I wasn't some sort of ingenue. I always saw myself as a lifer in this industry, and working as an actor on… — Fred Savage Copy Share Image
Louis B. Mayer once looked at me and said, 'You will never get the girl at the end'. So I worked on… — Van Heflin Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I looked to actors like they were from another planet. You couldn't believe you could be anywhere near… — Jim Sturgess Copy Share Image
The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a… — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
The main thing in acting is honesty, to feel the humanity and get to the essence of the character. You can't put… — Genevieve Bujold Copy Share Image
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his… — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
Inhibition is something I notice in hamstrung actors all the time. They can be wonderful up to a point and then become… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces,… — Alan J. Pakula Copy Share Image
I remember that when I was in my 30s, a hot age for an actress, lots of offers were coming in, but… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
There is a temptation for an actor to editorialize what they're doing. And you can't do that with Pinter. It's almost like… — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
If I didn't get joy from acting, I wouldn't do it. My passion for acting is growing and I love telling good… — AnnaSophia Robb Copy Share Image
Every audition, I walk out the door and throw the sides away immediately. You did it, now go home. And to me,… — Michael Mosley Copy Share Image
If there are actors that are brilliant, people often wonder whether it's intimidating working alongside them, but it really isn't. It just… — Tom Mison Copy Share Image
At best, the relationship between drama critic and playwright is a pretty twiggy affair. When I'm asked whom I write for, after… — Lanford Wilson Copy Share Image
“There is a theory that watching unbearable stories about other people lost in grief and rage is good for you—may cleanse you… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
I chose the actors that I was in love with. I cannot work with people that I don't personally like a lot.… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I believe you can only draw from your own life as an actor. All the characters I've played, I only have my… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
For an actor to have the chance to go and play something that's far away from yourself, physically and also in terms… — Taron Egerton Copy Share Image
You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really.… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
Every actor wants to, in our own sort of weird sort of way, we really want to push ourselves and test ourselves. — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
Just to brand somebody as actor and trivialize is wrong. I am running around in the heat, doing my work constantly. — Kirron Kher Copy Share Image
You have to have the passion. I could not live if I wasn't an actor. If you're just in it for beautiful… — Diane Kruger Copy Share Image
When actors get a bad name for diva behavior - I've never seen it. Because my experience with people who are really… — Hayley Atwell Copy Share Image
Every time you watch a performance in the theatre, you know that this is just for you, and will never be the… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
The thing I adore about acting is that it's not me: you get to experience all these emotions, but essentially it's not… — Jessica Brown Findlay Copy Share Image
One of my heroes growing up was Darren Gough, he always made things happen and I wanted to be like him. — Isa Guha Copy Share Image
I used to be an actor, I used to be a journalist and I used to be a publicist. I know how… — Perez Hilton Copy Share Image
The head coach is the director, the quarterback is the lead actor and the offensive linemen are the grips. — Howie Long Copy Share Image
I went to a very academic school that actually - when I got to the point of wanting to pursue acting, they… — Freema Agyeman Copy Share Image
Physical comedy and musical theatre were never actually in my main focus at school. I was more of a dramatic actor. I… — Ethan Slater Copy Share Image
The thing early on that you think is 'wrong' with you, that makes you not fit in with everyone else, becomes the… — John Lloyd Young Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
I don't want to be just somebody short who happens to act. I hope my legacy will be Warwick Davis, Actor. — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
That's the reason you want to become a star as an actor, to be able to have more control of your destiny. — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
When I was twelve, I heard about the National Theater School, and I told my parents, 'That's what I want to do.'… — Ana de Armas Copy Share Image
I know other actors who are relieved when their shows get cancelled, and I've never felt that way about 'Community.' — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
If you're in something and you feel like it's not going well, what can you do about that? It's out of your… — Peter Vack Copy Share Image
Drawing on the experience I have of now directing, to me, my one strength that I know is my ability to communicate… — Evanna Lynch Copy Share Image
Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide;… — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
The way an actor is trained doesn't ultimately have much bearing on my work. I'm interested in the actor as artist. — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
