Famous Quotes - Tags - Actor

  • ... actors of the first water are not more plentiful than playwrights of genius. More
  • ... actresses are such very dull people off the stage. We are only delightful and brilliant when... More
  • ... actresses require protection in their art from blind abuse, from savage criticism. Their work... More
  • ... an actor is exactly as big as his imagination. More
  • ... does it seem to you that it is possible to speak of Art? It would be the same as explaining... More
  • ... instinct is the direct connection with truth. More
  • ... most of all [the actor] will love the boys and girls, the men and women, who sit in the... More
  • ... the men and women of the United States are upon the whole the least animal race of human... More
  • ... the one lesson in the ultimate triumph of any great actress has been to enforce the fact that... More
  • ... the theatre demanded of its members stamina, good digestion, the ability to adjust, and a... More
  • ... unless the actor is able to discourse most eloquently without opening his lips, he lacks the... More
  • ... you have to have been desperately unhappy before you can play comedy, so that nothing can... More
  • ...Christmas is a season of such infinite labour, as well as expense in the shopping and... More
  • ...I have never known a “movement” in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm.... More
  • ...I wasn’t at all prepared for the avalanche of criticism that overwhelmed me. You would have... More
  • ...I will not be a sight gag for anybody. I will not do anything degrading to myself or other fat... More
  • ...I’m thirteen years old, and I think I’m at the crossroads of my life. I’ve got to make... More
  • ...I’ve found out it’s fun to go shopping. It’s such a feminine thing to do. More
  • A country without bordels is like a house without bathrooms. More
  • A defective voice will always preclude an artist from achieving the complete development of his... More
  • A diplomat these days is nothing but a head-waiter who’s allowed to sit down occasionally. More
  • A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong. More
  • A good many causes tend to make good masters and mistresses quite as rare as good servants....... More
  • A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce, I think I’m about $100,000... More
  • A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold. More
  • A man in the house is worth two in the street. More
  • A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. More
  • A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk. More
  • A sex symbol becomes a thing.... I just hate to be a thing. More
  • A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down... More
  • Above all, ignore the audience .... More
  • Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning... More
  • Acting is the physical representation of a mental picture and the projection of an emotional... More
  • Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in... More
  • Actors work and slave—and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end. More
  • Adrian: It was Thanksgiving.
    Rocky: Yeah, to you, but to me it’s Thursday, right? More
  • After the first couple of months, she and Charlie didn’t see much of each other except at... More
  • Again and again, I struggled though the storm. Once I fainted—and it wasn’t in the script. I... More
  • Age wins and one must learn to grow old.... I must learn to walk this long unlovely wintry way,... More
  • Ah! How neatly tied, in these people, is the umbilical cord of morality! Since they left their... More
  • Alas, we are the victims of advertisement. Those who taste the joys and sorrows of fame when they... More
  • All true language
    is incomprehensible,
    Like the chatter
    of a beggar’s teeth. More
  • Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they... More
  • Alvy Singer: I’ve gotta see a picture exactly from the start to finish, ‘cause, ‘cause... More
  • Alvy Singer: You look like a really happy couple. Are you?
    Woman on Street: Yeah.
    Alvy... More
  • Alvy’s psychiatrist: How often do you sleep together?
    Annie’s psychiatrist: Do you have... More
  • American gentlemen are a cross between English and French men, and yet really altogether like... More
  • An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine. More
  • An actress must be a woman whose emotional perceptions are true, and to make them so, she must... More
  • And now the end is near
    And so I face the final curtain,
    I’ll state my case of which... More
  • And there were present
    the Picninnies,
    and the Jobillies,
    and the Garyulies,
    and... More
  • And what is an authentic madman? It is a man who preferred to become mad, in the socially... More
  • Annie Hall: Well, la-de-da!
    Alvy Singer: La-de-da. If I, if anyone had ever told me that I... More
  • Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most... More
  • Art is beauty, and every exposition of art, whether it be music, painting, or the drama, should... More
  • As soon as I suspect a fine effect is being achieved by accident I lose interest. I am not... More
  • Be a doctor! Be a lawyer! Be a leper missionary! More
  • Be reflective ... and stay away from the theater as much as you can. Stay out of the theatrical... More
  • Beautiful women seldom want to act. They are afraid of emotion and they do not try to extract... More
  • Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it’s looks, most women... More
  • Being blond is definitely a different state of mind. I can’t really put my finger on it, but... More
  • Bernstein: “Girls delightful in Cuba stop. Could send you prose poems about scenery but don’t... More
  • Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it. More
  • But how is one to make a scientist understand that there is something unalterably deranged about... More
  • But what is the greatest evil? If you are going to epitomize evil, what is it? Is it the bomb?... More
  • By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few... More
  • Captain Hank Quinlan: C’mon, read my future for me.
    Tanya: You haven’t got... More
  • Captain Quinlan: When this case is over, I’ll come around some night and sample some of your... More
  • Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It’s a painful religion. We’re all gluttons for... More
  • Certain women should be struck regularly like gongs. More
  • Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a... More
  • Charles Foster Kane: Look, Mr. Carter. Here is a three-column headline in the Chronicle. Why... More
  • Charles Foster Kane: You always said you wanted to live in a palace.
    Susan Alexander: Oh, a... More
  • Charlie Chaplin’s genius was in comedy. He has no sense of humor, particularly about himself. More
  • Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops... More
  • Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. More
  • Criminals are never very amusing. It’s because they’re failures. Those who make real money... More
  • Crooks aren’t the worst people, just the stupidest. The fleas of the world. More
  • Deep down, I’m pretty superficial. More
  • Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference. More
  • Destroy yourselves, you who are desperate, and you who are tortured in body and soul, abandon all... More
  • Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they... More
  • Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no... More
  • Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after... More
  • Don’t put your daughter on the stage,
    Mrs. Worthington,
    Don’t put your daughter on... More
  • Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and... More
  • Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts. More
  • Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid. More
  • Effeminate men intrigue me more than anything in the world. I see them as my alter egos. I feel... More
  • Egocentrics are attracted to the inept. It gives them one more excuse for patting themselves on... More
  • Elsa Bannister: The Chinese say “It is difficult for love to last long; therefore one who loves... More
  • Elyot: It doesn’t suit women to be promiscuous.
    Amanda: It doesn’t suit men for women to... More
  • Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it. More
  • Evenin’ all. More
  • Every man is a potential genius until he does something. More
  • Every single night I’m nervous. More
  • Everybody is somebody’s fool. The only way to stay out of trouble is to grow old, so I guess... More
  • Everyone probably thinks that I’m a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual... More
  • Everything overworks everybody here. More
  • Experts are saying that President Bush’s goal now is to politically humiliate Saddam Hussein.... More

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