Quotes About Actor

I love being an actor, doing it all. That's not exciting and controversial, but it's true.

As far as controversies are concerned, as an actor for the first time when there was something written about me I was affected. But then I decided that this is part of my profession.

I think, for every actor, the most challenging part of playing a character, specially a real-life character, is to convince yourself that you are the character.

I am a better cook than I am an actor. If I have any ego, it's about cooking. I'm one of the best cooks... and I cook in any language.

I am not a cop. Really. I've just been playing one on television so long that people get a little confused sometimes.

I know that I can't get a big head when things start to go well because you never know what's around the corner. It's the life of an actor.

Before 'Coronation Street,' I was a jobbing actor, and after it, I'm a jobbing actor again.

What I've learnt being an actor is that you've got to be lucky. I got less lucky, and nobody was interested. If a part came up, it would be for the main corpse's friend's brother who was having problems with his marriage.

It's just really so important for an actor to be in the right costume for their character.

I actually started as a director, but then I saw Mark Ruffalo in 'You Can Count on Me,' and I thought to myself, 'I want to do that.'

What counts in Hollywood is box office. It doesn't really matter what people think of you as an actor because, as long as you have been in a movie that has made money, you will always get another job.

Every lawyer is an actor. The place where a lawyer's acting ability shines most is certainly in the courtroom, but it works very well in the boardroom and in the office.

One guy told me I was a great actor, I just would never be on the cover of a magazine.

Shrimp crackers are actually exactly what I was eating when I got the call that I was going to play Shang-Chi.

As an actor, you think you know your craft, you know the conflicts in your character, but often you don't.

There's nothing better than an educated actor - not only educated in his craft but educated in the world.

I hate the idea of massive fame. I think the scariest thing for an actor is when your name becomes bigger than your craft or what you can do.

Whenever I have to work on my skills or add to my craft, I do theatre. It's one place where I can learn a lot as an actor.

It's wonderful when you happen across it as an actor, finding a young actor that is literally just starting out and you understand that to them the craft is the most important aspect of the job.

I'm a craftsman. I'm an actor.

You have to get it in your brain that you don't belong to yourself as an actor, but that you belong to the director who creates the character.

For a stage actor to be there with the words and the creator of the words - it doesn't get much better than that.

I've worked on shows where the lead actor doesn't know their lines, doesn't care, and it affects everybody - the crew, the director, the other actors. It's definitely a responsibility.

I'm as crippled with doubt as the next actor.