Quotes About Actor

I wanted to be a designer but I guess destiny had other plans for me and I became an actor.

I never planned to become an actor but destiny had its own plans.

Every actor has to deal with what's on his plate, and I try to deal with doing the best work possible with the most challenging scripts. I don't base it on whether it's a feature film or a TV-movie or cable.

'The Hulk' was the beginning of me, a platform as an actor to grow.

As an actor, you just want to work, and then you just want to be on a show or have a job that you love, and you hope that job will last - those things have happened. To have that platform to then talk about something that is very personal to me like marriage equality, it feels like a gift. I try and really respect that voice and not abuse it.

It's my job as an artist and as an actor to use this platform to make people learn and grow, to change their perspectives on how things are in whatever way I can.

The platform of 'Kyunki' is irreplaceable in my life. This is where I began my journey as an actor.

Growing up the way I did, being an actor in Hollywood was definitely never a plausible career choice at all.

I've played four characters now, my latest one being Sandor the gypsy.

I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting is escapism for me. I've never been that comfortable playing people that are like me.

The audition process is like playing games at times, where you have to pass many levels. Sometimes, you could pass the contract negotiation level, but in the end, the producer may decide to use a different actor instead.

I'm an actor who plays an intriguing character, not a political pundit.

I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester.

I think it's a bigger risk following a part that plays up your looks than it is to try and carve out a career as an actor.

The process of doing plays will make you an actor.

I started my career as an actor, then morphed into a playwright who accidentally became a novelist with my first book 'Fall On Your Knees.'

I'm an actor and a playwright, and I don't earn much.

From playwrights I had never heard of and performance forms I had never seen to sculpture and painting, I gained immense experience as an actor in National School of Drama (NSD). I discovered what discipline and good taste in the theatre means.

Actually, Hollywood is the reverse of what most outsiders think it is. It is not a crazy, nervous place. An actor is less bothered here than he is anywhere else. You can live your life as you please and nobody cares.

It is an actor's defect. I want everybody to like me, so I'll say what I think will please them.

I try not to read reviews. It's hard not to hear what the critics are saying, but as an actor, I try not to let it in and to just give the best performances I can. At the end of the day, if you're trying to please the critics, you're missing what's really important: being creative and having fun.

I think an actor's process should be very personal and private, and sometimes I have thought, 'Oh, please, put it away now.'

I don't think it is wrong when you - when an actor goes and sells his film. I mean, it's salesmanship; you got to tell the world what you have. You got to tell them, 'These are my wares; please see how do you like them. If you like to buy them, please buy them.' There's nothing wrong in that.

I was so pleased to be offered 'Doctor Who.'