And while there are exceptions, a lot of plays done at the high school level are boring. At least, that's what I… — Mikey Day Copy Share Image
I always thought the leading actor should be the best supporting actor, because you're the only person that can help every other… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
I'm kind of in a middle space, being marketed as a biracial actor. Roles are written either stereotypically black, or they're written… — Jesse Williams Copy Share Image
When I was very young, I thought the theatre was a place where higher beings went about their celestial business, as if… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
For some reason it gives people pleasure to equate the life of certain movie actors or actresses with their actual lives. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I used to work at a Youth Theater and I worked on directing a variation of 'Beauty and the Beast.' — Harris Dickinson Copy Share Image
It's often wrong to write for specific actors because one ends up using what is least interesting about them, their mannerisms and… — Claude Chabrol Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's much easier for me to get work in the movies because nobody knows who I am except for… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
Young actors, fear your admirers! Learn in time, from your first steps, to hear, understand and love the cruel truth about yourselves.… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
When I used to teach writing, what I would tell my playwriting students is that while you're writing your plays, you're also… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
I wanted to be cast because I'm an actor and not because of how I look or where I'm from. I'm brown.… — Priyanka Chopra Copy Share Image
When I had decided to become an actor, I did a lot of soul-searching to figure out how I could be different.… — Tiger Shroff Copy Share Image
As an actor, I was a fantastic rebel. Then I became a directorial rebel and understood rebels from both sides. So now… — Maximilian Schell Copy Share Image
The process of acting, not necessarily the business of acting, but the actual doing of it in the moment is my greatest… — Grant Bowler Copy Share Image
Pretty soon I may have to go back to Canada and buy that lumberyard I've always wanted. I'll probably sell some lumber,… — Will Sasso Copy Share Image
You're always having to live more to fuel something new. It's an obligation to yourself and to the audience. The personal baggage… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
The reason the contracts are so long is because actors are very spontaneous; we may want to do Shakespeare one day and… — Jorja Fox Copy Share Image
For me, theater will always be very, very much alive, but not necessarily in the theatrical tradition. — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
The hardest part of theater acting is to do the same lines and do the same actions and do the same cues… — Celine Song Copy Share Image
It does not matter what is the background of actors as long as they fit the role assigned to them. — Mukul Dev Copy Share Image
It's just a whole different vibe with improv. As an actor I just kind of exercise within my environment and adjust depending… — Katy Mixon Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the idea of acting is to understand the people you're playing, and then where they're coming from is not so mystifying.… — Joseph Mawle Copy Share Image
A lot of times when you're acting, you're no longer talking and listening; you're going at it for your own self. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always been hopeless at everything when I was a kid. That's why I became an actor - 'cause I couldn't do… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I need theatre for my equilibrium because in theatre, the actors don't care so much about image, about celebrity; you are more… — Clotilde Hesme Copy Share Image
An actor can be as talented as another, but if he doesn't stick to what the director's intentions are, it all falls… — Nicholas Ray Copy Share Image
Ever since I started as an actress, just to catch up on some money, but not having an income for three years… — Famke Janssen Copy Share Image
I like playwriting because it's rooted in a single location with actors standing talking to each other. — Amanda Peet Copy Share Image
I mean, musical theater really informed so much of my life. It just so perfectly brings order to chaos, which is why… — Randy Rainbow Copy Share Image
An actor can give his best shot but the script and dialogues have to have punch to make it more effective. — Paresh Rawal Copy Share Image
I joined the National School of Drama in the 1980s and for anyone who joins the NSD, they eat, sleep and breathe… — Himani Shivpuri Copy Share Image
Being an actor requires a lot of self-analysis and reflection. The better you know who you are, the better you are at… — Mia Goth Copy Share Image
I think there are probably a handful of real character actors in this business. The rest of us are recycling. So now… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
For me, acting comes straight from the heart. In that sense I don't act at all. I think that to feel the… — Salman Khan Copy Share Image
The first play that I saw was 'Cyrano,' and I remember going home - I was like nine years old - and… — Francois Arnaud Copy Share Image
In all my years as an actor, I had never been me - I had always hidden behind my glasses, mustaches and… — Jon Pertwee Copy Share Image
When I told my parents that I wanted to be an actor, they were like, 'How can you be an actor? You… — Tripti Dimri Copy Share Image
It's simple: if you are an actor, people are going to be curious about your life. It happens across the world, and… — Harshvardhan Kapoor Copy Share Image
I think it's great that these little various skills I have seem to add up to something, because I'm not the greatest… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor as a kid, and a lot of people would tell you to be realistic, but from… — Drew Scott Copy Share Image
