“If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I am certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.”
Liz Taylor

Just recently I got asked to do a film where the guy was exactly the same age as me and they go, "No, she's too old."
Daryl Hannah

“Acting is not an art. It's a junk pile of all the arts. But in behalf of my scavenger profession I'll make this boast. An actor is much better off than a human being. He isn't stuck with the paltry fellow he is. He can always act his better and non-existent self.”
John Barrymore

“The day I need make-up I will quit filming.”
William M. Holden

“Zhivago was an awful part to play. I couldn't go to the daily rushes and see myself do that one big, good scene that would have gotten me into gear. I started eating my heart out, and I had a sort of breakdown after one month. I said 'David, you made a mistake in picking me', but he replied 'Trust me' and I kept on going.”

Omar Sharif On David Lean