Definition of Actor

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Definition of Actor
	Actor One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer. A theatrical performer; a stageplayer. An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes. One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant. Related Definitions: Advocate, Affair, An, Any, Civil, Complainant, Doer, In, One, Or, Part, Performer, Plaintiff, Proctor, Stageplayer, Suit, Theatrical, Who

Actor Quotations

How can a president not be an actor?
Ronald Reagan

There is but one stage for the peasant and the actor.
Henry David Thoreau

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.
Oscar Wilde

Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.
W. C. Fields

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.
Rodney Dangerfield

When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in.
Bob Hope

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'
Alfred Hitchcock

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.
Alfred Hitchcock

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
Bette Davis

I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.
Bette Davis

Actor Translations

actor in Afrikaans is akteur
actor in Danish is skuespiller
actor in Dutch is speler, komediant, acteur
actor in German is Schauspieler, Schauspieler {m}, Akteur
actor in Italian is attore
actor in Latin is ludio
actor in Norwegian is skuespiller
actor in Portuguese is actor, ator
actor in Spanish is actor

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