Atreyu Actor Quotes

I am not an insecure actor, and this reflects in the films I have done. Yes, there was a phase when I was adamant on solo hero roles, but that is over now. ~ Randeep Hooda

At Pixar, I don't have to compromise at all. When I look at the finished "Toy Story 3," I don't sit and constantly think, oh, the actor was having a bad day, or oh, it rained and we couldn't use that set. The story that I wanted to tell is what is on screen, and I haven't had to compromise it one iota. ~ Lee Unkrich

What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician. ~ James Garner

So I built my entire career in the United States and that's why it feels like I'm an American actor. ~ Anthony LaPaglia

For me, the idea of being a successful actor is hanging out with my dogs and my boy, down in Venice beach, and going, "I don't have to audition today. I've got a little respite here." ~ Robert Knepper

But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you have to do in the same way. It's excited me into wanting to do a bit more. ~ Dan Stevens

If you like to wonder about what you have done in life...know that wondering is about weighing the worth of your actions. To be able to do so would mean having the knowledge of that what constitutes action. Or even inaction. For somewhere in the realm of knowledge, you cease to be the actor or actress. Deeper within, you would realize that you never were for you could never be the actor or the actress! For you have done nothing since you can do nothing! But it is good to begin wondering in the first place. It already puts you ahead in the path of progress! ~ Anandputra Ananta

Working with Cate Blanchett, on and off the screen, has always been a highlight for me. She embodies the perfect combination of consummate actor and world-class fashion icon. ~ Giorgio Armani

A lot of what I think I do as a director is try to give everything over to the actor. So I disappear. ~ Ira Sachs

I thought I'd become a funeral director when I wasn't going to be an actor.. I thought I would be good at helping some people with the grieving process and with trying to get them to talk about and understand who this person was. ~ Angelina Jolie

Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell. ~ Keith Hernandez

As an actor, you get hired to repeat yourself. It wears you out. ~ Paul McGann

I remember in the Carpenter version, you got acquainted with the characters and really knew them. It was a real character piece. Each actor was serviced in the movie, and we tried to do that in this movie as well. I like the fact that there was a European, first-time director. I'd known of him because I'm from Europe. I knew him as a commercial director and thought one of his commercials was great. I thought it was an interesting take on such a big-budget cult classic. ~ Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

The way I see it, when I go out as an actor, it should be on a type of film I'm never going to do as a director. ~ Edward Burns

Soaps are a great springboard for any actor but if you want to be taken seriously, you have to be careful. ~ Michelle Ryan

As a professional actor, I don't have much choice about what I've gotten into. I tend to be cast in comedies and I'm fine with that. ~ Fran Kranz

As an actor, you are aware of how a role can seep into your real life. ~ Benedict Cumberbatch

I didn't think I was an actor and fought it for a long time. Nobody paid for that but me. ~ Kathleen Quinlan

I don't want to be just somebody short who happens to act. I hope my legacy will be Warwick Davis, Actor. ~ Warwick Davis

In the theater, you're so much more in charge as an actor. For better or for worse, you know what the audience is seeing. But you can be acting your socks off on film, and then you see the movie, and the camera is on the other actor, or they've cut out the lines you thought were significant, or they've adjusted the plot. So much of it is out of your control. ~ Susan Sarandon

I have to say that as an actor, I really look for the role. I'm not really looking to see if it's for television or film, because there are highly talented people in both mediums. ~ Amy Smart

An actor's life is the shadow of a cloud, the echo of a sound, the memory of a dream, nothing come of nothing. The finest actor does not create, he is but a translator of another man's work. ~ Fanny Kemble

I stand to learn more working as an actor with really talented people than I do by directing a feature. ~ Domhnall Gleeson

The happiest I ever been was when I was a struggling actor. I've had big houses and small houses. I always had work available for most of my career. When I actually had to find jobs to make money, that's when I was happy. ~ Richard Dreyfuss

I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself. ~ Taraji P. Henson

I had, like, two goals in my career: One was to try to get into 'Second City.' When I moved to Chicago, my goal was to try to work at 'Second City.' And beyond that, my goal was to make enough money as an actor to not do anything else but act, not have to go and wait tables again. ~ Steve Carell

I'm not particularly good at 'celebrity'; I don't think it was something I was born to do. I think I can get by as an actor, but I've never been one for the red carpet and don't put a lot of stock in celebrities that are famous for being famous. ~ Sean Maguire

The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor. ~ Johnny Weissmuller

As an actor, I've always been interested in making sure I can perform the role and the lines in the way the writer intended. ~ Jennifer Westfeldt

I graduated from high school in '62 and I didn't know any people who were gay. I'm sure there were people, but I didn't know any. For years and years, I guess, I was very uptight about being a gay actor. I thought it would make me less hirable. ~ John Glover

As an actor, if I just did sci-fi, I think it would get limiting, like if you just play lawyers or doctors, over and over. It's a lot more fun, if you get to play lots of different types of characters. ~ Tricia Helfer

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

I still don't think I'm a good actor. The only reason I'm doing it is because I've got a lot of support behind me. ~ Israel Broussard

The process of doing plays will make you an actor. ~ Stephen Collins

I think as an actor you're used to having to travel, so wherever the work, is you're willing to go. ~ Laura Carmichael

As an actor you get categorized by other people, but it's not like I arrange myself into comedy mode or serious mode. If it's good writing you just have to play it true - if it's funny, it's funny. But obviously you don't want it to be amusing if you're playing Hedda Gabler! ~ Sophie Thompson

I'm just an actor. I am nothing special. ~ Mandy Patinkin

There are certain things that cut right to the bone, but as an actor you have to because you get turned down for things all the time. I have a friend who was told he didn't get a job because he was too hairy. I've never heard anything that bad, but you have to get used to that sort of thing. ~ Max Irons

I've done a lot of theater work that has been quite diverse. I feel very fortunate to have had many different people think of me in many different ways. So, as an actor that's all you - all I want is diversity. So far in film and television work I have done has not been as diverse, and I hope it grows to be. ~ Michael Stuhlbarg

I have only recently got interested in film, and it is a strange way of working in many ways. But actually, when it is at its best, it's quite an extraordinary way of working between a director and an actor, to really explore an inner life. ~ Dan Stevens