“I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I want to work with.” WantDoneActorsHavensDirectors Author:Gillian Jacobs
“No actor wants to choose - they just want all of the options available to them all the time; we tend to be pretty greedy.” WantActorsAvailableGreedy Author:Gillian Jacobs
“All my career, I've said this: Critics and producers think audiences want actors that only present the silhouette and hit the points in the silhouette. What I do is too dangerous.” ThinkingWantSaidActorsCareersAudienceDangerousCriticsProducersSilhouettes Author:Patti LuPone
“I'll tell you what I think in general about people who want to make their Broadway debut that are not trained stage actors. Don't they know, Broadway ain't for sissies? It is a tough gig. You are responsible, physically, mentally, emotionally, for eight shows a week, at the top of your game. It's not easy.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantShowsActorsGamesEasyWeekStageToughResponsibleEightBroadwayGigsDebutSissyStage Actors Author:Patti LuPone
“It's not easy being an actor, and having said that, everybody's an actor. Do you know what I mean? Paris Hilton's an actor, which is kind of scary. But if you want to honor your craft and yourself, strive for the nobler instincts.” IfsKnowsWantKindMeanSaidActorsEasyHonorInstinctStriveScaryCraftsParisDo You Know Author:Patti LuPone
“I dont know if there is anyone who wouldnt want to play some kind of superhero. I dont know if the world is getting sick of superhero movies or not, but I think you will endlessly have actors who are intrigued by the idea of playing a superhero.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWantKindIdeasPlayActorsSickSuperheroIntrigued Author:Jennifer Morrison
“The prosthetics were interesting because the artist was so good that they could just put a Hitchcock mask on me, but you don't want to do that. You're an actor playing Hitchcock, so it's about how much of that you're going to do.” WantArtistActorsInterestingMaskHitchcockProsthetics Author:Toby Jones
“I did a couple comedies to balance myself as an actor and balance how audiences see Donnie Yen as an actor, and I would even say as a celebrity or icon, to some fans. I want to show that I'm not Terminator.” WantShowsActorsAudienceComedyFansCoupleBalanceIcons Author:Donnie Yen
“I think our culture has gotten so skewed. People assume that because you're an actor you want to write a book to exploit your celebrity, but my celebrity is only a byproduct of me making movies. I have no intention of being a celebrity.” PeopleThinkingWantWritingBookCultureActorsAssumingIntentionExploits Author:Jonah Hill
“I think, like a lot of actors and people in the arts who are struggling to get where they want to be, you spend a lot of time sitting around grumbling about how you're not doing the kind of work you really want to do. But there's a lot of complacency in that, too.” PeopleThinkingWantKindArtActorsStruggleSittingBe YouComplacencySitting AroundGrumbling Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“But as an actor you do want to challenge yourself and step outside what you have done in the past and that what I like to do, I like to jump around and try different things and stretch myself.” WantTryingDifferentDonePastActorsChallengesStepsDifferent ThingsChallenge Yourself Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“I think for most actors, because we sort of have to tell ourselves this, we always say, 'Oh, it doesn't mean anything to win an Oscar!' It certainly isn't a goal that you want to set yourself up for, because then you're just setting yourself up for disaster. Because how many people actually win an Oscar?” PeopleThinkingWantMeanActorsWinningGoalDisasterSettingSettingsOscars Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“I didn't want to be a former child actor for the rest of my life, although in some ways I suppose I am. I am going to be that.” WayWantChildrenActorsFormerChild Actors Author:Mara Wilson
“The first audition I ever went on, I was accompanied by my mother at the instruction of my father. You have to learn how to take rejection if you really want to be an actor, he said. He had to eat his own words. I got the job.” IfsWantFirstsSaidJobsMotherActorsFatherRejectionInstructionAuditions Author:Michele Lee
“When I audition for something, I don't even want to think about who the other actors are in it, who's directing it.” ThinkingWantActorsAuditions Author:Lauren Cohan
“When I was five, I always told my mom I would want to be an actor.” WantActorsFiveMomMy Mom Author:Rick Gonzalez
“I let the actors work out their ideas before shooting, then tell them what attitudes I want. If a scene isn't honest, it stands out like a sore thumb.” IfsWantIdeasActorsAttitudeHonestSceneWork OutShootingStanding OutThumbs Author:David Lynch
“I don't see a difference between playing a performance capture role and a live action role, they're just characters to me at the end of the day and I'm an actor who wants to explore those characters in fantastically written scripts. The only caveat is a good story is a good character.” WantEndsCharacterStoriesActionActorsDifferencesRolesWrittenPerformancesScriptsThe End Of The DayCaptureGood StoryGood Character Author:Andy Serkis
“At the moment, my trajectory isn't to think about acting. I'm absolutely devoted to The Imaginarium, our projects and directing. And watching and enabling other actors do their thing in our studio is hugely rewarding. I expect at some point I'll probably want to go back on stage and do some theater, because I've not done theater in 10 years.” ThinkingWantYearsDoneMomentsActorsActingStageProjectsTheaterStudiosDevotedEnablingTrajectory Author:Andy Serkis
“I always knew I wanted to be an actor, certainly from the age of eight or nine. I think when you know what you want to do, you're very lucky because you've got a focus.” ThinkingKnowsWantAgeWantedActorsFocusLuckyEightWhat You WantNine Author:Ashley Jensen
“My parents didn't want me to be an actor. They didn't think I could take the rejection, and I have to say they were probably right.” ThinkingWantActorsParentRejectionWant Me Author:Rupert Penry-Jones
“I just refuse to date actors. I've done that, and I don't want to do that anymore. It's just the stress of traveling and being away from each other so much.” WantDoneActorsStressRefuseAway From Each Other Author:Lea Salonga
“If you want to be watched 24 hours a day in everything you do, you can't turn that around. You can't wake up three years later and say, 'Stop bothering me, I'm a serious actor,' if all you've done is wear certain clothes and show up half-loaded at clubs.” IfsWantYearsDoneShowsCertainTurnsThreeActorsHoursHalfSeriousClothesWake UpClubsBotherThree YearsLoaded Author:Ali MacGraw
“I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor.' And she said, 'Maybe not that.'” WantSaidDreamActorsActingMomLoversMy MomPracticalsClosetsOur Dreams Author:Octavia Spencer
“I think the success of a film is very important to an actor. It depends on how many people go to watch your movies; the more the merrier. Nobody wants to do a film for five people. You work so hard that millions of people watch the movie; this is directly related to box office success.” PeopleThinkingWantImportantHardFilmActorsWatchesMillionsFiveDependsOfficeBoxesRelatedBox OfficeMore The MerrierBox Office Success Author:Rani Mukerji
“I want to prove to people that I'm an actor and not just a character.” PeopleWantCharacterActorsProve Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I really want to work with Tom Hardy. Christian Bale and Russell Crowe are also on my list. Those are my top three actors. As far as actresses go, Kate Beckinsale, because she's so smokin' hot.” WantChristianThreeActorsHotActressesListsTomsKateHardy Author:Ryan Guzman
“Actors want to be told what to do - they really do. But they also want to have an input and be recognized for that.” WantActorsInput Author:Stuart Townsend
“I went to school to be an actor in Canada and realized I hated auditions once I left, which is a huge problem if you want to get a part.” IfsWantProblemSchoolActorsLeftHugeHatedCanadaAuditions Author:Brad Goreski
“Many actors want to play Hamlet and Macbeth. Ever since I became an actor, from the very beginning I just wanted to play a Shetland pony. I cannot explain why” WantPlayWantedActorsPonies Author:Dustin Hoffman
“Hollywood people don't want to be embarrassed by being involved with someone who isn't happening and cool at the time. But I never made the movies for the critics; I've done the best I could with the material and the directors and the actors I had. But the thing that's really exciting is that once I do that one project that's different, that stands out, everyone's gonna be watching.” PeopleWantMadeDifferentDoneActorsMaterialsInvolvedDirectorsProjectsHappeningsHollywoodExcitingCriticsEmbarrassedStanding Out Author:Pauly Shore
“A lot of people when they make movies, the actors act like it's their journey and that everyone is on the set to facilitate their journey and the whole thing is set up that way - they ask if you want anything.” PeopleIfsWayWantWholeActorsAsksJourneyFacilitate Author:Ryan Gosling
“I think actors, at a certain point in their careers, decide they're either going to keep taking risks or take the exact same risk over and over again so that it's not a risk anymore. That's when I don't want to work with them. I think there are some actors who are just doing the exact same thing, and they will never shift from it.” ThinkingWantCertainActorsCareersRiskTaking Risks Author:Tom DiCillo
“Most actors have to sit by the phone and wait for somebody to call them up to audition and stuff. I don't think I can exist in Hollywood just on that. I think I need to be proactive and making sure that things I really want to do are being developed to the point where somebody wants to make them?” ThinkingWantNeedsI CanActorsStuffWaitingHollywoodPhonesAuditionsProactive Author:Ice Cube
“Show business has never been my everything. It's a means; it's not the end. It's a means to the end. I want and have always wanted freedom. That was always my goal, to not have a boss, to not have anybody tell me what to do. Luckily, as an actor, I got that.” WantMeanEndsShowsWantedActorsGoalBossShow Business Author:Steve Guttenberg