Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
Natalie Wood

Inside I never said I wanted to do theatre or be an actor.
Sebastian Bach

When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.
Anton Chekhov

Let's face facts, this is visual medium, there's a very high premium put on people who are good-looking. But the minute you rely on that you get yourself in trouble. You certainly don't make a career out of that anymore as an actor.
Alec Baldwin

A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.
Jean Anouilh

Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He's done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?
Barbra Streisand

I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.
Randy Harrison

It makes me proud, and it makes me scared. More than anything, I want to be an actor and I want to keep working, and I think there's a danger in being perceived as a poster boy for something.
Randy Harrison

I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now.
Chevy Chase

No, I love the idea that someone changes. As an actor it's always the thing that you look for. He is someone who starts off bright, cheerful and confident and then has everything taken away from him. It's a wonderful journey to take.
Stephen Fry

Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be daft to go to one's grave without having directed. It's a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day.
Stephen Fry

I've been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I'm nominated as actor in a supporting part. If I don't win, I'll just wait until I'm nominated for being in the theater during the show. Do they have one like that?
Alan Alda

It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character wants. Otherwise it doesn't look authentic. So I really want to defeat Jimmy - I mean Jimmy as the character.
Alan Alda

I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for it, but all I wanted to be was an actor.
Gwyneth Paltrow

An actor shouldn't undergo psychoanalysis, because there are a lot of things you're better off not knowing.
Paul Lynde

I think basically an actor is a salesman.
Paul Lynde

To be an actor you have to be a child.
Paul Newman

I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.
Paul Newman

As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still remember thinking, "This is what I love doing, and I hope I'm going to be able to do it forever."
Tom Cruise

I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities.
Tom Cruise