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Being an actor is well paid, but it's a bit like being a circus traveler. — Ben Chaplin

It never occurred to me to be an actor. — John Malkovich

I don't just act, and that's really important to me. I don't want to just be an actor forever. — Ansel Elgort

I'm not much of an actor, I'm realizing. — Nick Wechsler

Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted. — Kevin Kline

The same thing I applied to football, I applied to trying to be an actor and hopefully it came off well. — Jerry Rice

My hero is Michelle Williams, who I grew close to when we did 'Meek's Cutoff.' She's an extraordinary actor and mom. — Zoe Kazan

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

You can't believe Russell Crowe is the same actor who won an Oscar one year ago for Gladiator. — Joel Siegel

In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor. — Michael Caine

My first film as an actor was 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' a glorious experience that spoiled me for future films. — Eric Stoltz

I'm not an actor. — Jenna Marbles

I want to be an actor, and I am being an actor. I'm not ready to run off on a road trip. Yet. — Liane Balaban

My taste in the films I've taken as an actor is similar to what I'd do a director or writer: all quite odd, challenging stuff, slightly off-the-wall. — Daniel Radcliffe

You know, I think Chris Nolan is an incredibly intelligent filmmaker, and I think Leonardo DiCaprio is an incredibly talented actor. — Ryan Kavanaugh

I'm a reasonably good actor, and I'm an average naval officer. Ha, ha! — Mark Hadlow

I didn't grow up as child actor. — David Boreanaz

No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.' — Gabriel Byrne

You're always dealing with emotions as an actor. — Clive Owen

I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role. — Clive Owen

First of all, i'm not an actor - I'm an asshole. — Chelsea Handler

In terms of likeability, that's something that I don't think about as an actor when I approach a role. — David Duchovny

I'm a method actor. — Seann William Scott

As an actor, I feel like youre asked to live life as vibrantly as possible. — Stana Katic

I think that an actor is more likely to be forgiven in the public's eye than an actress. — Mila Kunis

If I was just considered a looker and wasn't considered an actor, where would I be in 10 or 20 years from now? — Heather Matarazzo

I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame. — Vera Farmiga

Meryl Streep is my favorite actor. She is so classy and a brilliant actress. Her performance in 'Sophie's Choice' just kills me. — Brittany Curran

An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening! — Marlon Brando

The function of the actor is to make the audience imagine for the moment that real things are happening to real people. — George Bernard Shaw

Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic. — Val Kilmer

As an actor, you're pretty much a hired gun. You are reading other people's words off of a page and doing what they want you to do. — Corey Feldman

I didn't grow up really wanting to be an actor. I don't remember ever not being an actor. — Jodie Foster

I was a bit of a goofball. I was always silly. I think that lends itself to being an actor. — Rob McClure

Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly lighted interior sets. — John Wayne

I would like, in the long term, to be recognized as a writer-director-actor. — Corey Feldman

Jason [Sudeikis] is a successful actor and comedian, I don't think that he takes comedic roles any less seriously than he does dramatic roles. — Taron Egerton

I'm probably more of a stand-up comedian than an actor. — Kevin Nealon

As an audience member and as an actor I much prefer to find ambiguity. — Michael Fassbender

I thought I was going to go back to Stanford, and then I got Election. I loved being an actor. — Reese Witherspoon

Learn your lines ... plant your feet ... look the other actor in the eye ... say the words ... mean them. — James Cagney

As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you. — James Cromwell

By the time I had finished my studies at St. Paul's School, I knew I wanted to be an actor. — Alexis Denisof

The thing as an actor is you get a sense of what a show is like the minute you walk on the set. — David Morrissey

Tim Burton ... as an actor you wait and wish and hope and pray you'll work with him. — Casper Van Dien

I'm not a big star in Japan. I'm an actor. I have a very normal life. Four days a week, I cook at home. A star doesn't do that. — Ken Watanabe

Actors are just entertainers, even the serious ones. That's all an actor is. He's like a serious Bruce Forsyth. — Bob Hoskins

As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business. — Mia Wasikowska

I'm more of a writer than an actor, and I used to say that I'm mostly an improviser, though I haven't improvised in awhile. — Tina Fey

The body is an actor's tool, like the face, malleable. I never thought that being naked was immoral or outrageous. — Emmanuelle Beart

I'm just back in line with every other actor looking for a job right now and keeping my fingers crossed. — Joe Lando

They say making laws is like making sausages. You shouldn't watch. It's the same for acting, especially for the actor who works unconsciously. — Ed Asner

I don't know one actor that became an actor for healthy reasons. — Judge Reinhold

I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances. — Carl Lewis

As an actor, you get a bit itchy to do something entirely different. — Lily James

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

If an actor or actress is recognizable, that changes our perception of them. — Nicolas Winding Refn

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely. — Catherine Deneuve

I don't really know what kind of actor I am. — Paul Dano

As an actor, I've just gotten insanely lucky. I quite like being surrounded by lots of different talented people lots of different times a year. — Domhnall Gleeson

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he's an actor! — Julian Fellowes

I've just gotten to do a lot of very different things, and as an actor, that's what you want. — Lee Norris

You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question. — Michael Morpurgo

My career as an actor started when I was six years old, taking dancing lessons. Then I started getting paid jobs to dance at the age of seven. — Sid Haig

The challenge in most car chases is you're trying to hide the fact that it's not the actor driving. — Christopher McQuarrie

As an actor, you're used to putting on characters, taking them off, becoming someone else, doing your research, and working on that. — Angela Bassett

I do like Jason Statham as a person and as an actor. I think he's a great performer, and he delivers every time. — Luke Evans

I didn't become an actor because I wanted to act. Actually, I wanted to become a marine biologist. But most of all, I wanted to be accepted. — Willie Aames

I think it is very important to be a method actor. — T. J. Miller

Every actor wants to do more, because you always think you can improve it. — Peter Jacobson

I'm essentially a jobbing actor. If I'm out of work, I'll be the back end of a donkey. — Michael Gough

It's a surprisingly sacrificial job being an actor. — Evangeline Lilly

I never will believe there is such a thing as a great actor. — Robert Mitchum

I didn't go to L.A. because I wanted to move to California. I went to L.A. to work as an actor. — Bryan Greenberg

I'm a method actor as well as a method singer. — Jill Scott

Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him. — Leon Askin

An actor is an expert at being someone else. A speaker is an expert at being themselves. — Olivia

The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor. — Steve Buscemi

Actor Nani feels at home in Chennai, especially after the blockbuster Naan Ee. The — Anonymous

Now go. An actor should know when to leave the stage, a poet when the lay is finished, and a bard when it is time to put aside the lute. — Raymond E. Feist

If you carry a paperback book in your back pocket, but spend more time on your hair than you do reading it, you're probably a bad actor. — Dov Davidoff

I guess I've always wanted to push the boundaries as an actor. — Alessandro Nivola

Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel who does not like his part and does not believe in the play. — Mignon McLaughlin

As an actor, you have to get used to being told no, develop a thick skin, and just keep persevering. — Emun Elliott

People keep trying to make me a movie star but they just don't understand. I'm not a movie star, I'm an actor. — Ryan Phillippe

I would tell the world that Shahrukh is the better actor — Shahrukh Khan

Every kid's dream is to be a great actor. — Matthew Lillard

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

I'll probably never be the best actor in Hollywood, but I hope to be the hardest working. — Ashton Kutcher

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

I'm glad that I'm being acclaimed as an actor. Today, when my hard work has paid off I can chill out about it. — Akshay Kumar

I'm not a good actor, I can play myself and a much gayer version of myself. That's my range. — Daniel Tosh

It is an actor's defect. I want everybody to like me, so I'll say what I think will please them. — Jean Reno

And my dad, you're a great actor but you're a better father. — Angelina Jolie

Emma Watson is my kids' favorite actor on the planet. They never took me more seriously than when I was working with her. — Ethan Hawke

I didn't grow up wanting to be an actor, and I didn't go to acting school. — Paul Schneider

As an actor myself, I know we go where the work is, but I think it's sad the Lyric haven't found any homegrown talent. — Ian Beattie

You know to me, being a good actor, the most important quality is you've got to love to play, and to just be open to anything. — Peter Berg

I guess every actor has certain emotions they can access easier than others. — William Mapother

Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too hard. — Sandra Oh