British actors used to be scared of the multi-year options that U.S. TV shows demand. That has changed, because the same is… — Jamie Bamber Copy Share Image
When I was very young, Michael Crawford was a real hero because I saw this guy who could do everything - make… — Nick Mohammed Copy Share Image
I know Toby Jones very well, we've done yoga together in the past and get on very well. He's a fantastic actor,… — Lesley Sharp Copy Share Image
As a singer and actor, I wanted to confidently enlist as an active-duty soldier, and do everything I could in my duty… — Seo In-guk Copy Share Image
I just happen to like the work. I like preparing for a role. I like reading. I like analyzing. I like literature.… — Elle Macpherson Copy Share Image
As an actor, and as you get to a certain level... and it's pilot season and you read the trades, you could… — Fred Willard Copy Share Image
When I talk about character work, I don't really feel like i do much as an actor when I look at other… — Alex O'Loughlin Copy Share Image
All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I guess there are very few actors that I've worked with that I would like to work with again. You never think… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
The great thing about acting is that, until you're dead, you can do it. There are aspects to it that as time… — Gil Bellows Copy Share Image
“With one finger, Yang Wen-li was capable of mobilizing a giant fleet of tens of thousands of ships in battlespaces all across… — Yoshiki Tanaka Copy Share Image
[When you are an actor] it's not a burden to go to work whether it's hard work, whether it's super early work,… — Vanessa Paradis Copy Share Image
What motivates me is not staying still. I want to be busy, and I think too many good actors are left by… — Benedict Samuel Copy Share Image
I never think of an actor as a model. A model wears what you tell them to wear, that's their job. An… — Patricia Field Copy Share Image
I became an actor to escape my own personality. Acting is the most therapeutic thing in the world. You see, through acting… — George C. Scott Copy Share Image
Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written - then… — Richard Schiff Copy Share Image
Acting is very much like a child making believe. I'm not one to become a character, but I fall in love with… — Lusia Strus Copy Share Image
I think if I had just gone to acting school and then auditioned, no one would be like, 'Who's that girl?' Like,… — Rachel Sennott Copy Share Image
If you have the opportunity as an actor to control your career in any way, then you've won the jackpot. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
My understanding is the day I start looking at myself as a star is the day I will die as an actor. — Mahira Khan Copy Share Image
Back in school, some of my friends asked me to participate in the school's dramatic society. I did, and it opened up… — Joe Don Baker Copy Share Image
Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel who does not like his part and does not believe… — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Sondheim writes the music and lyrics, and because he's so smart and goes so deep with his feelings, there's a lot to… — Bernadette Peters Copy Share Image
In drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different… — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
No one should ever know where conduct ends and acting begins. Conduct unbecoming. That's what acting is. — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
Actors should be instinctive and spontaneous. If you think about acting, you're not going to be good. — Paul Morrissey Copy Share Image
I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
Acting is too often looked upon as a 'gifted art.' This may be, but having the gift is only the beginning. It… — Agnes Moorehead Copy Share Image
The theater is so disappointing, really, that it's hard to go again and again. It's just too heartbreaking. I'd rather watch football… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
It's difficult to judge other actors, because as an actor you're looking at different things than what an audience is looking at. — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette. — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
I didn't become an actor to be famous. I genuinely love acting and never expected to make a penny at it. — Justin Chon Copy Share Image
My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
Actors love the big speeches and love to be the center of attention. I mean, that's why we do it. — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
The most important thing you can do as an actor is bring as much of yourself to the character to ground the… — Michael Kelly Copy Share Image
My mother, Evelyn, was an actress and singer, and my father, Jack, was an actor. My earliest recollection of my father is… — David Cassidy Copy Share Image
I wouldnt call acting a job - its a pleasure. I love getting to play different characters, getting to play dress up,… — Rooney Mara Copy Share Image
In regard to performing, it couldn't be funnier that I ended up being an actor, because I'm really shy. Unless I'm really… — Dylan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Seven actors have played Batman on the big screen, and if you can name all seven without reading any further, your youth… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
I knew how to act and had studied acting and enjoyed it, but I'd never pushed myself to really perform as an… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
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