Famous quotes by Actors

"Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more!"

Ossie Davis, Actor

"College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back"

Ossie Davis, Actor

"The scenes in the show were filmed with a crew of really excellent stunt jumpers, but we had the feel of the parachutes, so we could be more realistic in the roles"

Ken Curtis, Actor

"I suppose everyone tells little white lies. Quite often they're necessary to make someone feel better or prevent feelings from being hurt. Whoppers? No, that's dangerous and they'll boomerang"

Richard Chamberlain, Actor

"As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school"

Thomas Haden Church, Actor

"And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen"

Thomas Haden Church, Actor

"The title of the movie is open to interpretation"

Thomas Haden Church, Actor

"Last summer when we were preparing for the movie, I actually kind of wanted to stay fairly uninformed about it. As we went through the process that we do in the movie, I wanted to be a little wide-eyed"

Thomas Haden Church, Actor

"I made a comfortable living for several years. I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom"

Thomas Haden Church, Actor

"I certainly was an actor, and then I drifted more towards writing and directing"

Thomas Haden Church, Actor

"I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides"

Thomas Haden Church, Actor

"But at the same time, if the right thing came along, I would do it in a second"

Thomas Haden Church, Actor

"We don't have the family organization the way we used to. My father lives with us because we have the room. The greatest of all opportunities for our children is a complete family unit!"

Dixie Carter, Actor

"The violence or the vaudeville style of comedy is a technique all by itself. You get up there, and you are a comedian, and you're doing one thing. That is, you're going to make the audience laugh"

Leslie Nielsen, Actor

"I have always loved science fiction. One of my favorite shows is 'Star Trek.' I like the trips, where it drops my mind off, because they give you a premise and all of a sudden, you say, 'Oh!' and I'm fascinated by it"

Leslie Nielsen, Actor

"The reason they call it 'golf' is that all the other 4 letter words were used up"

Leslie Nielsen, Actor

"I like that kind of 'straight-faced' comedy. I like to be straight-faced and outrageous"

Leslie Nielsen, Actor

"I would say 95% of the time, because you just can't remember your lines if you're drinking alcohol. I would say about 95% of the time it was grape juice or this fake wine, which was horrible"

Thomas Haden Church, Actor

"But I'm a citizen of Texas and try to spend most of my time there"

Thomas Haden Church, Actor

"The reason there's a question mark on my front door is just in case I forget my address"

Leslie Nielsen, Actor

"I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent"

Leslie Nielsen, Actor

"No parent is there forever. So I won't be here forever with these kids"

Anthony Quinn, Actor

"Children from like 8 and even up to the college age - Spider-Man appeals to a fairly broad demographic but, like I said, a mean age probably of 12 is a good mark - they process information so quickly and it's not because of attention deficit or short attention span"

Thomas Haden Church, Actor

"But I certainly know a lot of people that existed at that level, and are always kind of pining for more, always thinking that the next big break, the next opportunity, the big role, are just around the corner of the next audition"

Thomas Haden Church, Actor

"Between Clive Owen winning at the Golden Globes and the British Academy announcing its nominations, of which Sideways received only one, I'm feeling pretty humbled these days"

Thomas Haden Church, Actor

"I've learned, I think, to be able to distinguish between the necessary and the unnecessary as far as my limited outside time is concerned. Saying "no" politely is a necessity if one wants to lead any kind of stable life"

Richard Chamberlain, Actor

"I pattern my actions and life after what I want. No two people are alike. You might admire attributes in others, but use these only as a guide in improving yourself in your own unique way. I don't go for carbon copies. Individualism is sacred!"

Richard Chamberlain, Actor

"Well, I mean, you have an emotion, you want to express it. You don't just look in the camera and do it. You want to hide from the embarrassment of your brother saying you're not allowed to come into my town!"

Anthony Quinn, Actor

"Well, I called him and I said, Mr. Wright, What can I do? Universal offered me a contract, $300 a week. He says, take it. You'll never get that money from me"

Anthony Quinn, Actor

"The show was written just for us. We all thought we were the prettiest and the funniest"

Dixie Carter, Actor

Page 110 of 509

See the complete list of actor people