I'm part of that generation that grew up watching TV, and being an actor was all about being on TV or being… — Lennie James Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a stuntman. I didn't really want to be an actor. I took classes when I was younger, but… — Osric Chau Copy Share Image
Sometimes you do complete run-throughs of scenes, sometimes you break scenes down into little bits. It just depends on what the actors… — Andrew Dominik Copy Share Image
I would love to do some straight drama. A lot of times it's not up to the actor, it's up to the… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
I'm inspired every time I see a role I'd like to play, an actor turn in a well crafted performance, a story… — T'Keyah Crystal Keymah Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be one of those people who were good at many, many things, but from a very early age,… — Carla Gugino Copy Share Image
“but get this straight: Absolutely nobody in the world gives a flying fuck. You want to be an actor? Fine. But never,… — Val Holley Copy Share Image
As an actor, I've always paid attention on sets. I've always watched, learned and listened, and you start to see things differently.… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
I stopped acting when I was about nineteen, twenty, when I got thrown out of college. I did act for about ten… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I've never been a really big fan of theatre. I don't know why. It's so much for effort. It's much more difficult… — Callan McAuliffe Copy Share Image
“The actor's realm is that of the fleeting. Of all kinds of fame, it is known, his is the most ephemeral. At… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I became an actor in that important drama with an inflexible resolution to persevere through the last scene, when we might be… — Deborah Sampson Copy Share Image
For any actor to have Oliver Stone call him or her up Its a compliment. He expects you to be on your… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I'm a comedic actor, not to mix words, but it's something I think about. A comedic actor. I like to think that… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
I have a really, really difficult time with dramaturgy sometimes in America, because I write about other cultures. I write about a… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
I have a very interesting story to tell, and people always want to hear about it. They know I'm a 9/11 widow,… — LaChanze Copy Share Image
In the meantime, I just have to create those realistic goals about the fact that I don't have a ton of options… — Michael Shanks Copy Share Image
Where I'm from, to do acting is not heard of. Being one of the lads and all, you don't just go, 'Oh,… — Barry Keoghan Copy Share Image
Because theatre is a story-telling art form, we feel entitled to assume that the playwright got there before we got there. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I do always feel very proud and flattered by being asked to be a part of American productions playing American characters. — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
Thankfully, I have a background as an actor, and you learn how to live in that world of not knowing what's going… — Jon Favreau Copy Share Image
I don't remember, at 19, someone giving me a golden key and saying, 'Welcome to Hollywood; which job would you like?' — Jessica Capshaw Copy Share Image
Acting is revealing the truth that is already within you and that reflects the character that you're doing. — Ron Cephas Jones Copy Share Image
My first acting class was taught by a little known playwright, David Mamet, who then cast me in my first play, opposite… — John Mahoney Copy Share Image
When the actor you're developing a rapport with is directing, you feel much more camaraderie about scenes, and you can relate in… — Sondra Locke Copy Share Image
I really do want to just be able to sit in the corner of the pub with my friends... to just be… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
Doing the long lines - it looks easy when actresses do it: they just say it straight up, looks like they do… — Quvenzhane Wallis Copy Share Image
You don't realize it till you get older as an actor, but all the parts you've gotten have led you up to… — Constance Zimmer Copy Share Image
There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when… — Teddy Sears Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. And like a lot of actors, it's very important that everybody loves you all the time. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I don't really know who I am as an actor: the best thing would be to experiment with it for the next… — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
I still think the highest benchmark for any actor is to be on Broadway. When I talked to my theatrical agent on… — Sarah Wayne Callies Copy Share Image
You need supporting actors to help to tell the story. For me, I'm lucky to be a part of the films. Being… — Robert Maillet Copy Share Image
In our own, theatre can be the place where we come together, reaching with and through stories, to who we are and… — Juliet Stevenson Copy Share Image
Athletes and actors do really crazy things, and we do them under weird circumstances because we love what we do and because… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
Theater represents to me this phenomenon in juxtaposition to real life, where there are all these imposed guidelines. — Adrienne Shelly Copy Share Image
When you're starting out as an actor, there isn't much food around. I was lucky to have a hit pretty early on.… — Steve Guttenberg Copy Share Image
“Indeed, good leaders were often good actors, able to convince their men if not themselves that they would somehow prevail.” — Alex Kershaw Copy Share Image
I love acting and directed. And Jonathan loved magic. Whatever we were passionate about, our parents supported us. — Drew Scott Copy Share Image
You go through a process of refinement and getting rid of the excesses of your early youth in terms of your excitement… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
