be a little closer. Leave me alone. I'm not talking about politics. I'm just trying to have a conversation with my own kids. -- John Schneider
I have a very optimistic view of my future right now. I'm very excited to see where it goes, but I try not to make plans just because I know how unpredictable life can be. Especially the life of an actor, and especially the life of an actor on 'Glee.' I just want to be happy and healthy and surrounded by people I love, as cheesy as it sounds. -- Melissa Benoist
Every actor craves choice. -- Jamie Dornan
I'm a method actor. -- Seann William Scott
I'm a character actor. -- Aaron Paul
I'm a journeyman actor. -- Pierce Brosnan
I'm not an instinctive actor. -- John Thaw
An actor is only merchandise. -- Chow Yun-Fat
Every actor wants to direct. -- Theodore Bikel
I'm actually just an actor. -- Allen Leech
Nobody is a perfect actor. -- Paul Dano
Every actor gets their due. -- Timothy Omundson
Every actor has their stalker. -- Erin Gray
I'm an actor that cares. -- Joe Manganiello
I'm a very proud actor. -- F. Murray Abraham
I don't have actor training myself. -- John Hawkes
In live stage, the actor lives. -- Peter Boyle
I'm a ballplayer, not an actor. -- Joe DiMaggio
I don't have many actor friends. -- Shia LaBeouf
As an actor, I'll play anything. -- Michael Caine
My favorite actor is Wallace Beery. -- Don Johnson
Jeremy Renner is an incredible actor. -- Billy Unger
I'm an actor, that's my contribution. -- Glenn Close
An actor should refine public taste. -- Aristophanes
I am a really writer-oriented actor. -- Kevin Costner
The actor becomes an emotional athlete. -- Al Pacino
How could an actor become president? -- Ronald Reagan
I'm a stand-up comedian-turned-actor-turned-vampire at night. -- Vir Das
I really enjoy being an actor! -- Vincent Cassel
Every actor just wants good writing. -- Jeff Daniels
I consider myself a character actor. -- Brittany Murphy
Im a character actor at heart. -- Shuler Hensley
Yeah, I am a character actor. -- Jim Gaffigan
I'm a craftsman. I'm an actor. -- Jim Caviezel
I was born a character actor. -- Charles Durning
The leader must be an actor. -- George S. Patton
I'm not a big prop actor. -- Nathan Fillion
I was not a trained actor. -- Frankie Avalon
I was a very lucky actor. -- John Noble
My sister's an actor as well. -- Kodi Smit-McPhee
I lack confidence as an actor. -- Charles Durning
I became an actor by accident. -- Christopher Walken
I've been a very lucky actor. -- Bob Newhart
My father was a great actor. -- Stephen Humphrey Bogart
I'm an actor who loves doing comedy. -- Martin Short
An actor has to embody a role. -- Taylor Hackford
An actor without an audience is rehearsing. -- Sarah Wayne Callies
I approach directing from an actor's standpoint. -- Derek Magyar
What does an actor know about politics? -- Ronald Reagan
Theatre gives you wings as an actor. -- Randeep Hooda
I never thought about being an actor. -- Danny Glover
I really love being a character actor. -- Missi Pyle
I don't consider myself a good actor. -- Hrithik Roshan
I'm a professional actor, not a celebrity. -- Pam Ferris
I am proud to be an actor. -- Rod Taylor
As an actor, you're never busy enough. -- Bryan Callen
I've always considered myself a character actor. -- Jack Huston
I consider myself a novice film actor. -- James Earl Jones
I'm just an actor, that's nothing special. -- Frankie Muniz
A totally healthy actor is a paradox. -- Vittorio Gassman
Morgan Freeman is a very giving actor. -- Austin Stowell
I'm just a stage actor from Chicago. -- Jeremy Piven
Johnny Depp is probably the best actor. -- Freddie Highmore
I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor. -- Roger Moore
Any good actor is a character actor. -- James Remar
Don't just view me as an actor -- Terrence Howard
I never wanted to be an actor. -- Moon Bloodgood
I always wanted to be an actor. -- Dan Stevens
As an actor, I'll take any job. -- Maria Thayer
I'm an actor, I worry about everything. -- Jackie Earle Haley
I always had an actor within me. -- Adrien Brody
I didn't grow up as child actor. -- David Boreanaz
I think of myself as an actor. -- Oliver Platt
I prefer stage work, as an actor. -- Robert Sean Leonard
I do think I'm a character actor. -- Colin Firth
I'm not a comedian, I'm an actor. -- Chris Diamantopoulos
I am an actor through and through. -- Dougray Scott
I have considered myself a mature actor. -- DeForest Kelley
As an actor there are no drawbacks. -- John Malkovich
I didn't want to be an actor. -- Jim Caviezel
It's much more enjoyable being an actor. -- Kyle Chandler
I didn't intend to become an actor. -- Anthony Quinn
The stock actor is a stage calamity -- George Bernard Shaw
I was dissatisfied just being an actor. -- Stanley Tucci
The Internet is an actor's best friend. -- Armie Hammer

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