Toronto has an amazing theater scene, and I grew up going to lots of theater and early on decided that it was… — Noah Reid Copy Share Image
I'll just put it this way: I've struggled enough as a working actor - and, most of the times, a not working… — Corey Hawkins Copy Share Image
My immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I hate the word 'production'...it's a ceremony, it's a ritual...you should go out of the theatre stronger and more human than when… — Ariane Mnouchkine Copy Share Image
I went to a tiny little high school... I'd make my foray into Calgary if I wanted to see a movie or… — Erica Durance Copy Share Image
I was comfortable in my thirties playing the romantic partner, the hero that saves the day, or the woman who is facing… — Sharon Lawrence Copy Share Image
There was a time when all the actors were saying, 'We should get residuals on videogames.' I just kept going, 'You don't… — Nolan North Copy Share Image
I believe that as a writer and a director, you're only providing the skeleton of a character, and you're hiring actors to… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
When you're at drama school you spend so much time working on amazing texts and analyzing them, digging into them, and figuring… — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my first reflex has always been to exude humility - but it doesn't help… — Steven Yeun Copy Share Image
“Because the actor always moves among and in relation to other acting beings, he is never merely a "doer" but always and… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Certainly, I've loved musicals for a while, so I did some short films in college that had musical numbers and things like… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
No one likes to think of themselves as a one-trick pony as an actor, but on the other hand, it's nice to… — Robert Picardo Copy Share Image
An actor uses his body as a tool and an instrument. In the same way a musician plays an instrument, the actor… — Rob Minkoff Copy Share Image
Theatre is very much concerned with the society, with the social situation... A theatre piece of itself, demands a confrontation with the… — Griselda Gambaro Copy Share Image
I've always known that I wanted to be an actor. My family kind of was a theatrically inclined family. My father came… — Peter Vack Copy Share Image
I don't believe really good plays - interesting plays, complicated plays - can mean just one thing to every single person in… — Joe Mantello Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
I'm too grateful that I continue to grow as an actor. I hope I get better. I feel like I am. But… — Demi Moore Copy Share Image
I'm a kid who did stock and summer youth theater where we'd put up two shows and you had no rehearsal. I've… — Donna Murphy Copy Share Image
It really was total heaven to be a writer. As a model or actor you are employed on someone's whim. As a… — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
I think, primarily, acting is like working out a muscle; the more you get to do it, the bigger that muscle gets. — Tom Payne Copy Share Image
I never expected to be a movie star. It's not that I didn't want to be, I didn't think about it. I… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I actually studied in college, for the three semesters that I stayed in school, I don't recommend that, but I studied theater,… — Katharine McPhee Copy Share Image
I was always the person in our class who was fascinated by new plays. I would go to the library all the… — Joe Mantello Copy Share Image
When youre the lead actor in a drama, you have 2 1/2 months at the end of a season to do other… — Melina Kanakaredes Copy Share Image
I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff. — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
As an actor, you don't want to say, 'I'm going to be loud and big.' Because that looks awful; that looks fake. — Alan Tudyk Copy Share Image
Mr. Brooks and I have been friends forever. He is in seventh heaven with his new success on Broadway. — Dom DeLuise Copy Share Image
Sometimes you'll be on sets, and people will be fighting and there will be some nasty person that thinks they're the next… — Alexandra Breckenridge Copy Share Image
No, Not even remotely...Because I don't care. I don't pick roles based on how famous they are going to make me, I… — Erin Daniels Copy Share Image
It's always difficult to work out on location, away from home, but that's the actor's life. You go where the work is. — Jon Tenney Copy Share Image
Once you've sat in a room annoying Derek Jacobi while he's trying to do his crossword, you're prepped for working with the… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
The only thing I haven't done as an actor, other than Thai puppet theater somewhere, is act on a Broadway stage. — John Larroquette Copy Share Image
The fire within you as an actor should always keep burning. That should be the mantra for any good actor. — Rishi Kapoor Copy Share Image
When you're actor, you have no idea how much work goes into pre-production. We're just sitting in our trailers waiting for someone… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
Without theater, I don't think I would have thought I was a smart person or excelled at anything. — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
It's not a prerequisite for an actor to be obsessed about his looks. I know there are people who don't look in… — Hrithik Roshan Copy Share Image
If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity. — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young. I was in fifth grade and my teacher saw an… — Ajay Naidu Copy Share Image
