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

I feel a little guilty only being an actor. — Blythe Danner

There are many ups and downs in everyone's life and when you're an actor usually you're a very sensitive human being. — Melanie Griffith

You just hope that you will get the opportunity to do what you love and pay your bills, and that is being a success as an actor. — Debra Messing

Being an actor is often very tedious, which is why it helps hugely if your fellow cast members are also good friends. — Mark Strickson

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

But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity. — Douglas Wood

If you were a kid actor, if you had any plans of being an actor as an adult, you were really barking up the wrong tree. — Susan Olsen

I dreamt of being an actor ever since I was young. — Douglas Booth

I think part of being an actor is staying private. — Philip Seymour Hoffman

I'm really enjoying being an actor right now, at this point in my life. It's a great job, it's a huge responsibility, and I just want to do it more. — Shannyn Sossamon

I didn't back into being an actor, I was born one. — Sally Field

A conservative frame of mind is very limiting for an actor, and a human being, too. — Vanessa Redgrave

The most amazing thing you can ask for as an actor from a director is that you're being seen, that the choices made are informed. — Bertie Carvel

I've had some ambivalent feelings about being an actor. I don't know that I've ever been totally and completely comfortable with it. — Don Johnson

A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are. — Will Smith

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

I really love doing what I do, being an actor. It's the greatest. You can do it until you die. — Dennis Quaid

When I grew up, the only way a lad like me would maybe escape was playing football. Not being an actor. — Sean Harris

As an actor, being on autopilot is the worst thing possible. — Matthew Perry

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a moody folk singer, sitting on stools and being very depressing. — Stephen Mangan

I don't ever feel like I'm being an actor. — Adam Schlesinger

I think as an actor you want to keep being challenged. — Michael Clarke Duncan

I had a very low voice for the character in the show. I said, "That's not actually my voice. That's the character's voice." I'm being such an actor. — Richard Masur

The terrible thing about being an actor is that it's not a solo occupation. — Peter Coyote

I like my job and I want to do well at it but I think there's much more integrity to being a journalist maybe than being an actor. — Jessica Lucas

As an actor, I love being pushed. I love the feeling of, "Oh my god, I have to keep trying. What else is there to do?". — Shiri Appleby

Apparently Jamie is great at being soft and hard at the same time. Which is hard to do for an actor! He's going to get an Oscar! — Kelly Marcel

I never thought about being an actor. — Danny Glover

Boxing is a lot of preparation and then improvising, so there are parallels to being an actor. — Seth Numrich

The truth in acting is that we are all hired help. We are a commodity. There is no difference between being an actor and pork bellies. — Lorraine Bracco

I can't imagine myself not being an actor. — Scott Michael Foster

It's a long struggle being an actor; I don't know if I'd ever recommend it to anybody! — Marc Warren

Eventually I want to be a full-time mother who works occasionally - and being an actor you have that freedom. — Carrie-Anne Moss

As an actor, the toughest thing is being subject to circumstance. Meaning: What scripts are out there that are available? — Paul Dano

And I'm OK being judged as an actor. — Sean Hayes

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity. — Ben Kingsley

I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good. — Daniel Craig

I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol. — Dustin Clare

I am so used to being able to express myself from being an actor. So when people don't understand me, I'm just completely lost. — Liev Schreiber

Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part ... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal. — Catherine Keener

I think you can tell when someone is being dishonest as an actor. — Kat Dennings

I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public office without being an actor.' — Warren Beatty

I love being an actor and a job is a job, and I'm always happy to have a job. — Toks Olagundoye

I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low. — Tom Hiddleston

The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life. — Kirsten Dunst

I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being. — Aaron Paul

For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be in the Peace Corps. — Camryn Manheim

One of the great things about being an actor is it serves a short attention span, which is something I have. — Allison Mack

I certainly want to establish myself as an actor in my own right, rather than being just the actor who plays Harry Potter. — Daniel Radcliffe

It's much more enjoyable being an actor. — Kyle Chandler

The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore. — Dick Powell

I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would. — Chris Lowell

The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic; the actor doesn't. — Alan Rickman

The good thing about being an actor, and the gift of being an actor, is that you are beautifully forced to see the world with different eyes. — Javier Bardem

Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions you'd rather not know the answers to. — Kevin Spacey

The beauty of being an actor in a horror film is that you know what to expect and what's coming. — Denzel Whitaker

Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor. — Kevin Costner

When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous. — Domhnall Gleeson

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

I love being an actor, especially in movies, because you get to be someone else. — Mason Cook

Being an actor opened doors for me to explore my emotions as different people and characters, and expand my own inner soul. — Scott Bakula

I think that acting is no fun unless it's hard. I'm not titillated by acting or being an actor unless I have to work hard. — Bob Odenkirk

The amount of effort and energy that goes into being an actor is something that I can't compare to anything else. — Sarah Hay

As an actor, what you dream of is being able to portray people that people empathize with and understand and really feel for. — Daniel Sharman

Central to being an actor is pretending, and the adventure of it all. That's why you become a junkie for different kinds of situations. — Willem Dafoe

I think of being an actor as a blue-collar profession. — Joe Mantegna

From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker. — Donnie Yen

I think actors get too comfortable. I like being uncomfortable as an actor because it keeps you alive. I don't know, I think it's important. — Peter Dinklage

I really enjoy being an actor! — Vincent Cassel

Auditioning is extremely bizarre. Just being an actor is extremely bizarre, but I wouldn't have it any other way. — Adelaide Kane

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I think being an actor makes me a better writer and vice versa. I know the kinds of roles I would kill to play, and I try to create them for others. — Katori Hall

I learned so much by being an actor, and part of my sort-of development as a writer is big thanks to the scripts I read in my acting life. — Joel Edgerton

Being exposed to the diversity of music I was as a kid made me the actor I am today. As an actor, you have to adapt and do so many different things. — Will Chase

I believe you can't be an actor if you haven't had the feeling of being abandoned as a child. — Isabelle Adjani

And when I was a kid being an actor was not cool. I'm thirty now and when I was a kid in the 80s that wasn't a cool thing to be. — Vincent Kartheiser

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

I know that I am one and I've made a living as an actor and I enjoy being an actor, but when I'm not actually doing it, I forget that I do it. — Wallace Shawn

I don't hate being an actor. But if there's a choice, I prefer to direct. — Stephen Chow

I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger. — Vin Diesel

To have a job you can count on as an actor is so rare, whether that means belonging to a regional theater company or being on TV. — Jim Parsons

I'm an actor and I love to find new collaborations and new characters where I can grow as an actor and human being. — Alexander Skarsgard

I think that's part of the fun of being an actor - you get to not be normal all of the time. — Lucas Neff

It's a pretty good job being an actor, but it's work sometimes. And when I say work, I mean it's a job. You're going to a job. — Matt Dillon

Being an actor started me writing, and that led to directing. — Chris Eigeman

I like being meticulous and it's quite difficult as an actor to have that much control. — Robert Pattinson

My dad didn't often bring me to the set, being an actor himself, so my infancy as an actor was wracked with a lot of giggles and nervousness. — Josh Brolin

There's a tremendous amount to be gained from being a performer, and being an artist, and being an actor. — Mayim Bialik

Being an actor you have a lot of expenses. — Esai Morales

One of the difficult things about being an actor is to stick around. — Christopher Walken

I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director. — Laurie Metcalf