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Quotes About Actors

They are like actors playing a role, sometimes enjoying their role on stage, but usually relieved to leave it
~ Kelley Armstrong
It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.
~ Cate Blanchett
Any good relationship that I've had with an actor has always been so emotional and personal. If you don't have that then you're just lying.
~ Kristen Stewart
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.
~ William Shakespeare
All the world is a stage and each and every person is a player
~ William Shakespeare
All the world's a stage, and all men and women merely players;
~ William Shakespeare
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrance. And one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages
~ William Shakespeare
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.
~ William Shakespeare
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.
~ William Shakespeare
The damp occupants of the cave stood close together in the vaulted entrance like actors who had played their parts and could now watch the rest of the show from the wings.
~ William Steig
With films, I just scribble a couple of notes for a scene. You don't have to do any writing at all, you just have your notes for the scene, which are written with the actors and the camera in mind. The actual script is a necessity for casting and budgeting, but the end product often doesn't bear much resemblance to the script--at least in my case.
~ Woody Allen
To quote a Shakespearean cliché, repeated to death because it is so stubbornly true: "All the world's a stage." Work is theater. The place where life unfolds to our tragic or comic satisfaction.
~ David Whyte
I like actors. I like their insecurities, their humor and their intelligence.
~ Sam Neill
I want only dead actors. That way there'll be no jealousy.
~ Simone Signoret
what the play is about Supertask Break the play down into its component parts Bits Decide what each actor has to do in each of the component parts, what does he want or need Tasks Decide on what he does to fulfil that need Actions Check whether the sequence of needs and actions is logical and coherent and
~ Jean Benedetti
It's a common tactic for bad actors to ride the trains posing as migrants, working to gain the trust of unsuspecting travelers, so they can lure them into a secluded place where they can commit some violence against them.
~ Jeanine Cummins
As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting.
~ Jeff Bridges
Normally, I love to go to the movies and when I see a character portrayed by different actors at different ages, it kind of pops a little bit for me. It brings me out of the movie experience. Now we have the technology to cure that.
~ Jeff Bridges
But what we need are readers. Right? Where would writers be without readers? Who are they going to write for? And actors, what are they without an audience? Actors, painters, dancers, comedians, even just ordinary people doing ordinary things, what are they without an audience of some sort? "See, that's what I do. I am the audience. I am the witness. I am the great appreciator
~ Elizabeth Berg
The big stars I felt a kinship with were never the romantic leads. It wasn't Steve McQueen or Robert Redford - it was people like Walter Matthau and Anthony Quinn. My big hero was Tommy Cooper.
~ Alfred Molina
Movies today are bigger, brighter, technically dazzling, awesome in their computer generated special effects. But they are also thinner; they lack the thick layers of character actors who brought depth to the background and refracted the stars' light, so that it formed a different and more complicated image.
~ Aljean Harmetz
Ancient Japanese protocol stipulated that the Emperor be addressed with "fear and trembling". I've always loved the expression, which so perfectly describes the way actors in Samurai films speak to their leader, their voices tremulous with almost superhuman reverence. So I put on the mask of terror and started to tremble.
~ Amelie Nothomb
Weaken American encryption and consumers - both good and bad actors - will simply seek their technology from companies based abroad. Weaker encryption also means weaker national security.
~ Ted Lieu
I enjoy talking with my male friends, but a lot of them are not actors. If I'm talking to my peers, I wouldn't give out information that would be perceived as a sign of weakness.
~ Kris Marshall