#actor

I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry. ↗

— Corey Feldman

#i #icon #industry #more #than

To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new. ↗

— Nicolas Cage

#break #criminal #good #good actor #like

As I got older, with my work, I became aware of the responsibility of film, and I feel one of the best ways I can apply myself as an actor, is to go beyond movie stardom and celebrity. ↗

— Nicolas Cage

#apply #aware #became #best #beyond

I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that the actor's really doing it. ↗

— Nicolas Cage

#audience #doing #feel #i #i think

You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made a living if you could, and you tired to make the best of things. For an actor or a dancer, it was no different then than today. It was a struggle. ↗

— James Cagney

#actor #best #could #dancer #different

Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal. ↗

— Catherine Keener

#being #literal #look #lot #most

As an actor, you're pretty much a hired gun. You are reading other people's words off of a page and doing what they want you to do. ↗

— Corey Feldman

#doing #gun #hired #much #off

Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#actor #critic #criticizing #group #often

You know, for an actor to come into the midst of that, it's - It can either be difficult and somewhat unnerving, or it can be very embracing and like, kind of stepping into a nice hot tub. ↗

— Keith Carradine

#come #difficult #either #embracing #hot

You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#fragile #how #idea #no idea #self-worth