Quotes About Acting

I'm best known as a stand-up comedian, but I'm a good actor in the right role.

I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

It takes a good actor to sound excited every time.

Eric Stoltz was a very good actor.

I feel there are only well acted or badly acted roles and no such thing as a good actor or actress.

I don't believe there is any line bad enough that a good actor can't save.

I am not a good actor. There is much more to do and learn.

Being a good actor is incredibly difficult. But the amount of responsibility is so much less on your shoulders than directing.

Having a good actor as co-star is always a pleasure, as it gives you space to perform. It's nice to work with nice actors.

I believe a good actor does not have an accent of his own.

If you are a good actor then you are good at comedy.

I am not a very good actor.

I always say what makes acting so much easier is when you get to act off of good actors.

People claim that no good actors came out of FTII after Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi. What they don't know is that the acting course was closed for 26 years and reopened only in 2004.

Bad actors try to cry, and good actors try not to. Bad actors try to laugh, and good actors try not to.

A lot of comics make good actors. Actors make bad comics. They can't do it the other way round.

I like the things every actor likes - I like great, intense duet scenes with good actors.

If I do a scene with an actor who doesn't have much experience, I say, 'I tell you what we're going to do: You just listen to me, and then you respond. We don't have to do any acting.' And that's good advice because you shouldn't see the acting.

I did a lot of hokey movies when I was starting out at MGM. Good and bad, mostly bad.

I don't care about the length of anything I play, as long as it's a good character.

I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good director.

I think Mariska Hargitay on 'Law and Order: SVU' is a really good example of a female lead I'd like to emulate.

I am a good father in real life, that's why I'm able to play a good father on screen so convincingly.