Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to. — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
As an actor, there's nothing worse than having to hide anything, because you're just so aware of it. — Melanie Scrofano Copy Share Image
If I make my audience feel something and they respect me as an actor, that is my reward. That is where I… — Sanjay Mishra Copy Share Image
From an early age, I knew I wanted to pursue a life in the arts, and so I was acting in plays… — Jason Priestley Copy Share Image
It's the weird thing that actors do: You jumped across that building because the scene required it. — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I don't think I could compare myself to Macaulay Culkin, because we're pretty much two different kinds of actors. — Brian Bonsall Copy Share Image
Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the… — Uta Hagen Copy Share Image
“You never know where one thing will lead...I guess the lesson is take every opportunity, because something might come of it.” — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
I typically try not to think too hard about what I'm going to do in a certain scene with a certain actor… — Adrienne C. Moore Copy Share Image
When people ask me if musical theatre should be taught in music colleges, I reply that there is no need. All anyone… — Andrew Lloyd Webber Copy Share Image
I think I have a tendency to overwork things. I have a hard time finding that sweet spot that most actors seem… — Paul Giamatti Copy Share Image
I didn't even really know who Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg were, and my parents kept trying to tell me, 'Noah, what… — Noah Schnapp Copy Share Image
I did my first play in fifth grade. This same fifth grade teacher asked me several years later what I wanted to… — Heather Hemmens Copy Share Image
I learnt a lot as a child actor. Since I had been before the camera, I knew how it would be to… — Kunal Khemu Copy Share Image
I've done so many jobs because I've had to, not because I've wanted to. And it's honourable to do a job because… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
My dad was a lovely guy. I had great parents. But he was a conservative shopkeeper, and he said, "Look, I don't… — John Kapelos Copy Share Image
If an actor commits properly to a role, they do a bit mad during a shoot. If they're going to do that,… — Ben Wheatley Copy Share Image
When a pastor steals or over-borrows someone else's work, that pastor is not only playing a role like an actor but isn't… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
Sitting down for the actor read when you first get together, it's like the Last Supper because you don't know who will… — Miranda Otto Copy Share Image
I would love to do Evita or Elphaba in Wicked. But I am more excited to originate a role on Broadway. — Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer Copy Share Image
Casting someone capable of the job who also happens to put bums on seats has always been invaluable to a producer. — Carrie Hope Fletcher Copy Share Image
I wasn't interested in being an actor per se, but I liked acting, and I liked seeing what people would do. — Liam Cunningham Copy Share Image
I was the suburban kid of Scottish parents, and the idea of an acting career was so beyond my experience. I didn't… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share Image
I learnt a lot about how to negotiate the camera: everyone had told me an actor doesn't really need to do anything… — Stephen Mangan Copy Share Image
One of the pleasures of being an actor is that it takes you places you wouldn't ordinarily go, and you don't enter… — Ben Gazzara Copy Share Image
As an actor, being in a relationship you have this opportunity to have something really exceptional, because you don't have a regimented… — Penn Dayton Badgley Copy Share Image
Being an actor, you always feel like you're swimming upstream. People are going, 'No, they don't like you. They don't like the… — Bradley Whitford Copy Share Image
Evita' obviously would always be very special to me because it was the first major musical that I did on stage and… — Elaine Paige Copy Share Image
After finishing my business administration course, I had gone to look for a job in a multinational bank, but the interviewee said… — Varun Dhawan Copy Share Image
As actors, you don't actually need to know the future of the character. You just need to know the backgrounds. — John Noble Copy Share Image
I started acting because I was offered films, and I wanted to go to drama school and do the film because I'm… — Lisa Haydon Copy Share Image
You know, I always say this - As an actor, we're lucky to get a job. Then we're lucky that anybody gives… — Alicia Coppola Copy Share Image
Acting is what I want to do and as long as I believe in myself, I know that I will reach where… — Neha Sharma Copy Share Image
As an actor, sometimes you've gotta take the jobs that you may not want to do. It's so hard to work as… — Travis Fimmel Copy Share Image
The fear of every actor is when is this life going to be snatched away from me? Which is the day or… — Akshaye Khanna Copy Share Image
A very high bar has been set with Robert Downey in 'Iron Man.' That idea was, find the best actor for the… — Kevin Feige Copy Share Image
I'm a working actor, and I'm really appreciative to be a working actor, but it's another level when you're a working actor… — Adina Porter Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's more interesting to play a nerd than anything else. It's a lot more fun - you don't worry… — Nicholas Brendon Copy Share Image
After each performance of an Austin Shakespeare production, audiences are invited to stay for a ten-minute discussion of the work. And this… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
The mission of the A.R.T. is to expand the boundaries of theater through works of the canon and the new works of… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
