Famous quotes by Actors

"Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it because I grew up without it"

David Duchovny, Actor

"In Hitchcock's eyes, the movement was dramatic, not the acting. When he wanted the audience to be moved, he moved the camera. He was a subtle human being, and he was also the best director I have ever worked with"

Bruce Dern, Actor

"The only way to enjoy golf is to be a masochist. Go out and beat yourself to death"

Howard Keel, Actor

"You could walk the streets, no matter how hungry people were, not matter how long they'd been out of jobs, you could walk the streets, you could ride the subways in New York, and you would not get knocked in the head"

Ray Walston, Actor

"I don't see all the movies that come out"

Ray Walston, Actor

"Crazy people don't sit around wondering if they're nuts"

Jake Gyllenhaal, Actor

"The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk"

Patrick Murray, Actor

"Disney was a family film studio. I was supposed to be their young, leading man. After they found out I was involved with someone, that was the end of Disney"

Tommy Kirk, Actor

"I've spent my entire career on horseback or on a motorcycle. It boxes you in, the way people perceive you"

Sam Elliott, Actor

"Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can"

Cillian Murphy, Actor

"Other actors are not my concern, and that's their life and that's their journey. Everybody has to get to a point in their own time and their own way"

Zachary Quinto, Actor

"I've had disappointments and heartbreaks and setbacks and roles I didn't get, but something always came along that either made me better or was an even better role"

Lee Majors, Actor

"I do comedy shows. I make fun of myself, first of all"

Steve Burton, Actor

"That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something"

Karl Urban, Actor

"Skiing is better than sex, actually, because for me a good round of sex might be seven minutes. Skiing you can do for seven hours"

Spalding Gray, Actor

"I'm a four star general in this thing, and you don't rise to the ranks of a four star general by hanging about the house being the perfect dad"

Sam Elliott, Actor

"As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers to do and having a fine orchestra"

Howard Keel, Actor

"There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts"

Ryan Phillippe, Actor

"Any political party that includes the word 'democratic' in its name isn't"

Patrick Murray, Actor

"I knew I couldn't live in America and I wasn't ready to move to Europe, so I moved to an island off the coast of America - New York City"

Spalding Gray, Actor

"The point is to expand the scope of what a movie can possibly mean or be, to get people involved because they're artistic or understand the point of the material, not just because they fit a certain bill aesthetically"

Ryan Phillippe, Actor

"I started my own little carpet and upholstery cleaning business. I've done it for 20 years. I live well"

Tommy Kirk, Actor

"Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten"

David Ogden Stiers, Actor

"I like to believe that love is a reciprocal thing, that it can't really be felt, truly, by one"

Sean Penn, Actor

"I like strong girls, as long as they don't get snappish. And furthermore I think it important that you are good buddies and she does not get angry when you don't have your day"

Jonathan Brandis, Actor

"It came home to me indelibly that I was never going to change anything in America by walking around carrying a sign. It was a great revelation. It saved me a lot of anxiety and a lot of wasted energy"

Peter Coyote, Actor

"I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey"

Daniel Day-Lewis, Actor

"It's good to overexpose yourself with work. But don't expose yourself too much with the press"

Liev Schreiber, Actor

"If I'm doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character"

Liev Schreiber, Actor

"Every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy"

Jake Gyllenhaal, Actor

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