I'm a comedian who got into movies, so I don't really think of myself as an actor.

— Eddie Murphy

I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of worker ant.

— Forest Whitaker

I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing.

— Eddie Izzard

I'm really in no danger of being perceived as a famous movie actor!

— Lyle Lovett

I must have had faith that day. When I went out, I was Henry Fonda again. An unemployed actor but a man.

— Henry Fonda

In all my years as an actor, I had never been me - I had always hidden behind my glasses, mustaches and funny voices.

— Jon Pertwee

In a rehearsal room, your real resource as an actor aren't the surrounding things; your resources are your imagination and your director and the other actors. In those close quarters, your imagination and your skills are what you turn to.

— Stephen Lang

I probably became an actor because of my vivid imagination, and doing voice-over really sort of takes me back to that.

— Eric Stonestreet

It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition anymore. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas.

— Bill Nighy

I think part of what I love about being an actor is getting to take on different worlds and investigate different genres and travel to different lands.

— Lake Bell