Joseph Barbera Quotes

As an actor all we want to do is act and play people.

Obviously an actor draws on his own experience.

My vocation is I do what I do. I'm an actor; that's what I do.

When Calista Flockhart read for 'Ally McBeal', I saw this perfect chemistry between the words on the page and the person who would embody that character.

I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.

The least consideration of any film I've ever worked on is who is right for it.

One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.

I feel lucky to be an actor because you always learn something from each part you play.

It's such a fortunate life, if you can work as an actor.

I have the desire to work as an actress, but I have no ambition to be a star.

Actors are investigators.

I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited.

I know that I am one and I've made a living as an actor and I enjoy being an actor, but when I'm not actually doing it, I forget that I do it.

I never started out trying to be an actor. That was not my passion, this was not my thing.

Why do I use the same actors in different movies? One of the things I really stress in casting is I need to find someone who is suitable for the role in the movie. That's always the main reason.

It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.

I really love doing what I do, being an actor. It's the greatest. You can do it until you die.

I like acting. I really like acting. The career, it can keep you interested. With 'Entourage,' the characters are living a lifestyle that is kind of troubling. But the challenge is to make Shauna a person.

As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school.

I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.

Because actors don't get to pick movies; movies pick the actors.

My dream was to be a working actress that would be working in theater.

With acting, it was really more of a general kind of experience of really just loving being in the theater.

As an actor, you're always changing.

I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.