Quotes About Acting

Getting to play superheroes is a pretty good job.

There are some actors who can only play themselves, but good actors must really be separated from the people they play.

Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.

Many of the Universities have very good Theatre Departments these days.

I'm not sure whether it's good fortune or bad, but I've died many times on screen.

I went from working with Will Smith to working with Will Smith's wife. So the Smiths have been very good to me.

I'm not very good at impersonations.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

Great actors try to dismiss all ideas from their conscious mind in order to provide an experience that is real.

I never will believe there is such a thing as a great actor.

It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing.

When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that compares with the thrill of acting.

The great actors, like Cary Grant, and the gentlemanliness that they portray in the movies is something that I try to keep in mind.

One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife.

There's no great mystery to acting. It's a very simple thing to do but you have to work hard at it. It's about asking questions and using your imagination.

I enjoy playing other people. It's a great job and it's challenging. I couldn't do a desk job.

Acting can be a great job, but you do have to make up things to do when you're not working.

I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don't seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.

I've been lucky to have some great opportunities acting with some great people since leaving Corrie, I have certainly been kept busy since leaving the street!

I've never wanted an Oscar, although they are reassuring to an actor who doesn't know how really great he is.

I was an amazing bartender and a great waiter. I think, in a way, that was my acting school.

I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it.

'Desperate Housewives' is an ensemble cast, where I played a tertiary character. I made a lot of great friends, but that show didn't keep me very busy.

I know that some great actors can transform, and that's fine. But I come from the school of thought that people put a version of themselves in their films.