Film Actors Quotes

I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors. — Catherine Deneuve

I fell in love with film. I didn't start out to be a film actor. I wanted to be a theater actor. — Chiwetel Ejiofor

I suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense. — Jack Nicholson

Being able to work with Ridley Scott on this film is like being able to play on the Olympic team for actors. — Idris Elba

I'm always curious about how actors cry on film. — Anne Hathaway

Most of the film directors expect their actors to want to work fast. — Yvonne Strahovski

I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors. — Sam Rockwell

A film is the director's medium. The theater is an actor's. — Hugh Jackman

This is something particular to actors, especially in plays, and in films, too - but in plays, it's like, don't get involved with anyone in the play. — Tom Courtenay

When I think about actors I know, I'd much rather hear about who they're shagging than what film they're doing next. — Hugh Grant

I think it's counterproductive for actors to come to the set with well-thumbed copies of the book their film is adapted from. — Charles Dance

Film-makers and actors can only show a version of the act, but writers can express what people are thinking, feeling, as well as doing. — Julian Barnes

There is a whole bunch of great British actors of my age who aren't film stars or theatre actors; they're very much both. — Harry Lloyd

In terms of acting, we go through phases of being really inspired by film and television and actors and works that we've read. — Laura Vandervoort

The next movie will be in Mandarin. I enjoyed shooting all the Japanese stuff in Kill Bill so much that this whole film will be entirely in Mandarin. — Quentin Tarantino

I really feel that if I did another [Narnia] film I'd just be repeating myself and I don't really want to do that as an actor. — Skandar Keynes

When you deal with a film that takes place in Europe, and you're going to work in English, you'd better work with European actors. — Norman Jewison

I thought 'I can't be an actor, I can't'. Then this film came up and it was like someone saying to me, 'You can, don't give up'. — Keisha Castle-Hughes

Film actors are, by nature, more complicated than stage actors. — Margaret Rutherford

I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the concept of acting confused me. — Tatum O'Neal

Someone who directs a film, they have to see the overall picture, and they have to get the best performances out of the actors. — Joshua Bell

I don't think any actors love taking their clothes off on film, unless you're an exhibitionist, which I'm certainly not. — Tamsin Egerton

I have a theory ... Theatre actors are better at auditions than film actors. — Shaun Sipos

Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun. — Steve Coogan

I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors. — Diego Luna

You look for those actors or actresses that fit the personality to populate the film. — Yuen Woo-ping

I'm not an actor - and I've got 64 films to prove it! — Victor Mature

You can have a bunch of great actors in a film, but if you don't have anyone telling a great story, it's a moot point. — Sarah Gadon

Independent film is for actors that love to act. — John Leguizamo

I think I spent my entire childhood on film sets, surrounded by film-makers and actors and people with magnetic energies who make movies. — Dakota Johnson

I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer. — Kirk Douglas

Actors are the flowers of the film, of the set, and of the director. The term 'Flowers of the Screen' holds a deep meaning. — Kim Jee-woon

I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect. — Ricky Jay

Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York. — William Shatner

I think when you work on a Woody Allen film the actors become a real company, probably more than on any other film. — Michael Sheen

I want to bring something different to every film. I get a bit tired of actors who kind of are the same character in every film that they do. — Guy Pearce

All FILM directors are good actors, because you have to understand actors in order to program them. — Henry Johnson Jr

The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't. — Sidney Lumet

I am really attracted to films. It's nice to do something new, all the time. That's why I like being an actor. — Jane Levy

I love directing Shakespeare on film. It's fantastic that the actors would do exactly the same thing and be true to their part. — Julie Taymor

I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film. — Catherine Deneuve

I can tell when an actor's forcing tears, and it's tricky because you then have to film it and edit in a certain way to skirt around the issue. — Drew Barrymore

Working in film tends to isolate actors - it's your close-up; it's all about you. — Kevin Spacey

Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch? — Gene Siskel

The reason my films work is because every actor on set is very secure. They're able to fly. — Mike Leigh

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time. — Jack Nicholson

The actors are the greatest executors of tone in a film. They're the most important cinematic component. — Alexander Payne

In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as though he were. — Michael Caine

I'm definitely looking forward to doing a film one day with more female actors. — Margot Robbie

Once a film gets into production, the actors sometimes begin to have more input than a writer does. — Helen Mirren

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them. — Jessica Chastain

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. — Curtis Armstrong

Actors' performances do not stand alone in any film, live action or whatever. — Andy Serkis

There are so many talented people in film today. There seem to be poor scripts, but the actors and actresses are very talented. — Frederick Lenz

I'm as interested in photographing the film crew as much as the actors and actresses. — Paul Walker

Cats act with their eyes. They are the small, silent film actors of their time, and they are vastly underrated. — Jenny Lawson

A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or how to talk to them. — Peter Dinklage

The relationship between the make-up man and the film actor
is that of accomplices in crime — Marlene Dietrich

I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing. — Elia Kazan

Actors in the film industry are usually wary of expressing their opinions on the issues of the day, politics especially. — Anupam Kher

Who says that actors are cattle? Show me a cow who can earn a million dollars a film. — Langdon Winner

You have film actors doing TV, rap stars doing TV, with everyone kind of crossing the line. — Anthony Michael Hall

I don't think film actors need training, really. — Paul Giamatti

Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater. — Shirley Knight

My father comes from a generation of film that actors my age don't even know about, which is really sad. — Amber Tamblyn

The Dutch film industry is a pretty small community, so within Holland, I think most actors know each other and have worked with each other. — Michiel Huisman

I think a good director casts a film so that the actors bring a lot to the table. — Debbie Allen

The greatest all-around American film actor is James Stewart. — David Denby

People on series are now given a lot more opportunities, sometimes more than film actors. — Alyssa Milano

People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film. — Julianne Moore

I appreciate film actors who respect the film making process. — Logan Lerman

I think Americans are wonderful film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contemporary race and they look forward all the time. — Julian Fellowes

I personally believe the film turns out better when shot in one short schedule, plus it doesn't stress the actors. — Shah Rukh Khan

I love directing because you get to see your film come to life. You get to work with the actors. There's something magical about each piece of it. — Dee Rees

As a film director I like to have the actors create their own close-ups. It's an older style of filmmaking. — Stanley Tucci

Without chiropractic care, I couldn't have existed with my work as a TV and film actor. — Clint Walker

I know actors come around and they always talk like that, but I don't do publicity if I don't like the film. — Barbara Hershey

It is about time that TV actors were paid as well as film stars. — Mona Singh

Unfortunately for the 'Tomorrow' series, I feel that for the actors that were in the first film, maybe our commitment to it is done. — Caitlin Stasey

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him. — Jean Renoir

Actors shouldn't be scared. Don't get scared on film. — Kodi Smit-McPhee

Part of my aspiration as a film actor is to bring subtlety to everything I do - honesty but subtlety. — Benjamin Bratt

I never thought about the actors on television or film, like what kind of life they had. — David Duchovny

All of these stars, the most powerful actors in film, they were all gone in an instant. — Chuck Palahniuk

I have done film, television and theatre - all at a pretty substantial level - I don't think it's possible for American actors to do that. — Helen Mirren

The script is the foundation, but it's not the full story for the film, which only comes alive with the actors. — Mora Stephens

There's a lot of us idiot actors that get tattoos and they cover them with makeup when you do a film. — Seann William Scott

I'm the spokesman for ADT, and ADT, brother, pays better than most actors make on film. — Ving Rhames

When I want to support a film starring actors I like, I purchase several tickets at the box office - even if I can't stay for the movie. — Gayle King

I will no longer be an actor to hire, I have a passion for producing and making films. — Ryan Phillippe

I would love to be able to do a film. I would love to be able to focus on what excites me in watching actors. — Charlotte Gainsbourg

'Mission: Impossible' is basically entertainment, and for what it is, it's fine. I don't think most actors become actors to do that type of film. — Ving Rhames

'The Master' is a wonderful film, honestly, and the actors, Joaquin Phoenix and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, are incredible. — Laetitia Casta

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film. — Peter Hedges

For an actor, it is better to play well (or even not so well) in a bad film, than to not play at all. — Emma Watson

Casting a film, you can have the greatest actors in a film and it doesn't work. It's a combination of all of the elements. — Stellan Skarsgard

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