Robert Mitchum Quotes

There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.

I was blown away watching Michael Keaton act because he was such a maniacal, evil person on set. He takes on a totally different life, and it was so amazing to watch him work.

Sometimes you can do Shakespeare and you're still not an actor.

I'm just an instinctive actress, I've never had a lesson in my life.

My Mother's an actress, and she's always told me, "Boy, you're an actor." I would look forward to seeing if I'm any good. I want to be good at it, that's the only thing.

I think anybody can be a good actor.

When I see an emotion being enacted by a great actor, I always feel I can never do that.

You'd be surprised how much being a good actor pays off.

I was never an actress -- none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.

I've always been an actor. That's my job — I can be anything you want me to be.

Denzel [Washington] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that.

I like actors. I like their insecurities, their humor and their intelligence.

As an actor, I feel like youre asked to live life as vibrantly as possible.

I played a role. That is what actors do. But I played it too well. I went too far. And by the time I wanted to stop, to take a bow and leave the stage, it was too late.

Mine is an actor's voice, not a singer's voice, but the part was written for an actor (Richard Burton), not a singer.

I've never thought of myself as an actor, so somebody recognizing me for that would be a real shock.

I think a good actor will always know the character better than anybody.

Viola [Davis] is one of the great actors of her generation. She has one of these moments in the theater that I don't even know how to describe.

The same thing I applied to football, I applied to trying to be an actor and hopefully it came off well.

I always felt that I was more of an actress than a - I can't tell a joke to save my soul, but that I was a comedic actress.

I just had a throwaway part, really, if you think about it. I'm not a natural actor, you know? I'm a comedian, through and through. And I really love my lines. Those are the lines I want to do.

I realized that I was a really, really terrible actor. I was like, "I'd better be myself."

Movie acting is harder than doing a play. You have to be entertaining but completely natural, like Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant. They weren't doing anything. Do you have any idea how hard that is? That's how good they were. It's crazy hard to be convincing and real. It's the most subtle, hardest thing there is.

When you're an actor, you show up and it's wonderful because you're in the world of make-believe.

You have to do real acting, not just do a voice.