Vijay Actor Quotes

I do hope to be an adult actor. But if it doesn't work out, I've been thinking about doing something in the medical therapy field, chiropractics or something like that. I've always been into the idea of helping people medically, but I can't stand blood or surgery. That freaks me out. So this would be a bloodless way to help people. ~ Nathan Kress

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 research every part thoroughly. I talk it out with my actor friends, but then I throw it all away when I get to the set. You have to be spontaneous. ~ Amy Adams

I just wanted to do this all Australian film and we didn't want to give creative control to overseas 'cause whoever comes on my sets, whether you're sweeping the floor or an actor, it doesn't matter who comes up with the ideas, it's a collaboration. ~ Yahoo Serious

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

In my experience of doing physical scenes, half of your energy is spent on trying to get the other actor to enter into it physically with you. Most actors don't want to hurt each other. ~ Daniel Radcliffe

I think I'm the only actor in the history of film who got to slap Sam Jackson on the face and butt and lived to tell about it. ~ Eugene Levy

I don't really go out and do too much like networking and Hollywood events kind of thing. But I do some writing, and I find it helps me as an actor in terms of giving yourself back the power and feeling a bit of strength in that respect. ~ Scottie Thompson

An actor has so much less space and responsibility. Sometimes you come on, and there are already tape marks for where you are supposed to stand, and the dialogue is already decided on. If you want to make a change and contribute something, it has to be approved by a number of people. ~ Paul Bettany

We're very good friends, we have a very honest relationship. He keeps me honest, I keep him honest. He's an incredible actor and when you have an actor like Denzel action becomes drama. ~ Antoine Fuqua

there is no such thing as a character in a script, only words on a page. An actor speaks these words of dialogue, and so the reader forms a sense of an actual person, though the character himself is an illusion. ~ Karl Iglesias

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

If you want a robot to maneuver aggressively, it has to be small. As you scale things down, the 'moment of inertia' - the resistance to angular motion - drops dramatically. ~ Vijay Kumar

I always made a living as an actor when I came to California. I never had to do anything else. ~ Bruce Dern

Ultimately, however, the script an actor enlivens is someone else's words. ~ Debra Winger

I'm an actor in between jobs right now, so I kind of live the life of a 7-year old. ~ Aaron Yoo

There was no way we were going to let this band hobble around on three legs. We chose the route that every professional actor, athlete and musician should do - leave the legend intact and bow out at the top. ~ Tommy Lee

In the beginning, I was actually embarrassed to admit that I wanted to be an actor. ~ Mickey Sumner

Why, my man is created from the outside, that is, he is inauthentic in essence- he is always not-himself, because he is determined by form, which is born between people. His "I", therefore, is marked for him in that "interhumanity." An eternal actor, but a natural one, because his artificiality is inborn, it makes up a feature of his humanity-to be a man means to be an actor-to be a man means to pretend to be a man-to be a man means to "act like" a man while not being one deep inside-to be a man is to recite humanity. ~ Witold Gombrowicz

I've done a couple of series before, and what I like about TV is, as an actor, you get that chance to practice all the time, and that's really how you grow. ~ Meaghan Rath

We were incredibly fortunate to get to make three [Batman films]. That's enough. Let's not get greedy. It's a torch that should be handed from one actor to another. So I enjoy looking forward to what somebody else will come up with. ~ Christian Bale

Ross Hunter was my assistant on Take Me to Town, He was a young man, an actor before that, and learned a lot on the picture. During shooting, Goldstein left, and Ross was most pleasant. He never interfered. ~ Douglas Sirk

Ken didn't die for your benefit, you know. It's like everyone's a supporting actor in the flm of your life story."
Of course. Isn't that how it works for everybody? ~ Nick Hornby

My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author. ~ Bryce Courtenay

I've always felt like the reason I became an actor is because I look for more high drama than what I had at home. ~ Marin Hinkle

As you know, Hollywood loves to pigeonhole all the actors and actresses, and suddenly I got 're-pigeonholed' as an action actor. ~ Liam Neeson

People don't walk around thinking of themselves as bad people. You're part of the environment that you grow up in, and there can be decency in that. I always try to find a little glimmer of that, in anything that I do, because you can find places where there's humor or lightness in something that's deep and profound, and that tends to resonate more and make people more human. As an actor and performer, I think it resonates more with the audience when you do have the payoff. ~ Jimmy Smits

I learned early that you'd better know what you're talking about. You'd better realize that certain issues are going to be so hot - no matter what reason, what logic you apply to it - you're going to be met with an opposition just because their viewpoint is different, and there's no way they're going to accept your reasoning. Furthermore, they're going to attack you because you will be portrayed as not being credible: "You're an actor. What do you know?" ~ Robert Redford

The trouble with marrying an actor is they grab you in their arms, hold you close and tell you how wonderful they are. ~ Shelley Winters

There's some part of me, as an actor, that likes attention and validation, but on any given day, depending on the style and volume of it, it can be too much. ~ Matt McGorry

An actor has many lives and many people within him. I know there are lots of people inside me. No one ever said I'm dull. ~ Shirley Maclaine

I thought I was an actor playing a wizard. But really, I was a wizard playing an actor. ~ Daniel Radcliffe

I think one of the things that might distinguish me is when I'm going to work as an actor I really try not to worry about my own personal hang-ups and just really concentrate on the work. Because I have such a respect for acting, which is something I feel like I'm constantly learning how to do, that all of my energy is always focused on the acting itself. ~ Peter Sarsgaard

I was obsessed with Jim Carrey growing up. It's why I wanted to become an actor. ~ Sebastian Stan

The advice you give to young directors for sure is to go out and become some version of a successful movie actor. Do that first and say yes to people like Terrence Malick and Clint Eastwood and Woody Allen when they come and offer you movies. It's a great front row seat to filmmaking. ~ Sean Penn

Every actor wants to direct. ~ Theodore Bikel

The worst thing you can do as a comedy director is be on set and think of something ridiculous, or an actor comes up to you with something ridiculous, and you say 'No, no that's too much.' Let's not worry if that's too much, let's shoot it, and then decide if that's too much when we see it. ~ Todd Phillips

The chance to play a romantic character who kisses somebody onscreen was one of the elements that made me want to do 'The Stand.' The more you can do, the better, and I've been known as a character actor. ~ Gary Sinise

All I can do is do my best work, try to create the best kind of moment to moment reality that I can do. That's what I do. I'm an actor. And all the rest of it is like baseball. You hit the ball. Sometimes it goes in the hole. Sometimes it goes to the player. ~ Tobin Bell