As an actor, you always want to try something you haven't done before. For me, the uncomfortable zone is the one to… — Atul Kulkarni Copy Share Image
Fuzzy thinking leads to hesitancy in acting. Clear thinking makes it easier to act boldly and consistently. — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
Being an actor is like winning the lottery. It's not really about your talent, it's right time, right place, right face. — Vincent Kartheiser Copy Share Image
The success of 'Bodyguard' is a tribute to the magnetism of our two leads, Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money. — Emmy Rossum Copy Share Image
In the theatre, if you say 'Macbeth', all the actors will start looking very anxious. I'm so well-trained not to say it… — Anna Chancellor Copy Share Image
You know, back in acting school they always teach you, 'Make bold choices and look for activities that are interesting.' — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
As an actor you feel constant pressure as you are watched continuously... you have to be presentable and good in every area. — Prachi Desai Copy Share Image
You don't learn charm. It's not something that you can acquire. I have used it much in my life with great success,… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
If you start acting and you start thinking about and worrying about what other people are going to say about it, you'll… — Ray Liotta Copy Share Image
If you want to be an actor, you must have total, ruthless commitment to your art. Don't be ambitious for fame or… — Steven Berkoff Copy Share Image
The poetics of the oppressed is essentially the poetics of liberation: the spectator no longer delegates power to the characters either to… — Augusto Boal Copy Share Image
You get into these executive offices, and people say, 'Oh, we have this project. Wait a minute, guys, we need diversity -… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
Actors spend most of their time out of work, so I actually spend more time making furniture. The thing about furniture that's… — Michael Schoeffling Copy Share Image
You have to start with the notion that you pick the actor who's going to embody the role, the best person that… — Christopher Meledandri Copy Share Image
To do a musical takes a tremendous amount of energy because you have to act and sing at the same time. And… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
I was appalled at the amount of study necessary in order to qualify in medicine, and gradually my desire was blunted by… — Conrad Veidt Copy Share Image
Acting advice is a bit like your parents teaching you how to drive a car. You know they're right, but you still… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
Sometimes in the acting trade you are offered nothing to work like a dog, while at other times you get a fortune… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
When you're doing the same scene over and over, all day long, you need to keep your levels up for your own… — Iwan Rheon Copy Share Image
The kind of acting that's wholly literary or cerebral is wrong. It's useless for me to have actors so much in their… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
I started doing musical theatre when I was six years old. It was all I ever wanted to do - my mother… — Myha'la Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share Image
As an actor, you have to be able to put yourself into the character since your job is literally making the character… — Hafthor Bjornsson Copy Share Image
I liked Westerns for two reasons: First, it took the actor outside. They were all very physical at that time and not… — DeForest Kelley Copy Share Image
I'm just an actor, and if I can leave something behind that my kids will be proud of, then that's what I… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
I certainly have never been an actor who can play the Everyman guy - or, I don't tend to get those parts.… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
“You are acting, not being.” Strasberg explained, “I stress the difference between the actor who thinks acting is an imitation of life,… — Val Holley Copy Share Image
Actors really are superstitious. You can always spot a group of actors at a restaurant. They're the ones spitting on their knuckles… — Gregg Henry Copy Share Image
Growing up, I didn't see anybody with my skin color or my background. I didn't know it was possible to have a… — Mena Massoud Copy Share Image
Dentistry was an ego trip, and acting is a personal need. Usually it's the reverse, and I honestly don't think I had… — Larry Wilcox Copy Share Image
I always loved acting, but when you get older and you're going through adolescence, the roles are limited. — Jonathan Ke Quan Copy Share Image
I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater. — Aprilynne Pike Copy Share Image
I never said that I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid. I didn't know. I thought I was… — Adan Canto Copy Share Image
There's an alchemy that happens in my eyes when you mix it up, when you have a seasoned actor on set and… — Sean Baker Copy Share Image
It's funny how you can say performing is in the blood, and if I'm considered a performer being an actor, then it's… — Kelvin Fletcher Copy Share Image
Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
It's so rare, especially as a younger actor, to find a role where it's not just one-dimensional and it's not just a… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the… — Tallulah Bankhead Copy Share Image
A lot of times you come against actors who come from a different direction, and you tend to meet in the middle. — Laila Robins Copy Share Image
