Quotes About Actor

I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'

Conservatives complain that the Supreme Court is too liberal. Liberals complain that it's too conservative. Both charges are inaccurate: in reality the Court is a careful political actor that arguably represents the center of gravity of American politics better than most politicians do.

While I am open to doing a Gujarati film, I don't want to be a part of anything stereotypical. It has to be something out of the box, if something like that comes up, I will surely do it.

You can't TV surf without coming across an Andy of Mayberry episode where you've just got to watch Don as Barney. That's why I put Don in several of my movies.

My belief is that if I can achieve that level of entertainment by making the audience happy or sad or angry, then I have succeeded as an actor and have done my job. The profits and the fame as an actor will eventually surface, but first and foremost comes the work as an actor.

It's funny when people ask an actor what they want to play next, because you don't get to decide what you play. I don't know. I can only say this: I don't want to and have no interest in playing a plastic surgeon. That's for sure. I'm open to anything else.

I think I'm still trying to find my feet as an actor. And I know it ain't brain surgery, but it confuses me and it comes between me and my sleep a lot.

I'm an actor - it's not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won't ask for their money back.

I played a doctor on 'Chicago Hope' 15 years or so ago, and I did go and watch an open heart surgery.

I don't think it was a surprise that I ended up as an actor, and it was anything but a disappointment.

After I found that I had become an actor, slightly to my surprise, I did have some insecurity, and I did take some rather strange acting classes at a place called The Actor's Studio in London. I don't think they did me any good at all.

I always try that my next film is different than my last movie. I would like to surprise my audience; that, I think, is the job of an actor.

As an actor, you should always keep your trump card hidden from your audience. I want the audience to keep expecting more and more from me. I want to do 'different' work - good and memorable roles - so that audience appreciate me more. That's why I love to surprise my audience with something they never expect me to do.

I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.

I love doing characters that surprise people and showing what I am, which is an actor, first and foremost.

I am an actor. Let me act, let me audition. Let me show what I can do. You need to surprise yourself every time and that will surprise the audience or casting person.

I was clearly the singing and dancing actor. When I was picked for serious roles, it came to me as a surprise.

I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core.

No doubt, my role in 'Urumi' has been one of my best so far. It surprised me as an actor and made me more confident.

I don't like improv at all. It terrifies me. I like to know exactly what I'm going to say. Being surprised does make me a better actor. Anytime I'm afraid of something that makes me rise to the occasion, it scares me, but it's what makes great actors - being in the moment.

No one was very surprised when I decided to become an actor.

We even did a re-imagining of 'Spider-Man' that James Franco starred in that didn't make it into 'This Is The End'. That didn't make the final cut, but I wouldn't be surprised if it made the DVD.

The first audition I did was for 'Trapper John, M.D.' I was surprised to get the part, and then to have it last for seven years was a bonus.

I go to the movies a lot, and I regret when I see some actor that I used to like, to find them offering no more surprises.