actors Quotes

When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to be that way.

When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back.

There are a lot of actors that I really love to watch, actors who I have fun watching - I think Johnny Depp is phenomenal. But I wouldn't want that career as much as I'd like a career like Tom Hanks - he kind of represents the everyman.

I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. I'm more in the second group.

I don't like actors who try to talk directors into making their part bigger and that's really lame.

Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.

As an actor, I like as much time with the material as possible and given the opportunity, time spent with the other actors in the scene. But that is a rare luxury in working in any TV series.

I left L.A. and moved to Cleveland for four years in the early 2000s or whatever. I came back and thought that everything had changed. I was like, 'Oh my God, I don't think I ever fit in here. And wait, who are all of these celebrities that are not actors? Where did all of the actors go?

Some film actors want to sit back and look at every scene and all that crap. No, you're an actor - tell the story, and when it's told, there's another one to tell.

Actors pull from their own experiences to bring reality to the characters. I wouldn't want to play someone who's a lot like me. There would be no turning it on or off.

I admire many actors, though I don't think there's anyone whose career I would want to mirror sort of by the beats. What I'm really looking to do is constantly defy expectations. I'm very curious to see if you can actually have a character actor and a movie star's career combined.

When I was 13 years old, a professional theater company in my town needed a kid actor. I auditioned, and I got the part, so for just a few weeks I became a member of the company and I met some professional actors.

In my ideal world there would be 99% unemployment for actors, and I would be the 1% that's employed. I hear about somebody getting a job at Starbucks and I get jealous.

I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right.

To be able to work with actors who are doing such good work, not only makes it easier for you, but it makes you better.

Young actors are pretty fantastic. I can't even imagine doing stuff like that when I was a kid.

Actors never retire, they just get less and less work.

I want what's mine. I see other actors who are doing very interesting roles, and I just want to continue to do things that are interesting, and things that people will go see in theaters.

Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.

Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors because he takes chances.

It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.

You know, actors lie all the time. 'Can I ride on the horse? Are you kidding? Of course! I was born on a horse!'... It's the same with motorcycles.

I love seeing when actors go from one genre to the next because I feel like most of them can pull it off.

I think as working actors, it's like sales. You're only as good as your last sale, so you put your all into something and you just hope that from that you can get your next job.

My heroes are guys like Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon. These are amazing actors with amazing careers that every actor should aspire to. I'm not saying I'm going to get anywhere close. It's not going to be an easy feat. I'm just in awe of their careers.

I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.

The public must suffer untold pangs from the stiffness, the deliberate stifling of emotion, on the part of many British actors.

One of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience.

As actors, you don't actually need to know the future of the character. You just need to know the backgrounds.

I think actors who take things too far are funny.