An actor can never plan. You never know what can work in your favor or not and then, may be the whole… — Gautam Rode Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to engage in the world of the imagination, but it was not economically feasible for me to study… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star.… — Jack Davenport Copy Share Image
Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics. — Victor Mature Copy Share Image
Many talented actors have come into this industry and, in spite of their best efforts, haven't been able to win over the… — Mohanlal Copy Share Image
At first, like every other actor, I wanted to do characters with deep traits - what we call 'serious characters.' — Indrans Copy Share Image
Since in the end, as an actor, I cannot do much apart from giving my best on camera, I won't let myself… — Kartik Aaryan Copy Share Image
No, we are not tyrants on set, and we are kind of come at it very much as collaborators and not just… — Anna Boden Copy Share Image
If I or any other black can deliver at the box office, I'll get a lot of work. Too many young actors,… — Mario Van Peebles Copy Share Image
Preparing a character is the opposite of building-it is a demolishing, removing brick by brick everything in the actor's muscles, ideas and… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
I can't negotiate and collaborate with a character to create a distilled dramatic investigation of the raw material. I need to work… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
I don't think you should sit around and wait for people to give you an opportunity to express yourself or do your… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
No support of one star or one director or one producer can make any individual actor a star. You have to connect… — Katrina Kaif Copy Share Image
When an actor comes to you and starts working with the script, the image of his character that you had in your… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
It took me a long time to make that leap to being a grown-up and responsible adult because I carried on being… — Dexter Fletcher Copy Share Image
There should be room for everything in the West End, be that a blockbuster musical or a good straight play. I would… — Lee Evans Copy Share Image
For me, acting is like a pool you dive into. If you're lucky, you find what you need, then get out again. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln. — Sam Waterston Copy Share Image
As an actor, I like as much time with the material as possible and given the opportunity, time spent with the other… — Vincent Piazza Copy Share Image
I turned 30 and decided if I was going to try acting I had better try or wind up still holding a… — Ted Cassidy Copy Share Image
I took an acting class at Cerritos Junior College and I did a handful of plays, maybe five or six plays. — John Corbett Copy Share Image
With more time I like to see the actors find something of their own places, so I can get their own ideas… — Peter Weir Copy Share Image
Sometimes acting is really cool because it forces you to exercise certain muscles in your personality that you wouldn't normally be called… — Jenna Fischer Copy Share Image
When I started out in the industry, I felt the need to say 'yes' to everything. You wanted to be an actor,… — Annie Murphy Copy Share Image
The basic laws of good acting are the same, but everything about the experience is different-your job responsibility, the time you spend… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
One of the strangest things about being an actor is that people you don't know feel that they are allowed to comment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One sign of a great actor is when he can be alone by himself on the screen, doing almost nothing, and producing… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I have auditioned for a lot of films and at the final stage, I have been told that an established actor is… — Tripti Dimri Copy Share Image
We joke about it in the entertainment industry: Every actor wants to be a musician, and every musician wants to be an… — Lance Bass Copy Share Image
'The Miracle Worker' is just such an incredibly powerful play on stage, and is so kinetic, and athletic. — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
Sometimes there are certain things that you gotta grow into. Sometimes, for some actors, they know it spiritually at a young age.… — Elias Koteas Copy Share Image
I see how people boss other actors around to try to get a scene favorable to them. I absolutely just never engage… — Peter Sarsgaard Copy Share Image
I guess confidence is the only thing that I take from project to project, but I'm always open to learning everybody's style… — Freida Pinto Copy Share Image
I have never felt brutalized as an actor. Many actors do, some times, but I've never had that experience. If I'm not… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I started acting in junior high. I was in 'Guys and Dolls.' I was Stanley Kowalski. In my head, before coming to… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
It's deeply personal to watch actors go to those dark places. It can be scary, so you channel them all your love… — Amy Ryan Copy Share Image
I was crying because I was making my Broadway debut and there's nothing like that. It's the absolute mountaintop for a nerd… — Helene Yorke Copy Share Image
When I was at UCLA, a professor there encouraged me to write, and so I looked into specializing in creative writing in… — Randall Park Copy Share Image
As an actor, I get my insurance from the Screen Actor's Guild by union, and you have to make so much every… — Ian Ziering Copy Share Image
Always be original. Never duplicate what you've seen another actor do. Be true to the character that you've been given, and the… — Lee Tamahori Copy Share Image