I'm not entirely comfortable saying I'm an actor, because it seems like a very weird, almost dorky thing to say you are. — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
The show is like an Edwardian play - emotional life gets stepped on for the sake of accepted manners, and that's terrific… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to… — Jessica Savitch Copy Share Image
Hit songs did not come out of musicals. Pop-rock was creating the hits. There were very few songs that made the charts… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and… — Ellen Barkin Copy Share Image
So what if I am an actor? MGR, Jayalalithaa, Raj Babbar, Sunil Dutt - all made successful politicians. — Nagma Copy Share Image
I love working with family and friends because, as an actor, it makes my job easy. I feel comfortable with all of… — Dave Franco Copy Share Image
The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do… — Harrison Birtwistle Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned all theatre is physical. As Aristotle says, you know, theatre is an act and an action, and… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
You give, actually, what you have in your inner world through your emotion and feeling. That's what you can give; it's not… — Charlotte Rampling Copy Share Image
I ended up doing three very complicated off-Broadway plays that, in certain ways, were not successes in that they were received in… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
The two things that will defeat a lot of young actors are fear of failure and lack of preparation. With acting, I… — Tom Selleck Copy Share Image
You know the way there are two kinds of actors - the De Niro kind who's always De Niro, and then somebody… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I considered a lot of different jobs as a kid. I thought about becoming a priest or a lawyer. My father had… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
“It's only just beginning to occur to me that it's important to have something going on somewhere, at work or at home,… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
In theatre, the main objective is to make the art happy, not the audience! If you have to choose between the audience… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I think every actor has those performances they've seen, the person who made them realize that's what they wanted to do. — Elizabeth Marvel Copy Share Image
Hollywood constantly wants to label you and type you into a certain category, 'Oh he's a comedy guy,' or the weirdo character… — Sam Rockwell Copy Share Image
I'm trying to get an acting gig on 'CSI' or something like that, so we'll see how that works out. I'm a… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
I'm not ashamed of being a bubbly, funny person. I think that's as valid as being the dark, brooding, tortured Oscar-nominated one. — Cameron Diaz Copy Share Image
I've seen what can happen to an actor when he's just working for the sake of working. All of a sudden it's… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors. — Cary Grant Copy Share Image
As an actor, you get to sort of bounce back and forth in terms of the age range you play and the… — Jonathan Keltz Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be an actor. I wanted to design historical movies like 'Ben-Hur'. I saw this as my life. — Dante Ferretti Copy Share Image
Like many actors, I'm very grateful, I feel very fortunate, very lucky to be able to make a living with what I… — Gregg Henry Copy Share Image
With comedy, it's really hard to tell if something's working on the page - you really need the actors to bring it… — Maggie Carey Copy Share Image
Initially, I resisted going into acting. You want to have your own identity, and I thought about doing other things, but that… — Brian Gleeson Copy Share Image
Really, acting is like anything else. The more time you put in, the more you learn and the more you can give… — Kris Holden-Ried Copy Share Image
Developing aesthetic sense is vital for actors. They must understand that there is no small role, only small actors. A good actor… — Rajiv Menon Copy Share Image
I played guitar. I've always considered myself an actor, but I wasn't making a living as an actor. So I was in… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I have to do some mental gymnastics as an actor sometimes, to remember not to let certain things in. — Merritt Wever Copy Share Image
I was very aware that my path into the industry would probably be as an actress and not in production, that I… — Leslie Hope Copy Share Image
The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if… — Hedy Lamarr Copy Share Image
I've always had, like, from the age of about 11, I've had such an intolerance for bad behaviour of actors that I… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
No one ever sees the sleepless nights, the years of studying and 14-hour days earning your dues. I spent three years isolated… — Kunal Nayyar Copy Share Image
I love the possibility that anything can happen in any moment with acting. That you have the opportunity to experience lives and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a house full of women; the first time I realised no one was interrupting me was when… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
Our newer wonderful writers such as Lin-Manuel Miranda and Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are clearly so well-informed about the history of… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I don't feel that catharsis in a play necessarily takes place during the course of a play. Often it should take place… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation. I like to just go out and do it. Of course, that doesn't… — Patrice Leconte Copy Share Image
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