Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.
Robert Duvall

I'm a Method actor. I spent years training for the drinking and carousing I had to do in this film.
George Clooney

When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to them.
Kate Moss

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.
Marlon Brando

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.
Marlon Brando

An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening.
Marlon Brando

The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them.
Marlon Brando

I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be.
Milan Kundera

I think I've been lucky, being my frequent appearances on Court TV have brought to me another level than just the actor guy.
Robert Downey, Jr.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.
Thornton Wilder

Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else.
Sean Connery

Arnold Schwarzenegger's publicist told USA Today that the actor has not ruled out running for governor of California, saying that he will make a decision soon. Reportedly Arnold needs that time to learn how to pronounce "gubernatorial."
Jimmy Fallon

Jack Nicholson is a textbook actor who's very intuitive. He is absolutely brilliant at going as far as you can go, always pushing to the edge, but still making it seem real.
Tim Burton

I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that.
Sean Penn

In between, I go broke because I seem to do movies where you're not paid a lot as an actor.
Sean Penn

I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point.
Sean Penn

If there's anything I'd hate as a son-in-law, it's an actor; and if there's anything I think I'd hate worse than an actor as a son-in-law, it's an English actor.
Joseph P. Kennedy

Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better.
Cameron Diaz

Script for an actor is like a bible. You carry it with you, you read it over and over, you go to your passages.
Cameron Diaz

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.
Elton John