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Quotes About Actors

I'm friends with many actors across the southern film industry, who've been my co-stars, too, and with whom I share a great rapport.
~ Shamna Kasim
Lot of people have indeed compared my looks to that of a few Southern actors.
~ Pratik Gandhi
Nobody in the world knew about Megan Fox until I found her and put her in 'Transformers.' I like to think that I've had some luck in building actors' careers with my films.
~ Michael Bay
It was calculated that actors who win an Oscar tend to live on average about five years longer than their peers who don't.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
It was calculated that actors who win an Oscar tend to live on average about five years longer than their peers who don't. People live longer in societies that have flatter social gradients. Winners kill their peers as those in a steep social gradient live shorter lives, regardless of their economic condition.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
It is a very genuine admiration, that with which persons too shy or too awkward to take a due part in the bustling world regard the real actors in life's stirring scenes; so genuine, in fact, that the former are usually fain to make it palatable to their self-love, by assuming that these active and forcible qualities are incompatible with others, which they chose to deem higher and more important.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
It is a very genuine admiration, that with which persons too shy or too awkward to take a due part in the bustling world regard the real actors in life's stirring scenes; so genuine, in fact, that the former are usually fain to make it palatable to their self-love, by assuming that these active and forcible qualities are incompatible with others, which they choose to deem higher and more important. Thus
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
Noble Savage. Positive or negative, in both images Indians lacked what social scientists call agency—they were not actors in their own right, but passive recipients of whatever windfalls or disasters happenstance put in their way.
~ Charles C. Mann
Because ultimately only the witness -- and not the actors -- knows the truth (Vyasa to Draupadi)
~ Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Bryan Cranston's advice to actors, it's my favorite thing, and it changed my life. He said: Don't go into an audition to get the job, go to share your work. That was so liberating. You read it, interpret it, embody it the way you want to play that person and embody them with your whole heart and soul for those 20 minutes.
~ Sian Clifford
It makes a huge difference in how you feel, the way your costume holds you. When you look at yourself in the mirror, it makes you feel a certain way. Actors like to talk a lot about working from the inside out, but there's a lot to be said also about working from the outside in. It can be extremely helpful.
~ Jean Smart
I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the mirror.
~ Marilyn Monroe
Some actors are constantly on the phone, some are always looking into the mirror while some like to sit and bond.
~ Sanam Saeed
I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
~ Famke Janssen
I used to watch actors and say, 'You poor suckers, that job looks miserable.'
~ Evangeline Lilly
And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable.
~ Eli Wallach
I miss working with great actors, working with great directors.
~ Pauly Shore
But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure.
~ Thomas Haden Church
I stay in touch with a lot of the cast - Jess Fox, Jen Metcalfe and Nikki Sanderson and probably more that I've missed out. It's a cliche, but it really is like a family at 'Hollyoaks.'
~ Rachel Shenton
We have seen many instances where Malayali actors missed out on the awards when some of the jury members were from the state.
~ Salim Kumar
'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
I'd love to see the rushes but it's just not allowed because directors and also a lot of actors feel that if they see their work, and the director likes what they're doing, the actor might try to correct their mistakes.
~ Corey Haim
I couldn't, and I wouldn't have the long-term friendships and continued loyalty from so many reputable people if I'd mistreated my actors of any age, especially minors.
~ Dan Schneider
Among the actors, I think my name has been misused the maximum number of times in the industry.
~ Riya Sen