Quotes of: British-actors Keyword

When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.

John Boorman

All actors are looking for that role that's going to define who they are. When it happens, it's a good thing.

Jeffrey Pierce

I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.

Morris Chestnut

I hate to think of the day when nobody remembers me as an actor and I can't get good tables in restaurants.

Paul Henreid

I don't even think of myself as particularly good looking, and not at all a typical kind of Hollywood leading man sort of actor.

Ryan Gosling

Richard Donner's friendship and guidance showed me that there's more to life than being an actor.

Jeff Cohen

I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.

Baz Luhrmann

I think actors always have that fear of unemployment so when the opportunities are there, you just jump on them.

Rosemarie DeWitt

It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am.

Emily Blunt

I'm hardly the most notable person in 'Zombieland.' The other actors in it are way more famous than I am.

Jesse Eisenberg

Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.

James Purefoy

As an actor, you've got to have faith in the director's vision, that the director has a vision for this that is greater than the critics say.

Cliff Curtis

All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene.

Meryl Streep

You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact.

Jon Lovitz

Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing.

Sanjeev Bhaskar

When I'm on the set at 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,' of course the content isn't funny, but the other actors are hilarious.

Stephanie March

A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage.

Bela Lugosi

As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the Americans say.

Antonio Banderas

Like actors and writers who are on and off again in terms of employment, I had a very unstructured life.

Buzz Aldrin

It might sound glib, but in a sense, as an actor I'm a journalist and a psychologist recording life and truth.

Bertie Carvel

The difference between my generation of actors and their generation is that they were bigger than life. We are not bigger than life.

Bruce Dern