“My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.' I think that's really good advice.” ThinkingSaidActorsStarsWorryAdviceTheatreManagersOld ManGood Advice Author:Colm Meaney
“I came into the industry as an actor. And moved on to become a star with the help of my dancing skills.” HelpingActorsStarsIndustrySkillsMovedDancingMoved On Author:Mithun Chakraborty
“Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work.” WantPersonsActorsStarsPlanetsGood WorkMovie Star Author:Anne Hathaway
“I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, "Grace Kelly." She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.” ActorsStarsAnswersAnimalGraceActressesCharmingGiftedValued Friends Author:Edith Head
“Having grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager in Shakespeare festivals that my father produced, I went off to college and fell in with the theater gang. I was already an experienced actor. I became a kind of campus star. I heard all this applause and laughter.” KindLittlesDoneActorsFatherStarsActingBoysHeardCollegeHugeAmountLaughterTheaterTeenagerFestivalsGangApplauseLittle BoysCampusPrecociousOff To CollegeTheater Family Author:John Lithgow
“I'm a professional singer. I have a theory that all actors want to be rock stars, and all rock stars want to be actors. I spent my whole school life forming boy bands.” WantWholeSchoolActorsStarsBoysRocksTheoryBandSingersRock StarSchool LifeBoy Bands Author:James Corden
“I am very direct and I tend to treat everyone exactly the same, which sometimes gets me in trouble because some movie stars feel like they should be treated differently. But, when you're dealing with good actors, they really appreciate it.” FeelsShouldSometimesActorsStarsTroubleAppreciateDirectTreatsTreatedMovie StarGood Actors Author:John Landis
“You have to have the passion. I could not live if I wasn't an actor. If you're just in it for beautiful dresses and movie stars, then I think you should not be an actor.” IfsThinkingShouldBeautifulPassionActorsStarsDressesMovie StarBeautiful Dress Author:Diane Kruger
“Harrison Ford is a great actor and he's and lovely man and a great father and all of these things, I got to just meet him as a person and someone I respect as an actor.I'd never seen any 'Indiana Jones' movies or 'Star Wars' movies. My husband made me watch the Indiana Jones trilogy, I just was like fanboy Comic-Con geeked out. It was amazing I didn't show up to set with a whip and a hat.” MenPersonsMadeWarShowsActorsFatherStarsWatchesHusbandLovelyComicHatsMy HusbandWhipsGreat ActorsIndianaGreat FatherTrilogiesComic ConWar MovieStar Wars MovieLovely ManIndiana Jones Movie Author:Blake Lively
“I usually try not to think about actors while writing, because the odds of those stars aligning and you getting those specific people are so rare.” PeopleThinkingWritingTryingActorsStarsOdds Author:Diablo Cody
“When I was young, I wanted to be a movie star. But I realized that you have no control being an actor. So I went to architecture school in NYC, because I was crazy about buildings. Then I began to realize that I got more excited about Vogue coming out each month than I was about my projects.” WantedSchoolYoungActorsStarsRealizingCrazyBuildingMonthsProjectsExcitedArchitectureI RealizedComing OutMovie StarVogueNycEach MonthArchitecture School Author:Tom Ford
“Filmmakers tell actors to adjust their body language, and the famous presence of the actor is his or her body language. That is what makes them special and a movie star. An actor's capital is his body.” BodyActorsLanguageStarsSpecialFilmmakerMovie StarBody Language Author:Wim Wenders
“Too many young actors are strutting about and doing films without having developed some of the depth you need to bring off certain kinds of roles. I think that's the problem with the system, where a lot of younger actors who haven't had a chance to develop suddenly become stars.” ThinkingNeedsKindProblemFilmYoungCertainActorsStarsChanceRolesHavensDepthYoung ActorsStrutting Author:Christopher Walken
“We [black actors] are more respected in Europe, because in Europe, I'm not a black actor - I'm an action star. In America, I'm a black actor.” ActionAmericaActorsStarsBlackEurope Author:Fred Williamson
“I'm not a big Hollywood star. I'm an actor. I'm called a star. That's not what I am. First of all I'm a human being; my profession is acting. People give you titles. They say you're an up and coming star, then they say you're a star, then they say you're a washed-up star. So I don't get caught up in what I'm called. My job, my profession, is acting.” PeopleGivingFirstsHumansBigsJobsActorsStarsHuman BeingsActingHollywoodCaughtProfessionTitlesCaught UpHollywood Stars Author:Denzel Washington
“When I was a child, I dreamt of being a big star. I truly believed that I would be world famous someday, but that doesn't seem so important. What's important to me is getting to live my life as an artist, and making my passion my work. I have never wanted to be anything other than an actor and performer, and each day that I get to do that is a day well spent.” WorldWellsChildrenImportantBigsSeemsWould BeWantedArtistPassionActorsStarsEach DaySomedayPerformersLiving My LifeMy PassionWhat's ImportantWorld FamousDay Well Spent Author:Jinkx Monsoon
“I'd sort of acquired somewhat more mature perspective on what my career is and I don't...not anymore...consider fame and fortune my career. I'm not a star. I'm an actor. So in a way, what I want to do as an actor, I would consider good for my career. Does that make sense?” WayWantDoeActorsStarsCareersPerspectiveFameFortuneMake SenseMature Author:Christoph Waltz
“As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential.” ActorsStarsProcessEssentialsConcernedMovieFilmmakingWorthless Book:Adventures in the Screen Trade Source: Adventures in the Screen Trade
“I am a filmmaker fanatic. I have never been star-struck by an actor once in my entire life.” ActorsStarsFilmmakerFanatics Author:Jonah Hill
“If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not. You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But, if you want to be a movie star, you've got a tough road ahead of you.” IfsWantLittlesActorsStarsCan DoCommunityActingToughTheaterConnectedYou Can Do ItMovie Star Author:Alan Arkin
“It's not unlike the movies for human actors. Once a dog stars in a movie, they don't work very much anymore. It's kind of heartbreaking.” HumansKindActorsStarsDogHeartbreaking Author:Jamie Lee Curtis
“As I say, there's something that scares the hell out of me but it really makes me work hard in losing myself. I'm not really interested in me as an actor or being a personality player, or a Hollywood star. What's given to me is to become different people and to find the truth of that. That is really what I do.” PeopleDifferentHardActorsGivenStarsHellPlayerHard WorkPersonalityLosingHollywoodScareDifferent PeoplesLosing MyselfHollywood Stars Author:David Suchet
“The great thing about space films generally, with the exception of Apollo 13, is that big stars tend not to work in space and I think that's because space is an equaliser. It makes everyone the same really and suits an ensemble cast and actors who are prepared to work with each other.” ThinkingBigsFilmActorsStarsSpacePreparedCastsGreat ThingsSuitsExceptionApolloEnsembleApollo 13 Author:Danny Boyle
“That's the reason you want to become a star as an actor, to be able to have more control of your destiny.” WantReasonAbleActorsStarsDestinyOur DestinyYour Destiny Author:Bryan Cranston
“One thing I've noticed is that I can tell when a young actor or a young actress is going to become a huge star. Everybody else will say, "Oh come on, Michelle Pfeiffer, are you kidding?" and I'm pretty much always right about that.” I CanYoungActorsStarsOne ThingHugeActressesYoung Actors Author:David Carradine
“Since I've started to star in pictures I have always managed to retain my singularity of purpose when I got into the business, which was to be an artist, as an actor, more than anything else. But to get the certain kind of role you want, you have to be in a certain position in the business and it's dog-eat-dog and it gets very hairy and you can lose your point of view sometimes.” WantKindSometimesPurposeArtistCertainActorsStarsLosesViewsRolesDogPositionPoint Of ViewSingularity Author:Bruce Dern
“It was so embarrassing, everytime I see it, I blush. Imagine if you saw yourselves like that. It's one thing to get dressed up and do the movie star thing, but I mean, it's my job to be outside of that and it's not like I'm on the outside when they're all watching me. [About the famous car wash scene from One Night at McCool's]” IfsMeanJobsNightActorsStarsSawsImagineOne ThingCarSceneMovieEmbarrassingMovie StarOne NightDressed UpCar Wash Author:Liv Tyler
“A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.” ArtArtistActorsStarsObjectsMovieMovie Star Author:Richard Schickel
“Sometimes I'll watch a movie, and it's got some big star in it playing a working-class person, and the character is in a grocery store, and you can kind of tell, from just watching the scene, that this actor doesn't do their own shopping. So you have to have some sense of reality.” KindPersonsSometimesCharacterBigsRealityActorsStarsClassWatchesSceneStoresShoppingWorking ClassGroceriesGrocery Stores Author:Winona Ryder
“An actor goes crazy in a hotel room, gets trashed, throws a bench, breaks a window, and he is considered a rock star. An actress does that and she’s sent to rehab and is thought to have problems and issues and can’t get a job.” DoeProblemJobsActorsStarsRoomsBreakIssuesCrazyRocksWindowActressesHotelRock StarBenchesRehabHotel Rooms Author:Mila Kunis
“In terms of the stars, the only ones I cast were Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins. I was in Los Angeles working and a lot of this took place on the telephone. I'd met Maggie [Smith] once and I'd come back-stage, which I'm usually loathe to do because as an actor you don't want people coming back because you want to get home [laughs].” PeopleWantHomeActorsStarsTermLaughingStageMetsCastsLos AngelesTelephonesComing BackLoatheMaggie Author:Dustin Hoffman
“I think all good actors are personalities. If they're not, they're not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.” IfsThinkingActorsStarsPersonalityGood ActorsHorsepower Author:Katharine Hepburn
“I don't have people following me around, like bodyguards. I don't know how people live like that. Maybe the young movie stars have to live like that, I don't know. But it seems a little crazy to me. I don't think you need all that stuff.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsLittlesSeemsYoungActorsStarsStuffKnow HowCrazyFollowingMovieMovie StarBodyguard Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I don't represent myself as a star, but an actor who wants to make movies.” WantActorsStars Author:Jean Dujardin
“On the whole, British actors star in theater, and I think there's something quite grounding about that.” ThinkingWholeActorsStarsTheaterBritishGrounding Author:Jeremy Irvine
“There are a lot of comedic actors who are just out to be the funny one and get all the laughs and they'll sacrifice your joke, the scene, the story just to be the star. All they want is attention and to be number one. You can spot those guys from a mile away and they're the worst.” WantStoriesGuyActorsStarsNumbersAttentionLaughingSacrificeWorstSceneJokesMilesSpotsComedicMiles Away Author:Jake M. Johnson
“Ewan McGregor stars as Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, again doing a fine Alec Guinness impersonation but otherwise seeming lost and alone in the galaxy as the one actor attempting to give a real performance in this mess.” GivingRealActorsLostStarsFinePerformancesMessGalaxyAttemptingSeemingGuinnessObi Wan Kenobi Author:Stephanie Zacharek