Linda Gray Quotes

There's nothing hard about acting except the long hours.

If you work with amazing actors, you've got a master class happening in front of you. But [also] it's just acting at the end of the day.

For an actor, it's not like you have to go crazy to do an intense role.

I'm an actor, so I love to be degraded!

The most interesting part of filming is what the actors do. That's the primary link between the story and the audience.

What's important about an actor is his acting, not his life.

I was trained to be an actor, not a star.

Being an actor is about having the courage to follow your instincts, and also having the discipline and dedication to sacrifice the things in your life that you need to sacrifice to get the best out of yourself artistically.

I love actors, regardless of where they are in their skill level. There's something terribly satisfying about working with someone who's really learning.

Well, I do lie for a living. I'm an actor.

I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's activity in his future profession.

I think when you're an actor and you're drawing on your emotions all the time, you need to be quite steady.

A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.

The amount of effort and energy that goes into being an actor is something that I can't compare to anything else.

I take acting very seriously. I put everything I have and know into it.

I'm not gonna become Ann Bancroft or Meryl Streep and have all the burden that being a "serious actress" entails.

Acting keeps me alert to people, and life. I don't know, there's something about going to work early in the morning, and having to stay alert and concentrated. Maybe that keeps your mind alive.

I'm not a very good actor, so I break character all the time.

I love talking about acting. I'm just such a fan of actors and filmmakers, and I try to choose roles where I get to talk to great actors about acting and learn.

I've been in front of the camera a million times as a musician, and even directed a few music videos. So, I know a lot about spacing, focus, blocking, etcetera. So, acting isn't totally new for me. Still, I find it fascinating, because you actually get to be another person.

I love the creative end of acting. But I hate fame.

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

As far as being an actor is concerned, you have to have passion. If you're not bringing the passion of the character into the room with you, you might as well not come into the room at all.

I'm a character actor, so as a character actor, I'm always looking for something interesting.

I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.