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I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol. Steven Seagal Actor 124
How can a president not be an actor? Ronald Reagan Actor 90
I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could have done a lot of great ones. Patti Page Actor 89
I think if you work as an actress and are supposed as a character to be in love with some actor, then to some extent you do have to be in love with him. Dorothy Stratten Actor 87
Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull. Rod Serling Actor 87
Uncle Junior is a criminal, which makes him a villain, so it makes people want to watch him. My whole life as an actor has been preparing for something like this. Dominic Chianese Actor 86
As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending. John Hawkes Actor 84
In the theatre, the actor is given immediate feedback. Charles Keating Actor 83
I have never understood that. I come from a place where the press makes or breaks an actor and it is more of a teamwork relationship. Michelle Trachtenberg Actor 83
To be an actor, a true actor, you have to be brokenhearted. Shia LaBeouf Actor 82
As an actor, being on autopilot is the worst thing possible. Matthew Perry Actor 81
I was appalled at the amount of study necessary in order to qualify in medicine, and gradually my desire was blunted by a keener - and secret - wish to become an actor. Conrad Veidt Actor 77
I recognized that I had a window of opportunity that had opened because of my exposure as an actor. Zachary Quinto Actor 77
I feel a little guilty only being an actor. Blythe Danner Actor 77
You know, OJ was a really nice guy, and he knew his lines. He was nice to everybody on the set. He got to be a better actor, I thought, with every movie. David Zucker Actor 76
The worst thing that an actor can do is go into any project with a lack of respect for the material. You can have an opinion about it, but you have to respect yourself in doing it. Alfred Molina Actor 76
I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood. Paul Newman Actor 75
I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor. Roger Moore Actor 75
I admire an actor that can do a lot with doing nothing really, for the most part. I like doing a lot by doing so little. Taylor Kitsch Actor 75
I think people are starting to think of me less as an actor and more as a writer. Amber Benson Actor 75
Somebody did an article in one of the newspapers saying that at that time I had the most visibility of any actor around. Kind of nice, you know, when that thing was happening. Gavin MacLeod Actor 75
When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life. Sidney had gone ahead of every other African American actor. Lee Grant Actor 74
I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail. Rooney Mara Actor 74
The whole point about becoming an actor is variety and changing roles. Richard Wilson Actor 74
I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being what they call a sex symbol. Eva Mendes Actor 74
Fate destined me to play Fagin. It was the part of a lifetime, and I was the only actor to be in the stage production and in the film. Ron Moody Actor 74
I was never a celebrity - just a working actor. Martin Milner Actor 72
I very rarely get nervous as an actor. Very rarely. Corin Nemec Actor 72
I think basically an actor is a salesman. Paul Lynde Actor 71
I trained as a theater actor and you had a bare stage and you had to pretend, one prop and you are in the middle of 8th Ave. and traffic is just going by. Benicio Del Toro Actor 71
An actor works with their soul and their thought. Monica Bellucci Actor 71
I feel really privileged to be an actor, to be paid to do something I love. Orlando Bloom Actor 70
I fit into the quirky, character class type of actor. Debra Wilson Actor 70
I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies. Patricia Clarkson Actor 70
The role of an actor is to make every character believable. Orlando Bloom Actor 69
The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to work on is his mind. Stella Adler Actor 69
I was dissatisfied just being an actor. Stanley Tucci Actor 69
I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but never any good at anything. Sean Bean Actor 68
A biopic would have required hiring an actor, and I always wanted to just let Bobby be Bobby. My thought was it would make it a more universal story to focus on ordinary people rather than this extraordinary man. Emilio Estevez Actor 68
If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. Jack Lemon Actor 68
As a model you do play a certain role and you know as an actor you play another role. Gemma Ward Actor 68
Actually, I wanted to be an actor when I was two years old. Keith David Actor 66
I suppose when I was a kid, and I went to movies, and later went to some plays on my own when I got a little older, in New Orleans, where I was living then, I zeroed in on the actor. Ray Walston Actor 66
At the time I was growing up in the business I was very well established within the industry as a child actor and as I grew up and turned into a teenager there was less and less work. Morgan Brittany Actor 66
Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of. Zhang Ziyi Actor 66
I knew from the time I could walk that I wanted to be an actor. Joely Fisher Actor 65
Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child. Amanda Burton Actor 65
The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear. Sarah Bernhardt Actor 65
I want to work with great filmmakers and great actors and get better as an actor. Bradley Cooper Actor 65
I look for things that are going to challenge me as an actor. Devon Sawa Actor 64

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