Sometimes casting falls in place easily and sometimes it takes a while. Fifty per cent of my job is done when I… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
As an actor, I'm not sure what I had to offer the world of tragedy and comedy when I was 21. I… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
At some point, I came out to a lot of friends and some family, but then I went back in the closet… — Keiynan Lonsdale Copy Share Image
I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of… — Freddie Fox Copy Share Image
As an actor, I obviously want to do lead roles but over a period of time, one gets prepared to carry a… — Anupriya Goenka Copy Share Image
One of the things that's hardest as an actor is you are being critiqued constantly, and having your mother critiquing you can… — Kyra Sedgwick Copy Share Image
There's a difference between being a star and an actor. If you feed off from being in the public eye, this is… — Rasika Dugal Copy Share Image
I was going to school with a girl who was an actor. And I was, like, 'No, I want to be an… — Erika Christensen Copy Share Image
As soon as I got my proper first job, I never did acting again. I think the last thing I did was… — Justin Chadwick Copy Share Image
I don't particularly consider myself an actor. I have no training. I love doing it, but I would never consider myself to… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
When I'm acting, I wish I was out there, being a part of it and making it. It's all on your name… — Jason Momoa Copy Share Image
I believe in method acting. Whenever I'm working on a character, I start behaving like him. I start doing these things which… — Kartik Aaryan Copy Share Image
I'd always thought that theater people were really weird. And I got into this class, and I just fell in love with… — Michelle Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
I've been acting since second grade, and I just remember when I first moved to New York and I was living in… — Anna Camp Copy Share Image
The best thing anybody ever told me about acting - and I think it's probably true for life, generally - is listen.… — Maria Doyle Kennedy Copy Share Image
When a doctor is performing an operation, his mind cannot be somewhere else. And it's the same with actors. You have to… — Freida Pinto Copy Share Image
Acting is just a job. I'm exactly the same as that lady bringing us coffee, and I have to remember that. — Danny Trejo Copy Share Image
I was always goofing around. I suppose having a father who was an actor made you think that it was a real… — Brian Gleeson Copy Share Image
I enjoy acting. It's not that I begin to think I'm getting better. I now fully know that I've made no improvement… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
I was keen on dancing, and acting offers were coming in. I was ready to enter the industry, but my parents felt… — Sai Pallavi Copy Share Image
You will have to take up responsibility in multiple areas as a lead actor. Let's say, I don't have that capacity. — Biju Menon Copy Share Image
I was quite young when I went to a drama workshop. I was around 9 or 10. I showed interest in it.… — Luke Pasqualino Copy Share Image
Well, it made perfect sense that I originally wanted to be an actor because every Sunday, we walked into church and we… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I think if you try to look for something to show off as an actor, vanity can get the better of you. — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think, 'To hell with acting' and then I realize I could be working at a shoe shop. Acting is much… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
There were times when I wondered if I was doing the right thing, studying when I could have been going to auditions. — Eve Hewson Copy Share Image
I would love to do Broadway. That was my original aim, when I first started acting when I was 13. I wanted… — Dove Cameron Copy Share Image
Actors are magical people. They can take words you wrote and say them in a way that, although you thought the line… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I like not knowing what's around the corner. It's always been that way, and maybe that's one of the reasons why I'm… — Richard Jenkins Copy Share Image
At first, I took theater courses on the side. Then, theater became my minor; then it was my major. — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I was with my grandmother, while one of my brothers lived with my dad, and one lived with my mom. It wasn't… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
I've never seen a great actor do a major role that didn't cost a lot. They're sacrificial animals of a sort. — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
If there was no fame involved and very minimal money - which is the case for most actors - I'd still be… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that theatre is a horrible business. Make this the headline. You have to be on the spot every night as… — Walter D. Asmus Copy Share Image
Both my parents were actors. I was schooled to think that acting was an important social service, that it was something that… — Tyne Daly Copy Share Image
I don't do method acting. If I play a farmer, I'm not gonna spend 3 weeks on a chicken farm. That's a… — Carice van Houten Copy Share Image
“Criticizing an actor for being emotional is like putting down a swimmer for being able to swim.” — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
I studied Shakespeare at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, and 'Orange' was my first audition ever for… — Madeline Brewer Copy Share Image
I've worked on jobs where there are almost 200 people on set... you always make an effort to have a relationship but… — Gemma Arterton Copy Share Image
I have such a strong acting background because I know what I'm looking for, I know what the needs are, and I… — Charles Martin Smith Copy Share Image
