Actor Quotes
The craft, nerves, and quiet discipline of acting.
These actor quotes capture the appeal of the work itself over the discomfort of interviews, the rehearsal room as the real proving ground, and the personal risk of choosing acting as a career in the first place. See Character for more on building a role.
My background is in psychology and I'm also a stage actor. That's my background.
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I grew up in East Germany, so we had to learn Russian in school... everybody hated it. I never thought it would come in handy... And being an actor, I've been able to use it quite a bit.
At some point, when I was 14 or 15, the idea crossed my mind to become an actor... I hadn't been to the theater much... When I grew up, we had one TV channel, which was sufficient.
I wanted to get on with my life when I was 16. I knew I wanted to be an actor. I wanted to get out of Detroit.
Ultimately, as an actor, it comes down to committing to the text in the script.
I was joking with my agent that I'm going to get typecast for a water-disaster actor.
If you don't get famous when you're a kid, it makes the transition to adult actor easier.
We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?
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.
When I'm writing, I'm writing for a particular actor. When a lot of writers are writing, they're writing an idea. So they're not really writing in a specific voice.
I am the child of Indian immigrants, both of whom have Ph.D.s and are college professors, and I'm an actor in Hollywood.
I'm more of a writer than an actor, and I used to say that I'm mostly an improviser, though I haven't improvised in awhile.
