Great Actors Quotes

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I never will believe there is such a thing as a great actor.

It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing.

The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.

Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.

I always say that, if you have great actors and great storytelling and great monsters, and you mix them together, nine times out of 10, it explodes in your face.

[Making movies is] 80% script and 20% getting great actors. There's nothing else to it.

Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.

The great actors, like Cary Grant, and the gentlemanliness that they portray in the movies is something that I try to keep in mind.

I mean, the actors that I admired were Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, an actress named Barbara Harris. And Greta Garbo. They were great actors.

It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley.

I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show.

Great actors come with depth about how their character sees the world, and they completely defend it. They could defend it in a court of law, down to the reason the patient deserved this.

The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers.

A great actor is simply just seeing him or herself, and reacting to what exists around them.

Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience.

I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.

I love talking about acting. I'm just such a fan of actors and filmmakers, and I try to choose roles where I get to talk to great actors about acting and learn.

I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work.

While great leaders may be as rare as great runners, great actors, or great painters, everyone has leadership potential, just as everyone has some ability at running, acting, and painting.

Working at BBC, at the head of one of the top dramas, is a tradition for great actors.

Young girls of 13 or 12 are great actors.

I want to work with great filmmakers and great actors and get better as an actor.

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.

I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft.

Who could have asked for anything better? I was cast in movies with great actors, with great leading men.

I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don't seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.

Blot out from the page of history the names of all the great actors of his time in the drama of nations, and preserve the name of Washington, and the century would be renowned.

What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really great script that would force me to grow, or work with a really great actor who will make me better.

I know many great actors who have small heads.

The joy is when you work with great actors, it just comes to life in a way that you never even imagined.

I'm a perfectionist, so doing a high quality, high caliber television show with great actors makes me feel like there's this whole world of television that I've never experienced.

I think most great actors have their own life trajectory, the character motion doesn't have anything to do with their life motion.

When I was 11 I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin and my teacher told me I would make a great actor.

For me, what makes great actors, always is how truthful they are to the character and the story and the emotion that they're trying to tell.

I think every actor is looking for a challenge, and to play something different, and to be a part of a project with other great actors.

I've had the pleasure to work with a lot of very great actors. And they're too different to say who's the best.

To tell a strong story with real taste of an epic tragedy needs great actors.

As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.

For us, performance is everything. If we can get great actors in there who like us, and we really like, we feel pretty confident that we can make a movie work.

A lot of movie stars are not great actors; they're just very good-looking. And when they start to age and they don't have the looks any more, then it's over.

[Marlon] Brando's a giant on every level. When he acts it's as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.

I love Ice Cube and Charlie Day. They're brilliant men, great actors and very funny people.

I just want to keep doing things completely different from the other. I just want to keep working with great people, great filmmakers and great actors and just building on that experience.

I just want to be remembered as a great actor.

At a certain level, great actors who are successful actors don't have to worry about it. They can just go for it because they believe in themselves.

I'm lucky to have worked with great actors, my whole career.

I never pretended to be a great actor.

To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer.

We've all seen great actors and actresses who are missing a certain chemistry. And it's not about getting along or not getting along.

You never know where you're going to find a great actor.