Joyce Cary Quotes

I think theater is so undervalued. I have seen things there that have been far more vivid than things that actually have happened.

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

When we think of an actor, we think of a tanned, frosted-tipped, model-looking guy. We don't think of a plumber.

I became an actor because it was the only thing I could do. I didn't have any friends, I didn't fit in. But when I started acting everything in my life shifted and I felt happy.

I come from an era, in my world, where you just had to define yourself as who you are and what you do. I happen to be an actor. I happen to be someone that loves to act, that also likes music, that also likes to speak, and that also has an opinion.

I love theater. I think theater, when its done right, is the best, like a religious experience. When it is done badly, it's the worst thing. It's just an incredible experience.

Actors are professionals who deal with people's emotions and their thoughts.

There's nothing wrong with being an actor, if that's what a man wants. But there's everything wrong with achieving an exalted status simply because one photographs well and is able to handle dialogue".

I just wanted to be an actor. It's better to be well-rounded.

I wanted to be an actor. Maybe a comic actor, but an actor. That's what got me into acting was putting on an act, because in life, I wasn't funny and I felt on stage or in the movies, I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free.

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

A theater is such a revealing form of art, such a transparent and good actors, they're such powerful individuals. I always kind of dreamt that one day I will open my mouth on stage.

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.

Many actors, I've read, are introverts, and many introverts, when socializing, feel like actors.

If you're an actor, a real actor, you've got to be on the stage. But you mustn't go on the stage unless it's absolutely the only thing you can do.

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

Anyone who hears enough laughter and applause at a young age will become an actor, whether they intend to or not.

They are, as it were, train-bearers in the pageant of life, and hold a glass up to humanity, frailer than itself. We see ourselves at second-hand in them: they show us all that we are, all that we wish to be, and all that we dread to be. What brings the resemblance nearer is, that, as they imitate us, we, in our turn, imitate them. There is no class of society whom so many persons regard with affection as actors.

All actors are whores. They want only one thing: to seduce you.

It was my life, playing Juliet. From that moment on I was convinced I was going to be an actress. That was all I really wanted to do.

I want to be an actor, maybe a comic actor but a real actor.

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 never will believe there is such a thing as a great actor.

Acting takes a degree of mutual trust and respect.

I feel very secure about the role of the actor in the future. They need us, because stories are about people.