Quotes of: British-actors Keyword

There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps.

Luke Evans

Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.

Montgomery Clift

AMC has a track record for finding actors who have been working actors but not names yet and casting them.

Mireille Enos

Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it.

Morgan Freeman

Child actors going on to become adult actors never really works, apart from a few. Jodie Foster was the exception.

Mark Lester

People like to think that actors are terribly worried about ghosts of other actors in the parts they play. But you just have to get on with it.

Matthew Macfadyen

As an actor, I had noticed very vividly that very few directors know how to direct actors because they haven't done it.

Robin Wright

It took a long time for me to have any impact in the business because I didn't look like an actor, I didn't sound like an actor.

Brian Dennehy

I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor.

Matthew Vaughn

I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor.

Tom Sizemore

I think to be a good actor you need either a good experience of life or education, or both.

Honeysuckle Weeks

It's easier to see in someone else, another actor, how they kind of disappear and then this other persona appears. A great actor is a thing of mystery.

Annette Bening

I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors.

Sam Rockwell

It wasn't a mission to be a rock star. It wasn't a mission of mine to even be a movie star. I just intended to be a good actor.

Don Johnson

I still don't think I'm a good actor. The only reason I'm doing it is because I've got a lot of support behind me.

Israel Broussard

Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.

James Dean

Sidney Poitier, who is class personified, said: 'Lou, you're a leading man because you're a good actor.' Brought tears to my eyes.

Lou Diamond Phillips

I've said before that the common perception that all good actors should be good liars is exactly the opposite; only bad actors lie when they act.

Rob Lowe

I did one or two plays at school. Once I played a tree, so I never thought I would be a good actor.

Suraj Sharma

My work requires acting at its most committed - it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesn't work for narcissistic or selfish actors.

Mike Leigh

I've been blessed. Starting with Steppenwolf Theater and onward, learning from wonderful actors and getting to play with wonderful actors.

Jeff Perry