Quotes About Actor

I am a trained actor and an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).

I am completely a director's actor. If the director gives me the liberty and freedom, then I give my inputs. Otherwise, I just follow instructions.

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

For an actor, if you're not doing a job, you can't just practice acting. Your instrument is your whole person.

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.

You've got to understand that in Bollywood, every actor is an instrument, and yet a human being. They come to the set with a set agenda, believing, 'This is who I am, this is what I want, and no, I am not going to become that character you want me to.'

An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.

I just want to improve as an actor, and I am also fond of dancing and learning musical instruments.

As an actor, I get my insurance from the Screen Actor's Guild by union, and you have to make so much every year to get that type 1 insurance.

I had a certain career as an actor that I think was quite personal as well, and had a lot of integrity, but I wasn't writing my own things or directing my own movies.

I'm an actor so I approached my debut with as much honesty and integrity towards the character that I was given to play.

Sometimes I think your intellect can get in your way as an actor or an artist. When you come from a world of improv and comedy, you're able to let it flicker and fall out.

Sometimes you realize that the thing an actor is asking for isn't exactly the thing they want. Maybe they're asking for more dialogue, or maybe they want a deep intellectual exploration of their role. But probably what they really need is encouragement.

I think there's a quality of passion to the American actor. I'm certainly attracted to it, and I like to hope that underscoring it is a characteristic of my work. That quality is certainly also present in some British actors, but I tend to feel the mechanical and intellectual process is dominant in the British.

I don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent.

Stephen Moyer is probably the most gracious, gifted actor that I've met. He's really intelligent. He has a real sensitivity to his character, to scenes, to scripts.

Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him.

If a film is being made by an intelligent director, they're going to cast the right guy.

I love everything about Benedict Cumberbatch because he's so intelligent and talented.

Ranbir is a very intelligent actor and he is one of my favorite actor in the present generation. He is very good and he is very intense. He is doing a wonderful job and his choice of films is very good.

Amitabh Bachchan is an intelligent actor.

There is always one person on the set who has a lot of anxiety, an actor who is really intense and has to stay in character and holds himself away from the rest of us.

All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.

There's a lot of intensity when you're on a set. And then it just goes away and no one's giving you attention or flooding you with compliments.