I had always wanted to be an actor and dreamed of flaunting six-pack abs. — Jackky Bhagnani Copy Share Image
Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
It's been about ten years since I've worked with actors who knew their lines! — John Hughes Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actor. I had the arrogance to believe I couldn't be anything else. — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
There's never been a time in history, no matter what the public thinks, when actors have been paid more than they should… — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
Look, I certainly couldn't say that my unusual upbringing didn't lend itself to becoming an actor - of course it did. People… — Freddie Fox Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have as an actor an inner feeling of something that's really right and you want to do it, almost like… — Shira Haas Copy Share Image
When it comes to representation and agent meetings, a lot of times actors go into the meeting with the idea that they… — Ser'Darius Blain Copy Share Image
For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting. — Adam Driver Copy Share Image
Being a good actor is sort of understanding the complexity of the human psyche and also knowing that we are none of… — Paula Malcomson Copy Share Image
Every TV actor wants to do a film, but the thing is that if you sign up for a film then you… — Abhinav Shukla Copy Share Image
Depending upon shock tactics is easy, whereas writing a good play is difficult. Pubic hair is no substitute for wit. — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
Going through 'The Partridge Family,' I looked up to people like Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and all those guys. But as… — David Cassidy Copy Share Image
Whenever any actor comes into a producer session, they have so many questions, and we still can't really tell them that much… — Maurissa Tancharoen Copy Share Image
I loved putting on stories as plays when I was just six. I was the director, the actress and the set designer;… — Mili Avital Copy Share Image
There are some guys I know for a fact, like Louis C.K., who always talk about how not-great of an actor he… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I grew up in a small town where I went to the movies a lot and fell in love with all these… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
No, I went through a process just like I would any other job in which my agent received the breakdown for 'Doctor… — Mandip Gill Copy Share Image
In the 1920s dramatists attacked their subjects as if the inequities could be resolved. Some of the traditional optimism of America lurked… — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
I think a lot of times, when you're working in this business, and you're both actors or somehow involved in the industry,… — Katie Aselton Copy Share Image
That's what acting is. You're not alone. It's reacting. That's what we do. — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
Theatre, for me, is my playing field. That's where I learnt my craft. — Kirti Kulhari Copy Share Image
I have been an actor now for 40 years having worked in over 10 countries and three languages. — Nick Mancuso Copy Share Image
As an actor, Hollywood would be a horrible place to go if you weren't actually invited. — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him. — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
I've been fortunate - I haven't had too many auditions. I slept with the right people. — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
I've never been to acting classes or anything like that. Everything I do is quite instinctual. — Maia Mitchell Copy Share Image
Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor. — Lauren Graham Copy Share Image
I've been mostly influenced by experiences in the theater growing up. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
“That's what happens in plays, yes? The shit hits the fan." --Edward Albee” — Edward Albee Copy Share Image