Being an actor myself I realize that all actors believe they are qualified to play any role. If you showed me a script with a black woman character I would tell you that I could do it. That is what we do. We act as if we are someone else.
‐‐ Richard Masur
Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess.
‐‐ Melissa Leo
Being an actor only came about because Arnaud Desplechin, the guy who did 'Kings and Queen', had this curious idea to think that I could be an actor, but I had never acted before, and I was supposed to direct my own film!
‐‐ Mathieu Amalric
Being an actor really, really strengthens me as a director. There's just a certain type of understanding that comes from having been there and knowing how much is really being asked of actors that helps me.
‐‐ Aaron Ruell
Being an actor somehow can be a perverse extension of that feeling we generally all have as children, that feeling of wanting to please. Of course you're looking for affirmation, encouragement.
‐‐ Gina McKee
Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions you'd rather not know the answers to.
‐‐ Kevin Spacey
Being an actor started me writing, and that led to directing.
‐‐ Chris Eigeman
Being an actor: that's a pretty big net. That's a big playing field. The Screen Actors' Guild is filled with many, many, many, many people and vastly different careers.
‐‐ Timothy Olyphant
Being an actor, the less people know about my personal life, the more open-minded they can be about each role I play.
‐‐ Sean Hayes
Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.
‐‐ Amy Ryan
Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.
‐‐ Jamie Lee Curtis
Being an actor, you can get spoilt a little bit: car services come and pick you up, you get put up in nice hotels, people fetch you coffee, and so on. It is wonderful, but you can get lost in that world pretty quickly and start believing that it is real life.
‐‐ Neil Jackson
Being an actor you have a lot of expenses.
‐‐ Esai Morales
Being an actor, you have to be working even when you're not working. You never really get to relax because anytime you're relaxing in between jobs, you're just worried that you're not going to get another job.
‐‐ Nikki Reed
Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
‐‐ Zooey Deschanel
Being an actress doesn't make you popular in school.
‐‐ Kirsten Dunst
Being an actress hasn't made me insecure. I was insecure long before I declared I was an actress.
‐‐ Amy Adams
Being an actress, I find myself people-watching and I can be quite shy.
‐‐ Emma Watson
Being an actress in China, I'm actually a very lucky actress... Especially now that Chinese movies are becoming more diverse with more viewers overseas.
‐‐ Zhou Xun
Being an actress in Hollywood and being a celebrity tend to feed into one another, but just being a celebrity wouldn't really be interesting to me.
‐‐ Demi Moore
Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.
‐‐ Catherine Deneuve
Being an actress is similar to trying to fit in with the popular kids in high school. You're expected to drive the right car, wear the right clothes and say the right things.
‐‐ Lauren Ambrose
Being an actress is the sublimation of feminity.
‐‐ Monica Bellucci
Being an actress is to be in tune with the fantasies of a man. What woman never dreamt of that?
‐‐ Jeanne Moreau
Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem. If I don't love something, I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it.
‐‐ Amanda Bynes
Being an actress wasn't a plan at all, so what's happened to me is very strange. Life isn't very normal, even though I'm still very much a normal girl. I ride the subway, I ride the bus, and all of that.
‐‐ Gabourey Sidibe
Being an actress wasn't realistic. I knew that I was going to have to do it in a way that would speak to my parents. So I went to NYU Tisch School of the Arts for theater, and I studied at the conservatory.
‐‐ Gina Rodriguez
Being an adult comes with a whole new set of issues.
‐‐ Melissa de la Cruz
Being an agent gave me a great sense of satisfaction.
‐‐ Victoria Principal
Being an All-Star is everything.
‐‐ Allen Iverson
Being an American doesn't mean that you're guaranteed a high wage. You have to be productive, and we have to create a very low-cost, efficient place to do business, and we've let all that slip in America.
‐‐ Michael Porter
Being an American is a state of mind, and to be in a family is to feel the power of belonging, the power of your roots. Family is a tree, the strength of a tree, the roots, the leaves, the past and the present, the future, the fruits, the seeds.
‐‐ Esai Morales
Being an American is something I wanted to be for a very long time, probably since I saw the moon landing when I was a child.
‐‐ Craig Ferguson
Being an American is such a rich environment, because there's so many people from other countries and cultures, and through that you're able to see other people's experiences.
‐‐ Rick Yune
Being an American musician means being adventurous.
‐‐ Michael Tilson Thomas
Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.
‐‐ David Brinkley
Being an app developer isn't at all like working at Apple. There is this huge haystack of apps, and even a very shiny needle can get lost in that haystack.
‐‐ Bill Atkinson
Being an Arab leader has its rewards: the suite at the Waldorf-Astoria during the United Nations General Assembly, travel in your own plane, plenty of cash, even job security - whether kings, sheiks or presidents, with or without elections, most serve for life.
‐‐ Elliott Abrams
Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good.
‐‐ Paul Simon
Being an artist doesn't start because you're 21, and it doesn't end because you're 51. You are who you are until the day you die.
‐‐ Jennifer Lopez
Being an artist for my well being and as a living, I live in a place of observance and interest in what I consider to be the most relevant questions.
‐‐ Brandon Boyd
Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I hope I'll be around making art when I'm 80.
‐‐ Anish Kapoor
Being an artist is being at the service of yourself; I am at the service of other people.
‐‐ Christian Louboutin
Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium.
‐‐ Henry Rollins
Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.
‐‐ Ira Sachs
Being an artist is not easy - I have always said that to the students I have taught over the years. It's a huge sacrifice.
‐‐ Marina Abramovic
Being an artist, it's all a journey, and you learn where the subtle patterns lie.
‐‐ Graeme Base
Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.
‐‐ Jose Ortega y Gasset
Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they're passionate about, something that's challenging and worthwhile.
‐‐ Ellen Ochoa
Being an atheist means you have to realise that when you die, that really is it. You've got to make the most of what you've got here and spread as much influence as you can. I believe that you only live through the influence that you spread, whether that means having a kid or making music.
‐‐ Matt Bellamy