I know that one of my difficulties as an actor is to try to do too much, from all those years ago… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
Many years ago I remember a famous actress explaining to me with perfect seriousness that before making an entrance she always stood… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
As thou thyself art a component part of a social system, so let every act of thine be a component part of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The prodigious waste of human life occasioned by this perpetual struggle for room and food, was more than supplied by the mighty… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
I've been called a funny person, for a long time. I don't know that I know anything about comedic acting. I'm not… — John Cho Copy Share Image
I was always drawn to performing, but I never thought I could. I have no idea what I wanted to do outside… — Billy Crystal Copy Share Image
I started taking acting classes when I was 14. That's when I knew I wanted to try it professionally. Before that, I… — Julia Garner Copy Share Image
“Use filmmaking for a greater purpose, than to just entertain some drowsy minds. Wake the whole world up with your movies. It… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
From as early as I can remember, I wanted to have something to do with the acting business. I was a TV… — Cherien Dabis Copy Share Image
“He completely lacked any ardent interest that might have occupied his mind. His interior life was impoverished, had undergone a deterioration so… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
There's a real danger in writing or acting as therapy because if you've ever been on-screen with someone or on stage or… — Nicola Coughlan Copy Share Image
There's a way to do an acid trip like Harold & Kumar, and there's a way to be on acid. What I… — Shia LaBeouf Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world. When I'm not… — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
I was going to school thinking I was going to do something entirely different, thought acting was just a hobby at that… — Vinessa Shaw Copy Share Image
The art of managing and leading comes down to a simple thing. Determining and facing reality about people, situations, products, and then… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
I keep my kids out of the whole business entirely. Allegra and Lucas are five and six and I'm not interested in… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
When I first started acting, I was actually working with the National Youth Theatre in London doing anti-knife crime workshops, so I… — Joe Cole Copy Share Image
Movie acting is a great job for your twenties: You travel all over, you have affairs with people, and you throw yourself… — Helen Hunt Copy Share Image
Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do it, you're a journalist,… — Tom Sizemore Copy Share Image
I'm too impatient to wait for things to happen to me. If I should be out of work for two months I… — Erland Josephson Copy Share Image
Acting's incredibly enjoyable, but sometimes it doesn't feel quite enough. I've also written a script about the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine.… — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
Acting to me is a very organic art form and you just go and do it. And I like to direct the… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
The Iraq war is a huge subject and there have been many films about it. But it was when the private contractors… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
What I'm saying not a lot of people say: What is considered good acting today isn't necessarily good acting, because everybody knows… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I think I'm good with actors. I like directing actors. I also like to show up and just do an acting gig.… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
I was studying to be an architect, I wasn't plotting to join the movies. Films were just another career option. I took… — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Copy Share Image
When you're writing, in theory, everybody is serving you. When you're directing, you're serving everybody - in the guise of acting like… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the bottom line is that actors act. They take on roles that are outside of the scope of their… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
I wasn't really driven to be an actor or anything, but in college I decided to study acting, much to my parents'… — Roger Bart Copy Share Image
Buddhism doesn't really have much time for political mass-movements. We are so trained to think of politics in terms of acting collectively,… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
This whole notion of the acting career as a monopoly where you rise to power... it doesn't really work that way. I… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
“But I will relate what happened with absolute honesty; that, perhaps, will help me understand it. After all, when one confesses to… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Also, with acting and dancing I portray a predetermined character and story for the most part, with music I have the creative… — Alyson Stoner Copy Share Image
I think it's very honest to say that we value male actors over everybody else. We think their acting is more serious… — E. R. Fightmaster Copy Share Image
I get burned out on standup. But I like acting. I do like it. But sometimes you just feel like a monkey.… — Zach Galifianakis Copy Share Image
I think these days when life is so busy and I'm juggling acting, modelling and my organic skincare line - Naked by… — Lisa Haydon Copy Share Image
I believe the gift of acting is a gift from God, my oath to God, and I want to make sure on… — Louis Gossett, Jr Copy Share Image
Growing up as an Asian American in this society, there were a lot of times where you feel isolated or out of… — Ming-Na Wen Copy Share Image
The greatest gift an actor can have is not revealing who he is but through the parts he plays. Unfortunately, we live… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
