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Quotes About Actor

I'm not just Joey. I'm a performer. I can sing, dance and I can act.
~ Joey Heatherton
A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing.
~ William Shatner
Before I was an actor I was a break dancer, one of those street performers you see. I guess my introduction into the professional world of performing was a stint as back up dancer for Lionel Richie and I performed at the closing ceremony at the '84 Olympics.
~ Cuba Gooding, Jr.
A lot of people don't realize, when you are acting in a martial arts film, you're not just performing martial arts. You're not just performing martial arts. You're actually acting as much as any other actor.
~ Donnie Yen
Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience.
~ Marc Davis
Incredibly lucky to be an actor at this period in history. I'm able to work in this business and look put-together - sexy, even - with natural hair.
~ Adina Porter
It's funny - when I first started as an actor, obviously there were long periods of being idle and all you want to do is work. So if I ever get the compulsion to feel like I should complain or feel like I want to take a break, I just remember how I was before and be very grateful for it.
~ Neil Jackson
As an actor, you're not working every day and sometimes not for long periods of time.
~ Van Heflin
You can't perish because of your own feelings; you have to embrace those things as an actor because it's part of your palette.
~ Martin Landau
It is fun to see girls going mad about me or dancing around to get one glimpse of me. These are major perks of being an actor. But you need to be cautious and respectful.
~ Emraan Hashmi
One of the hallmarks that a British actor brings to his public persona is an adept sense of self-deprecation - see Daniel Craig and Damian Lewis.
~ Stephen Rodrick
It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
~ Val Kilmer
Loving movies myself, I know when I see a film with someone with a strong persona, it's hard to overlay another character on top of that.
~ Jeff Bridges
betapa beruntungnya jadi bintang film terkenal! Lawan dan kawan sama-sama membutuhkan.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
When you're writing for an actor like Steve - or, for that matter, any actor - you gain a lot by being able to fashion the material to their strengths. But you lose some when it comes to characterization, because you're going to avoid things that don't show off that actor in the best light.
~ Quentin Tarantino
Four hours of prosthetics every morning, the jowls and the nose, and it was very hot so they're having to attend to it all day, and you're still petrified of so many things, such as, can I speak properly? Hitchcock never quite lost those East End vowels, even though he had the softened California consonants.
~ Toby Jones
There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character.
~ Richard Gere
I am a character actor and one of my characters just happens to be a loud, vulgar woman.
~ Divine
I think when you're a new actor in Bollywood, it's about seizing the moment. If you can prove to the audience there is an emotional vulnerability to your character, regardless of it being black or gray, I think the audience will accept you in any role - be it romantic or action.
~ Tahir Raj Bhasin
An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short, his ego.
~ Alec Guinness
Sinatra, here's a guy who plays a tough guy in all his movies, but was allowed to be vulnerable when he stepped up to the microphone.
~ Michael Bolton
I can't imagine anything more debilitating, anything more challenging, anything more thrilling than to get on a stage and do any kind of play. It is such a vulnerable place for any actor to be in.
~ Michelle Monaghan
As an actor, we have to be so vulnerable that it's really hard to involve yourself with the other aspects of filmmaking.
~ Regina King
An actor is most vulnerable at the lowest point of his career.
~ Nushrat Bharucha