The important thing in acting is to be able to laugh and cry. If I have to laugh, I think of my… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
As an actor, you wouldn't be able to play a character if you were worried about the reaction to what you're doing. — Jessica Capshaw Copy Share Image
As soon as you're at the higher levels of budgeting, you've got to get the film made, and the only way to… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I had wanted to be an actress when I was little, but I wasn't very good at it, so I tried a… — Sarah Cooper Copy Share Image
“The art of filmmaking is the most influential form of art that has ever existed throughout the history of human artistic endeavors.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
You always want to make sure that you're not the weak link. You're surrounded by really talented, great actors and singers, so… — Drew Seeley Copy Share Image
I've never considered myself an actor; I get much more immediate satisfaction singing. If you sing good, people clap. On television, you… — Jim Nabors Copy Share Image
The high point of the act is when he (Uri Durov) puts his head inside the bear's huge jaws. I wouldn't even… — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly fond of playing villains. I do want to be a working actor, and I've had to look at what… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine.… — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
A large part of how an actor works and their process is the stimulation of what's around you, and none more so… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
“Grief and rage--you need to contain that, to put a frame around it, where it can play itself out without you or… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
It's very much a character-based play. Conor's writing is almost musical and paints pictures at the same time. It's a joy as… — Sean Mahon Copy Share Image
I was about 14 when I started with a theater group; it was like a stage group on the weekends alongside school.… — Imogen Poots Copy Share Image
I think as actors we need to close read scripts and we need to fully understand the intricacies of dialogue as well… — Masiela Lusha Copy Share Image
I see a lot of actors for whom life becomes one big schedule. I guess I try to be more sensitive to… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
The true excitement comes from the actors - that gives you the true drama - and whatever I can do with the… — Tony Scott Copy Share Image
I went to school for singing, middle school at LaGuardia High School. Followed by Berkeley College of Music and afterwards I went… — Jasmine Cephas Jones Copy Share Image
I just wanted to see every single musical I could. The very first one I saw was 'Beauty and the Beast,' the… — America Ferrera Copy Share Image
Being an actor is lot like being a dancer: you always have to go back to the bar and either work or… — Alanna Ubach Copy Share Image
That's the mark of a really great actor, when he can make you feel the emotion without having to search for it. — Omarion Copy Share Image
I just try to do the best job that I can, as an actor. Hopefully, that carries through. That's all I can… — Luke Mitchell Copy Share Image
I do a joke in my stand-up where I say I'm a Christian, but I'm not a Christian comedian. I think that's… — Anjelah Johnson Copy Share Image
I feel that where I came from made me the actor that I am, and I wouldn't want to trade that with… — Swara Bhaskar Copy Share Image
I really am a character actor, in my heart of hearts, because I really do like developing characters and painting a past… — Dylan McDermott Copy Share Image
I suspect, for a lot of people who become actors, there's a feeling of wanting to be someone other than who they… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
I did a little bit of theater when I was in high school outside of my high school. I was focused more… — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's exhausting being someone else. It's not physically demanding, but it's mentally demanding, if you do the job the… — Brendan Fehr Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in the arts and chucked a science degree to study theatre and performance art because I was so… — Dileesh Pothan Copy Share Image
We all, as actors, have to fight these battles, where it's like, 'OK, that's a little far-fetched.' — Josh Bowman Copy Share Image
Acting is a very weird job. But if you know you're an actor, you just have to do it. You can't do… — Vanessa Kirby Copy Share Image
It's so funny because, here in Hollywood, an actor who really is versatile and who has the ability to transform between comedy… — Rocky Carroll Copy Share Image
I feel comedy is one of the strongest emotions that an actor portrays and the most powerful one too. — Rajpal Yadav Copy Share Image
A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are. — Will Smith Copy Share Image
To me, 'Warrior' was a real turning point - probably one of the greatest experiences I've ever had as an actor on… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
You should always challenge yourself, as an actor, to find the connection between you and the character. — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
Any time you put a cast like this in compromising circumstances or shake it up a little bit, I think we're all… — George Eads Copy Share Image
Acting requires absorption, but not self-absorption and, in the actor's mind, the question must always be 'Why am I doing this?,' not… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
I wasn't allowed to audition for anything professionally until I was - I guess I cheated a little bit and started when… — Betty Gilpin Copy Share Image
I like actors who just are who they are, with a little bit of qualification to adapt to their character. But mostly… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image