Quotes About Actors

Actors are no strangers to self-doubt, fear, and rejection.

I think that some actors who make it in Hollywood are very talented. There are some of my heroes, the Meryl Streeps of the world, a lot of people that I love their work but I think a lot of it is luck, looks, strategic alliances and relationships, your agent and a lot of business components.

Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.

With the other fellow actors who have gone astray, I think it's sad that society wants to label the business as doing this to people. It's really not true.

I find I like to work with a lot of the same actors, because I find that there's sort of shorthand there, and there is this unspoken trust, both ways. They trust me and I trust them. And I know what I'm going to get from them, to an extent. It's just fun, kind of creating this little family.

I don't offer advice to actors only because I've seen actors become successful through ways that would never even occur to me or that wouldn't work for me.

I don't offer advice to actors only because I've seen actors become successful through ways that would never even occur to me or that wouldn't work for me. But this has worked for me: Never memorizing a scene.

I think it's really odd, too, that the public is so privy to how much money the actors make and what movies cost. It seems to me to be beside the point. When I go to a movie I really don't want to think about the money. I want to see the story.

There are a lot of actors who will watch the monitors. They'll do a scene, and then the director will look back to see if he got whatever he wanted. I just find it odd to sit there and watch yourself.

There isn't really a theatre culture in L.A., which is odd when there are so many brilliant actors there.

It's odd because some actors are very scared of comedians.

I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!

I feel that the industry can be sliced into two categories - grateful actors and non-grateful actors. I'm always so appreciative that this has happened for me - and against all odds - as a middle child from Canada. I'm very grateful.

If any fantastic filmmakers want to offer me roles, I'll consider it!

'Law & Order' was so very interesting to me because what I got to do was explore New York along with getting to work with some of the best actors New York City had to offer.

There are a lot of people out there who offer roles to actors because they'll elevate their movie to a place the movie would never reach.

'Sanam Teri Kasam' wasn't the first Bollywood project offered to me. I was offered other projects with more established actors, but I always knew that I could easily be seen as just eye-candy.

I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the role is. A good leading man is a character actor; a good character actor can be a leading man.

I've become one of those actors who find it difficult to say 'no' when things are offered.

Actors are at the mercy of roles that are offered.

I have been offered a lot of films with many big actors, but I have unfortunately declined them.

Rejecting offers has not been easy for me, especially when the movies involve some of my favourite actors and directors.

Bollywood offers great opportunities to actors who are willing to try out different kinds of roles.

It's almost an out of body experience to see things that First Officer Jeff Skiles and I said in the cockpit together, played by actors.