Quotes of: British-actors Keyword

I often wrangle with myself as an actor, and wrestle with the process. In striving for authenticity I often have the feeling I am falling short.

Juliet Stevenson

With some actors, you can tell when they're acting all by themselves, no matter who else is in the screen.

John Travolta

I was always a character actor, basically, that sometimes looks like a leading man.

John Travolta

I think I've had more of a variety in what I've done than most actors.

John Turturro

I wasn't a huge fan of reality shows, because I'm like 'they're taking away from the actors,' but sometimes mindless is just wonderful.

Jenna Ushkowitz

A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors.

Colin Wilson

I think theater and church are so relatable because it's traditional call-and-response in the way that an audience interacts with the actors.

Danielle Brooks

In almost any profession, even if you're the kid of an actor, people are very supportive and want to see the next generation.

Dhani Harrison

There is no such thing as a Bollywood hero or Hollywood hero. All you see on the screen is the lead actor's interpretation of the role that has been conceived by the writer.

Dhanush

It's a feeling you get. You could have a hundred actors reading for one part, and they could all be spectacular, but one sticks out for some reason.

Daren Kagasoff

The thing as an actor is you get a sense of what a show is like the minute you walk on the set.

David Morrissey

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.

James Dean

Every role is physical to a certain extent, but as a viewer, I don't respond well to actors doing more than they need to tell a story.

Jamie Dornan

It's bizarre, that feeling as an actor, at being in the mecca of the film world and seeing billboards for a TV show that you're in pretty much everywhere.

Joe Dempsie

Any actor who is being honest will admit there's always a small or large part of the real you in every character. It's impossible not to have that.

Jerry Ferrara

I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors.

Jonathan Frakes

Yes, I was on the cover of 'Vogue,' but girls on the cover of 'Vogue' are the most scared of rejection. Models are the most insecure of them all. Actually, actors and actresses are, and then musicians, and then models!

Jasmine Guinness

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.

Jeremy Irons

Well, I think that there is a connection between being a lawyer and a doctor and an actor. They kind of, in some ways, have the same appeal, I suppose.

Jeffrey Jones

Do you know how many plastic surgeries are done to the actors and actresses in Hollywood?

Joseph Jackson

As actors, we're like these vagabond artists: we have to be invited to perform, so if you don't have a choice of options, it's very hard to define yourself.

Joel Kinnaman