Acting - Actors Quotes

Some of the greatest love affairs I’ve known have involved one actor unassisted.

At the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their acting besides their press agents.

I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor.

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.

It sure has been a pleasure for us to broadcast for the sailors and soldiers; besides, its part of the National Defense Program to prepare our boys for anything.

It is a great help for a man to be in love with himself. For an actor, however, it is absolutely essential.

Acting is happy agony.

Being in this business is a lot better than working in a car factory, a lot better than working in a coal mine. What’s the big deal? People who moan and bitch and complain about what they do, I just want to say, “Then leave! Get out of it! Go do something else!” I mean, […]

Acting is a question of absorbing other people’s personalities and adding some of your own experience.

Essentially, I’m a small-part actor who’s been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.