Actor Quotes

“Life is not about being rich, being popular, being highly educated or being perfect. It's about being real, being humble and being kind.”
― Keanu Reeves

“I wish people could achieve what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that that's not what happiness really is.”
― Alanis Morissette

“Maybe if we underpaid politicians and overpaid teachers, there would be smarter people and less stupid laws.”
― Morgan Freeman

“Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.”
― Sylvester Stallone

“Real love is when you become selfless and you are more concerned about your mate's or children's egos than your own. You're now a giver instead of a taker.”
― Sylvester Stallone

“Once in a while it's good to challenge yourself in a way that's really daunting.”
― Alan Cumming

“If you give up on your dreams, what's left?”
― Jim Carrey

“I believe in life. I know that life comes in at your heart and it doesn't matter if you're an actor, a filmmaker or a gentleman on the street, it comes at you. What Scientology gives me is the tools to deal with that, to better enjoy my life and to be able to contribute more.”
― Tom Cruise

“You can't lose faith. Life hands you bad times and when those times come, even when you are in them, you still have to interact with others. You still have to interact with your children or whatever. You just try and do the best you can. As far as I know, that is all anyone can do.”
― Pierce Brosnan

“I'm attracted to the extreme light and extreme dark. I'm interested in the human condition and what makes people tick. I'm interested in the things people try to hide.”
― Johnny Depp

“The key qualities all successful people share are drive and belief in one's self.”
― Damon Wayans Jr.

“I'm much more proud of being a father than being an actor.”
― Bruce Willis

“There's no explaining why something's funny. It just is.”
― Billy Crystal

“Unless you are really grounded and have a true sense of reality you can get lost in it [acting] and a lot of people do and that's why you see so many people with successful careers and messed up lives.”
― Morris Chestnut

“There are three things in your life to be happy about: someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to.”
― Kenny Rogers

“I don't know the secret to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.”
― Bill Cosby

“Happiness sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.”
― John Barrymore

“Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.”
― James Dean

“Wedding songs are the ultimate love ballad.”
― Baz Luhrmann

“Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting is a sign of maturity.”
― Marlon Brando

“You have to really step into the character and do whatever it takes to make the audience believe in you.”
― Noeul Nuttarat Tangwai

“I've gotten away with a lot in my life. The older you get the more you realize you're not getting away with it, it's taking its toll somewhere. So you try not to put yourself in those situations. Part of the mysterious process called growing up. Some people do that better than others.”
― Jon Hamm

“Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways.”
― Dennis Miller

“Learn to be done. Not mad, not bothered, just done. Protect your peace at all costs.”
― Steve Harvey

“In making certain things easier for people, technology has actually demotivated people from using their brains. We have all these devices that keep us connected, and yet we're more disconnected than ever before.”
― Emilio Estevez

“Uncertainty is a sign of humility, and humility is just the ability or the willingness to learn.”
― Charlie Sheen

“John's [Belushi] death, and I learned when friends reach out to you you better get back to them quick because I missed a phone call from John. He left a message on my answering machine and I was at a period where I really didn't want to talk to him because he was being so uncompliant with what his wife wanted and with what we wanted, so I let a day go by and that day may have cost him his life. I let a day go by before responding and it was too late by the time I heard the message, he was gone. When your friends reach out to you get back to them pretty quick. That's the lesson right there. I live with that all the time. Now maybe it might not have occurred but I missed that phone call, I heard his message and didn't call him back and the next day it was too late."
(Asked the worst event in your life and what you learned from it. Dan Rather interview, 2018)”
― Dan Akroyd

“So, my idea of neurotic is spending too much time trying to correct a wrong. When I feel that I'm doing that, then I snap out of it.”
― Gene Wilder

“Sometimes you have to get through the darkness to see the light.”
― Cory Feldman

“Encourage your kids' artistic side.”
― Michael Madsen