Quotes about Acting

I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.

I walk into a scene, and I do the scene. That's my job. I don't have an objective. I have the words, and I have whoever I'm playing with.

I've had the opportunity to do a wide range of stuff, a lot of different characters and they've all had their own kind of thing.

I just think that wigs and makeup and costumes completely transform me.

Actors generally get to do things you probably shouldn't do in real life - well, at least as much as one might like to or be tempted to. Though I suppose a lot of actors just go ahead and do it, don't they?

For years, I've heard the question: "How could an actor be president?" I've sometimes wondered how you could be president and not be an actor.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.

Acting, it's not my life, my children and my family, that's life. I'll get up every morning, God willing, for that.

I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors. I've also been looking for the consistency of work that TV provides for you. And, I always thought it would be really interesting to live with a character for months, if not years.

It's one thing to know your lines, another to be able to deliver them. The taste of the pudding is in the delivery.

I was in a movie called 'Flirting With Disaster' with Ben Stiller. I realized that I am really not a good actor and not something I wanted to pursue.

I paid my dues at drama school and worked backstage in every Theatre in London.