Simone Signoret Quotes

One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor.

People really don't understand what actors do.

I know that I am one and I've made a living as an actor and I enjoy being an actor, but when I'm not actually doing it, I forget that I do it.

My dream was to be a working actress that would be working in theater.

It's funny how being an actor forces you to do things or go places that you wouldn't ordinarily.

Well, I do lie for a living. I'm an actor.

It's such a fortunate life, if you can work as an actor.

I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.

I really love doing what I do, being an actor. It's the greatest. You can do it until you die.

As an actor there are no drawbacks.

The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.

Most actors are starving. Most of us are walking around with a flashlight and tweezers looking for evidence. When you have someone that actually writes an acting role, it's rare.

I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.

The whole point about becoming an actor is variety and changing roles.

I don't think I am an actor, because I haven't studied to be an actress.

Like any other actor, I want to be part of good projects.

I've been an actor since the age of seventeen.

It's a great experience as an actor to just work loads all the time. Constantly getting through material.

Understand that I had no concept of what being an actor was like when I was a kid - but I wanted to be an actor. Dressing up and being other people seemed like so much fun, but I didn't know what was involved.

Yeah, I've only been acting since I was 18 out of high school.

I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.

My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.'

It's a strange thing we do as actors. I'm walking out the door, and I'll say, 'O.K., honey, I'm off to take my clothes off.'

I didn't set out wanting to be an actress. That's not what I did. I didn't go to class striving to become an actress. I just basically - honestly, I didn't have anything else going.

I don't sit around with other actors and talk about the pain and the magic of acting.