Subject: Entertainment » Acting (Page 4)

The last time I acted my name was so low on the program that I was getting orders for the printing.

(1926 – 2012) Irish comedian & actor

The best research [for playing a drunk] is being a British actor for 20 years.

(1933 – ) English actor

The pain goes away on payday.

(1902 – 1975) comedian, actor & member of The Three Stooges

We used to have actresses trying to become stars; now we have stars trying to become actresses.

(1907 – 1989) English actor, director & producer

I played an unsympathetic part… myself.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

He had delusions of adequacy.

(1913 – 1996) writer & Broadway theater critic

The first time I saw you on stage I realized what a wonderful voice you've got; I think you're so brave not to have had it trained.

(1836 – 1911) English dramatist, librettist, poet & illustrator

The worst of failure of this kind is that it spoils the market for more competent performers.

(1877 – 1947) British diarist & critic

The movie people would have nothing to do with me until they heard me speak in a Broadway play, then they all wanted to sign me for the silent movies.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

It's our fault… we should have given him better parts.

(1892 – 1978) Canadian-American film producer (Warner Brothers)

Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?

(1881 – 1958) American studio executive (Warner Brothers)

Sophia Loren plays peasants; I play ladies.

(1927 – ) Italian actress & photojournalist

A buxom temptress… more impressive in silhouette than in action.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer

I'm not an actor, and I enclose met press cuttings to prove it.

(1915 – 1999) American stage, film & television actor

An actor is the kind of guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening.

(1910 – 1984) American film producer & publicist

If you really want to help the American theater darling, be an audience.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

They say an actor is only as good as his parts; well, my parts have done me pretty well, darling.

(1937 – ) English actress

Orlando Bloom was so wooden he could have played the horse.

Irish film critic

Barbra’s only spontaneous moment in Prince of Tides comes when Nick tosses her a football and she screams “My nails!”

(Paul Rudnick) (1957 – ) Satiric film critic & author

I used to work for a living, then I became an actor.

(1927 – ) English actor

Alison Skipworth: You forget I’ve been an actress for forty years.

West: Don’t worry dear, I’ll keep your secret.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol