Quotes About Actor

I believe in making all movies at their most reasonable. That I get a lot of money as an actor is because nobody else will get it if I don't.

When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.

I used to love fast food because I had no money, and I was a struggling actor.

I'm fairly well off. I can't poor-mouth that away from people's sensibilities about me, which is something I worry about as an actor. But it would be real stupid of me to do something for the money.

Before Fringe I was in Dirty Sexy Money playing Jeremy Darling who was this bratty New York socialite.

The only film I ever made for money was something called Music From Another Room, which I really didn't like.

Well physically preparing for the role, definitely and then continuing to stay physically fit throughout filming, getting up, 4.00 4.30 in the morning.

As an actor, it's more interesting to play a nerd than anything else. It's a lot more fun - you don't worry about 'what's my hair like?' in the morning or 'which is my great angle?

My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to be an actor.

Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness for his mother

As an actor timing is important, especially as a mother with small children, so a lot is chance.

An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so he must be willing to accept all experiences that life can offer.

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable.

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.

As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies. There's always the little guy who's the sidekick to the tall, good-looking guy who gets the girl.

I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.

I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl.

The theatre is not the place for the musician. When the curtain is up the music interrupts the actor, and when it is down the music interrupts the audience.

I've been wanting to go into music ever since I can remember. I mean even before I became an actor. I just thought it would be a tough field to break into, so I became an actor instead.

I was always a singer. But I was always focused on being an actor as my trade. Music I do just for me. The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible.

I know how to be strong. I know how to be ruthless. It's part of my nature. I wouldn't be an actor if I wasn't.

I am a flirt: I have no heart: I have an actor's nature.

I'm interested in human nature. That's why I chose to become an actor. Whatever people are struggling with, the struggle is often where the drama is.