I love doing scripted things. What little acting ability I have I am holding on with my hangnails. — Mario Cantone Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of actors: those with one job too few, who have to take every one that comes along, and… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
There's a lot of us idiot actors that get tattoos and they cover them with makeup when you do a film. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Once, I wanted to be a movie star. I just had to wait until I turned into an actor and then things… — Patti D'Arbanville Copy Share Image
If I want to be remembered, I want to be known as a good actor. As times change, we, as actors, need… — N. T. Rama Rao, Jr Copy Share Image
In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character. — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
'Story of My Life' was essentially a two-man musical play. In hindsight, I don't know if there was room for a two-man… — Will Chase Copy Share Image
I studied music; I studied theater. I went to school for it, so I kind of treat it in that manner, that… — Cherrelle Copy Share Image
Movies are a director's medium, and they end up getting less credit than actors. They get the flak if the movie doesn't… — Ranbir Kapoor Copy Share Image
That's one of the challenges of acting. You can't expect that you're going to be successful, but you've got to put your… — Jason Clarke Copy Share Image
My life is one that I've aimed for - I've always wanted to be an actor who worked in film and television… — Ian Harding Copy Share Image
My very first friend was my stand-in, who's a very dear friend to this day, and she kind of saved my ass.… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
I still think acting is something that you're born with and I think the greatest actors today, they don't need training, it… — Sistine Stallone Copy Share Image
That's one of the beauties of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim and their work together. They have such a depth to the… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor and I get lost in these characters, so I think it's only recently that people have begun to… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
I think my parents wanted me to do something very normal, have a normal person job and not be confronted by the… — Elizabeth Debicki Copy Share Image
I have always enjoyed performing, but I think when I was in the fifth grade was when I discovered that I really… — Cindy Busby Copy Share Image
All you ever want as an actor is to play psychologically complex, interesting characters and Jeremy Bamber is at the very least… — Freddie Fox Copy Share Image
I suppose the underlying current for me is the idea of not doing something I've done before. I call myself a character… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
It's really weird to be in more than one franchise because an actor's life is so nomadic, and so it's a real… — John Cho Copy Share Image
The musicals on Broadway have not necessarily been true musical theater. I'm speaking generally, of course: I saw 'Spring Awakening,' and I… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
All of my friends at drama school were still sat on the floor doing voice exercises and I was doing scenes with… — Tom Bateman Copy Share Image
The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's better to just be more loose and give yourself over. That's always fun. It's fun to just let… — Mike White Copy Share Image
Actors do these really gross, gun-'em-down movies, and I always wonder why. They're not good movies. And it's like, "Why are you… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
As an actor, I have learnt and understood a lot about Kavya since I heard the role for the first time and… — Madalsa Sharma Copy Share Image
Sure, I want to be the best actor in the world. But my life is my family, my son, my friends. I… — James Caan Copy Share Image
I'm a professional and I'll do anything - a poetry reading, television, cinema, anything that allows me to act. — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
Acting as a career is a long term thing and that work is kind of progressive and you can build on a… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
The worst thing is where the world people experience before they go into the theatre is far more interesting than what they… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
I get irritated when people ask me if I have met a certain actor or I have bags worth lakhs in my… — Ayesha Takia Copy Share Image
In order to appreciate a great man, we must know his surroundings. We must understand the scope of the drama in which… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
For me, the ideal job as an actor would be something that is intrinsically a drama but to which I could bring… — Robert Picardo Copy Share Image
You go to New York or L.A., and every waiter wants to be a writer, director or actor. But there's a common… — Gillian Alexy Copy Share Image
I did a lot of stock before I even went to drama school. I sort of went in the back door of… — Rosemary Harris Copy Share Image
Subconsciously, there was always an actor inside me. But while growing up, it was a very normal childhood because my dad never… — Vicky Kaushal Copy Share Image
I think acting is an important profession, because acting can give you pleasure and can teach you at the same time, and… — Vivien Leigh Copy Share Image
Even though I went to an arts school and I was doing theatre, no one really said that they were going to… — Iman Vellani Copy Share Image
As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
As an actress, there were so many months, years even, when I didn't get work, when I wanted to quit. — Mariska Hargitay Copy Share Image
