An actor (sometimes actress for female; see terminology) is a person who acts in a dramatic or comic production and works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity. The ancient Greek word for an "actor," ὑποκριτής (hypokrites), means literally "one who interprets"; in this sense, an actor is one who interprets a dramatic character.
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“Once the curtain is raised, the actor ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third.”
—Sarah Bernhardt (18451923)
“Only a great actor finds the difficulties of the actors art infinite.”
—Ellen Terry (18471928)
“I suspect there isnt an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his familys questions after his first days activity in his future profession.”
—Simone Signoret (19211985)