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Definition of Actor

Actor

  1. One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
  2. A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.
  3. An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
  4. One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.

Actor Quotations

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.
Oscar Wilde

How can a president not be an actor?
Ronald Reagan

There is a need for aloneness, which I don't think most people realise for an actor. It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you're acting. But everybody is always tugging at you. They'd all like sort of a chunk of you.
Marilyn Monroe

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.
Marilyn Monroe

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?
Marilyn Monroe
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Actor Translations

actor in Afrikaans is akteur
actor in Danish is skuespiller
actor in Dutch is speler, komediant, acteur
actor in German is Schauspieler, Schauspieler {m}, Akteur
actor in Italian is attore
actor in Latin is ludio
actor in Norwegian is skuespiller
actor in Portuguese is actor, ator
actor in Spanish is actor

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