Quotes About Actor

I don't care for horror and fantasy films. I never go to see them in the theater. I know I've played in many of them, but I didn't do them because of their genre - I did them just because I loved their scripts.

As a jobbing actor, you can't afford to be choosy; if you're typed, you're generally working. I still feel that way, and the thing is, even within the horror genre, I now get to play all kinds of different roles.

I believe singing should be like being an actor. People shouldn't have any problem buying an actor being in a comedy or a drama or a horror film. That should be the same way with music.

The first movie I appeared in was Carry On Cowboy, though not as an actor. I was just riding horses.

I wouldn't mind doing a film revolving around horses, but I wouldn't dilute my equity just sitting on one.

I'm lucky to get jobs where I get these amazing film horses that make me look much better than I am.

There's this assumption that every British actor, they can ride horses. Definitely not!

As an actor, you audition a lot for 'the girlfriend' or the 'hot girl.'

In terms of jobs, I'm an actor. There's gotta' be depth there. I'd never say yes to something just to play the hot guy. That's not what I'm interested in.

If I was not an actor, I would have been working in a five star hotel as a chef.

As an actor, you spend a lot of your life in hotel rooms.

Because I've done so many hour dramas, people tend to think of you as more of a dramatic actor and don't see you as doing comedy.

The whole time I've been an actor, from early in Houston, my goal has been to work - to keep doing it. I feel at my most satisfied as a human being when I'm working on a role.

After five awful movies, I admitted failure and said I was not cut out to be an actor. But how many people get a chance to live their dream?

Once I found out how much an Off-Off-Broadway actor makes, I was whoring myself out the next day.

I know that in Bollywood, there is this constant talk on which actor's film is minting how much money, but we are living in a time where the focus is shifting from 'actor's responsibility' to the result of a great team work. I believe filmmaking is about that.

As a singer-turned-actor, you will already have a fan base. However, if you don't do well in the movies, your career in music is also at risk.

I have to tell you, you can't have an ego when you're an actor. A lot of actors have them, but in reality most of those people are just sensitive artists dying for a hug and a compliment.

I didn't have a huge amount of on-camera experience before 'Fleabag.' It has definitely changed me as an actor. I remember the actor I was before; I felt stifled by the industry and the boxes people tried to put me in.

It requires a huge amount of intelligence to be an actor.

I'm a huge fan of Brad Pitt. He could have done rom-coms his entire career, but he took it in a different direction.

A huge part of my life as an actor has revolved around fashion and beauty - just by default. It's such a big part of the business.

I'm not sure I'm the sort of actor people are hugely interested in finding out an awful lot about.

You know, no one's ever gonna be like, 'We need to do a movie about Howard Hughes. Time to cast Idris Elba!'