I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation. I like to just go out and do it. Of course, that doesn't… — Patrice Leconte Copy Share Image
I'm part of that generation that grew up watching TV, and being an actor was all about being on TV or being… — Lennie James Copy Share Image
In the meantime, I just have to create those realistic goals about the fact that I don't have a ton of options… — Michael Shanks Copy Share Image
As an actor, I've always paid attention on sets. I've always watched, learned and listened, and you start to see things differently.… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
Acting is revealing the truth that is already within you and that reflects the character that you're doing. — Ron Cephas Jones Copy Share Image
My first acting class was taught by a little known playwright, David Mamet, who then cast me in my first play, opposite… — John Mahoney Copy Share Image
I don't remember, at 19, someone giving me a golden key and saying, 'Welcome to Hollywood; which job would you like?' — Jessica Capshaw Copy Share Image
I do always feel very proud and flattered by being asked to be a part of American productions playing American characters. — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
There are definitely things about acting that have helped me growing up and finding myself, but there are also things that make… — Rowan Blanchard Copy Share Image
I decided to have a regular childhood and not pursue [acting] until I left school, although I wrote plays, directed plays, and… — Karl Urban Copy Share Image
I don't know if I ever realized, initially, that I didn't tic when I was so focused on my acting. I think… — Dash Mihok Copy Share Image
Sometime really good writing does you a disservice as an actor. Because you can get lazy. It's doing a lot of the… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
It was a dream come true working with Johnny Depp. He's always been my acting idol. Working with him and watching him… — Mason Cook Copy Share Image
When you tell people you're a playwright, their eyes sort of glaze over. But when you say you write the 'Fantastic Four'… — Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Copy Share Image
Few rash of any modern nation have a proper sense of an aesthetical whole; they praise and blame by parts; they are… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Being a playwright of any race is difficult, and Lord knows it gets more difficult the further you get from the middle… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
Thankfully, I have a background as an actor, and you learn how to live in that world of not knowing what's going… — Jon Favreau Copy Share Image
Because theatre is a story-telling art form, we feel entitled to assume that the playwright got there before we got there. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Where I'm from, to do acting is not heard of. Being one of the lads and all, you don't just go, 'Oh,… — Barry Keoghan Copy Share Image
You don't realize it till you get older as an actor, but all the parts you've gotten have led you up to… — Constance Zimmer Copy Share Image
There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when… — Teddy Sears Copy Share Image
I really do want to just be able to sit in the corner of the pub with my friends... to just be… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
Doing the long lines - it looks easy when actresses do it: they just say it straight up, looks like they do… — Quvenzhane Wallis Copy Share Image
When the actor you're developing a rapport with is directing, you feel much more camaraderie about scenes, and you can relate in… — Sondra Locke Copy Share Image
I still think the highest benchmark for any actor is to be on Broadway. When I talked to my theatrical agent on… — Sarah Wayne Callies Copy Share Image
I don't really know who I am as an actor: the best thing would be to experiment with it for the next… — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. And like a lot of actors, it's very important that everybody loves you all the time. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
When you're starting out as an actor, there isn't much food around. I was lucky to have a hit pretty early on.… — Steve Guttenberg Copy Share Image
“Indeed, good leaders were often good actors, able to convince their men if not themselves that they would somehow prevail.” — Alex Kershaw Copy Share Image
Theater represents to me this phenomenon in juxtaposition to real life, where there are all these imposed guidelines. — Adrienne Shelly Copy Share Image
Athletes and actors do really crazy things, and we do them under weird circumstances because we love what we do and because… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
In our own, theatre can be the place where we come together, reaching with and through stories, to who we are and… — Juliet Stevenson Copy Share Image
You need supporting actors to help to tell the story. For me, I'm lucky to be a part of the films. Being… — Robert Maillet Copy Share Image
Now that I am an actor (if you can call me that) I still watch movies with the same childlike enthusiasm. — Saqib Saleem Copy Share Image
I love acting and directed. And Jonathan loved magic. Whatever we were passionate about, our parents supported us. — Drew Scott Copy Share Image
You go through a process of refinement and getting rid of the excesses of your early youth in terms of your excitement… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
I love being on Broadway and it's awesome and a dream come true but also it's about the work and making sure… — Jasmine Cephas Jones Copy Share Image
When I grew up, the only way a lad like me would maybe escape was playing football. Not being an actor. — Sean Harris Copy Share Image
Dancers have always been a kind of background image, we've always danced behind an artist or we've danced in a movie behind… — Lacey Schwimmer Copy Share Image
It's interesting - a lot of good actors are good mimes. But I'm terrible. If I tried to do an impression, nobody… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
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