Quotes About Actors

We were watching 'Madagascar' and Carmen asked me, she said, 'Is the zebra a boy or a girl?' and I said, 'He's a boy,' and she said 'How do you know?' and I said, 'Because I know him. I actually know all the actors that are doing the voices.' And she looks at me and she's like, 'You know a zebra? You know a talking zebra?'

I don't know why people feel popular actors avoid doing mytho shows. Aren't they also doing good? Sometimes such shows give you more fame.

A lot of actors are like, 'Why do I do this? My character wouldn't do this? This doesn't make sense.' And in a comedy, you kind of just need to walk into the door.

I know certain actors who have done very well. They are still down to earth.

I realized that the actors that I liked and admired all went to drama school and got an agent that way. So I started when I was about 16 in drama school, and then I knew I had to wait until I was 18 so I could go on auditions, and I tried to get into one of the ones that I liked and then go from there.

I snootily say I can't take too many dramatic parts, as it's taking work from actors who aren't funny.

I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.

'Avengers' was crazy because you're on set every day with actors I never dreamed I would work with. I'm as much a fan as anyone else.

For actors, social media is a driving force.

Earlier, in Indian cinema, actors were given a certain amount of time to learn on the job. That is not possible anymore.

It's not the easiest thing to have two actors in a family.

I'm not actually sure that actors or artists should be allowed to have a family, because the focus you need, the egotism, the myopia, is just taking away from the relationship.

I don't try to make actors play crazy characters. I like where there's a certain element of who they are and truth to their performances.

A lot of the time you find that elements of a character are brought out by the actors playing them.

I guess every actor has certain emotions they can access easier than others.

I love actors. I'm empathetic to them. I understand what they go through. But I didn't want to be an actor.

There are probably less than 100 actors who make more than we do across our empire.

I've been very fortunate to work with a lot of directors who understand that actors need to feel empowered in order to really do their job.

I'm not a great director or an auteur; I'm an ensemble director. I do think I can get wonderful performances out of actors.

Our job, as actors, is not to tell the audience how interesting we are, but to entertain them with our films.

You can call us what you want, but at the end of the day, we're entertainers.

Actors and entertainers can become parliamentarians, so why should parliamentarians not become entertainers and actors?

I don't believe there is a need for a first among equals when it comes to the industry's top actors.

I loved working with Eric Close and J T Walsh.