Top 45 Young Actors Quotes

I have only really gotten by with playing versions of myself as most young actors do.

Nowadays, kids… young actors… they go straight to L.A. before they’ve even done anything.

I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don’t want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.

My advice to young actors is probably to do some theatre; definitely do that. I keep running into these actors who have never been on stage, and it’s invaluable for an actor. What you will learn about yourself is huge.

If I or any other black can deliver at the box office, I’ll get a lot of work. Too many young actors, regardless of their color, try to play an attitude on camera and fail to remember their job is to fit into an entertainment.

‘Skins’ had been a brilliant breeding ground for young actors, young directors and young writers. It was a safe environment to experiment; it tried new things, and it was an amazing time and amazing to be part of it.

There’s a lot of young actors and people who have success very quickly who kind of expect it or don’t have the experience to really appreciate it.

It’s a wonderful thing working with young actors. I know a lot of people don’t like working with children. I actually adore it, because you watch their imagination open up and you watch them start to learn this job that I’ve been doing for so long. They come with such a lack of cynicism.

A lot of young actors will do a scene and then run off and look at themselves. I don’t believe in that at all.

For me, the best thing is the young actors that come in to the series as to see the depth and breadth of talent coming into the business is fantastic.

People use the Method as a shield; it shields them from being vulnerable. I hear all these young actors who are like, ‘I’m Method, I’m gonna go live in the house, you know, I totally get it, I’ve done it, I’ve been there’, but one thing I know is it kills spontaneity.

There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors.

I think it’s even harder because I think as always, Hollywood is sort of glamour central for the world, and the entire world looks to it for not only entertainment, but the whole idea of the youth factor and youth being sold to our culture via young actors and actresses.

Oh absolutely. I had the pleasure to get to know a lot of really talented young actors before they even really hit it big. And yet what we all had and shared in common was a love for movies.

Performance capture is a tool that young actors will need in the next 10, 20 years. It’s on the increase, as you say. It’s not going away.

Most actors nowadays are models turned actors. That’s why a lot of young actors are terrible. You have to learn how to act. It is not something that you can just do.

Young actors ask me for advice. They say, ‘Should I get an agent?’ I tell them, ‘Don’t worry about that. Act, act, act. Get into that production of ‘The Three Sisters’ in a church basement. Consider every audition a chance to act, even if it’s just for three minutes. Just do it whenever and wherever you can.’

For me, I really enjoy telling stories and helping the younger generation, young actors to have the same opportunity I did.

The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that’s why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It’s not that hard. Sign your own cheques, be responsible.

Unlike young actors, I don’t feel unfulfilled. I’ve had my successes. I don’t have to worry that I won’t have time for other things.

I think it’s a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven’t had the time to learn their craft. It doesn’t matter if it’s acting or music; you really have to learn how to do it from the bottom up because unless you have a great work ethic… fame is a terrible thing to have.

Unlike other young actors I’ve worked with who will remain nameless, Zoey Deutch and Lucy Fry would never go out partying after work, but would immediately hunker down to start working on the reams of labyrinthine dialogue they had to navigate for the next day’s work.

Young actors are pretty fantastic. I can’t even imagine doing stuff like that when I was a kid.

‘Skins’ was such a great platform for young actors. They had this whole thing about getting people who weren’t trained, this new generation, this new culture.

I’m really not interested in acting as a facade, I’m interested in it as an emotional expression and as a transcendent experience for an individual. I find that a lot of people, a lot of young actors, haven’t gotten to the point where they’re comfortable being stripped down. They’re still interested in ornate jackets.

Heart of America is a movie I’m very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact.

A lot of young actors look up to me, and I wouldn’t trade that for any money in the world. I don’t want to lose their respect and be a hypocrite.

Even now, there are young actors who want careers as romantic leading men, and the best thing is not to reveal you’re gay.

The heat around young actors burns out. Natural ability and magnetism only get you so far. The rest is hard work.

You know, young actors say all the time, ‘Should I use my own life experience?’ And my response is, ‘What choice do you have?’

I’m interested in the dark horse. It’s too scary being the face of something, unless it’s really right. A lot of young actors want to get a lead role, get into Hollywood. I do everything slow and steady.

I rarely meet other young actors.

I’m baffled when young actors aren’t familiar with current film, television and theater, or aren’t interested in older films or plays and the history of the craft in general. If you don’t know what’s out there, and what came before, then how can you picture yourself working, and how can anyone else?

I like young actors because they’re so unspoiled, not like some of those actors who are about half an hour into their fifteen minutes of fame by the time they get to me.

The endless teen franchises that come out of Hollywood… more often than not, the central character doesn’t have any discernible character traits. They’re just the young, good-looking guy who goes on this journey. They’re always played by fantastic young actors, but ultimately, they’re not very interesting characters.

There were certain young actors I had trained with at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art who had always got the big parts and I was always the spear-carrier. Suddenly the roles were reversed and I couldn’t understand why, and nor could they.

I feel so sorry for younger actors who aren’t able to have the opportunities that I had, starting out in repertory theatre. It’s really tough on young actors now.

I can tell you that from the director’s chair, young actors love to be challenged, to be given killer lines that take time to wrap their mind around.

I feel like there’s a dangerous culture among young actors of going to posey joints and socialising – not doing hard work. I don’t want to go and hang out in Soho House L.A. That’s literally my worst nightmare. I’d rather be at home reading scripts.

Young actors like Varun Dhawan, Tiger Shroff and Jacqueline Fernandez are extremely fit. They can spread awareness about fitness among the youth.

Casting young people is always so difficult, and they got it so right in ‘Game of Thrones.’ All the young actors are amazingly talented and so professional.

Young actors often don’t think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be exploited, and then end up embarrassing family, friends, and even strangers.

But I think there are more good young actors now than ever. It’s a medium that everyone wants to be connected with – it is such a hip medium going into the 21st century.

I don’t want to be one of those young actors who is around for a couple of years and melts off the scene.

I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I’m honored to be that way for young actors.