I'm just a Chicago actor who's a playwright. Even with the success of 'August,' the people in town who come to our… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time playing roles that didn't really challenge me. I suppose every actor feels that way. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I started off in musical theater, yeah. It was one of my first jobs; it was in Spring Awakening in London, which… — Jamie Blackley Copy Share Image
I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don't seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living. — Larry Moss Copy Share Image
If I have an audition, I go to the audition in character. I'm in character when I walk in the room. I… — Kat Graham Copy Share Image
I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to… — Jon Lovitz Copy Share Image
There are professional negotiators working for the writers and the actors, but basically you've got the writers and actors negotiating against businessmen.… — Dick Wolf Copy Share Image
It is an actor's passion to observe the world. It is his art to become what he observes. And finally, it is… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
Acting always affects every part of your life because it's such a solitary, lonely, and thrilling circumstance that you're taking on someone… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
True, I don't begin with an idea for a play - a thesis, in other words, to construct the play around. But… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like 'Guard 17' -… — Jack Whitehall Copy Share Image
It's important that the actor doesn't feel like they're working in a vacuum. If the actor is told, 'Oh, it's a secret;… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I think that kids need to grow up watching what I grew up watching - great entertainment; you know, Judy Garland and… — Tammy Blanchard Copy Share Image
Confidence. That's huge as an actor. Confidence can get you a long way. Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my… — Steven Yeun Copy Share Image
I think that of musicals - especially the big, splashy ones - require an actor that's also part cheerleader, too, and that's… — John Lloyd Young Copy Share Image
My childhood was really nice. My parents never forced me to do anything; it was always, "If you want to do that,… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I've loved the opportunity to learn about the fashion world and appreciate it as an art form, and I look forward to… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
The truth is you don't like the theater except the times when you're in a room by yourself putting the play on… — Dashiell Hammett Copy Share Image
Even on the worst days I am without a doubt still happier doing this than I am doing anything else. On acting. — Anna Chlumsky Copy Share Image
Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference.… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Every actor wants to break out of the box that they put you in and that's where I'm heading, out of the… — Rick Springfield Copy Share Image
People always assume that once you are in a reality show, you will become an actor for fame and money. — Shakti Mohan Copy Share Image
I admire the actors that truly can impersonate someone - become someone, inhabit someone. It's amazing when you see it done. — Jason Schwartzman Copy Share Image
It never became an act in the sense of an act. It was always, no matter where we worked, little revues. — Adolph Green Copy Share Image
I feel lucky that I got the chances that I did in my career as I am not the most talented actor… — Gurmeet Choudhary Copy Share Image
Whenever any television actor looks up to me, I say I haven't done anything great; I just followed my dream. — Mrunal Thakur Copy Share Image
I trust my directors to see me through, for I don't consider myself as a natural actor - or a good one… — Fahadh Faasil Copy Share Image
It's weird, not to sound too actor but I think that any time you do a performance, you kind of take a… — Alia Shawkat Copy Share Image
I do take my work very seriously, and I am first and foremost a very dedicated actor. I am also a very… — Akshaye Khanna Copy Share Image
I went to Elon University and studied musical theater. I usually did two musicals a year, but I also did a couple… — Chris Wood Copy Share Image
For better or worse, I don't necessarily categorize myself as a method actor; I'm not going to make claims that I stayed… — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
I think every actor wants a certain amount of control. Maybe not control, as such, but just to be part of the… — Aidan Turner Copy Share Image
Never equate yourself with whatever success may be and how fleeting that is. The only thing you can do every day is… — Jonathan Banks Copy Share Image
Before becoming an actor I kind of just wanted to paint and live somewhere and do something low-key and artistic. — Norman Reedus Copy Share Image
“With every part you act, there must be a little of yourself in it. If there isn't, it's not acting. It's lying.” — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
I used to go home at night and just shake, because I had no idea that's what acting was gonna be. — Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Copy Share Image
When I walk into a screening, I'm nervous in a different way than I am as an actor. But the response is… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
You see these juicy roles, and 9 times out of 10, they'll go to a much more established actor. It's the nature… — Jason Butler Harner Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actor. I was one of those lucky kids - or cursed kids - who always knew… — Tim Matheson Copy Share Image
I just refuse to date actors. I've done that, and I don't want to do that anymore. It's just the stress of… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
