“Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
I don't remember a time or an incident where I decided to be an actor because it was always a part of… — Pratik Gandhi Copy Share Image
As an actor, you always want to feel like what you're doing is making a difference to the story. — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art. — Jack Bowman Copy Share Image
As an actor, you come in contact with so many different people and cultures. It makes you a more accepting person. — Taylor Spreitler Copy Share Image
Acting has really just felt natural and pushing different versions of myself and having different circumstances and different stories, it's all been… — Robby Hoffman Copy Share Image
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
I grew up in the late '70s. We played outside all day. I think that's where I got the whole notion of… — George Eads Copy Share Image
I love having played Walter because I suppose any actor brings a certain aspect of their own personality to their work, and… — John Noble Copy Share Image
It's always best not to be thinking a hell of a lot while you're acting, because you want it to be as… — Gary Cole Copy Share Image
One of the first speaking roles I had was in a film called 'Svengali', with Peter O'Toole and Elizabeth Ashley. I was… — Tobin Bell Copy Share Image
Balzac, you know, our great Balzac, he wrote interesting things about how in literature you keep distance in order to express great… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I was nervous and didn't have a huge amount of confidence as an actor. Comedy is something -… — Lucy Punch Copy Share Image
We have the script, we have the actors, and we're trying to figure out what this is, and you don't know what… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I'm never going to stop making theatre, but I don't think I'll make it as much, because I don't need to. There… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
It seems extraordinary to have waited so long into one's life to have found the part that actually uses your basic rhythm.… — Susan Sullivan Copy Share Image
'Deadwood' was a magical experience. It was an absolute culmination of everything I've ever wanted to do as an actor as an… — Jim Beaver Copy Share Image
Actors are journeymen. We show up for work. We do the job and then we go. What goes on behind the scenes… — Joe Mantegna Copy Share Image
Books and theater were the way I understood the world and also the way I organized my sense of morality, of how… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I think that when I'm an actor, I get hired, and you say jump three inches, I'll jump three inches. I just… — Adina Porter Copy Share Image
My mother wanted to be an actress. She wanted to follow her dreams, and she never really got a chance to do… — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
Before I got into acting, I was always interested in psychology, which I think is very common with a lot of actors… — Megan Park Copy Share Image
I get on with actors, and when I'm doing a theatre show, it's great being with them all the time. But we're… — Phil Daniels Copy Share Image
Every actor will tell you it's so much more fun to play the bad guy because usually those characters are more complex… — Michael Vartan Copy Share Image
I've never been an actor on Broadway, but it feels like you're on a stage when you play at Yankee Stadium. And… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of other actors that are just talented, it's just about this opportunity - it's just about… — Nia Long Copy Share Image
Im not sure Ill find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, its great - if you have the… — Francois Arnaud Copy Share Image
Christina Ricci is amazing, the most professional actor I think I've ever met. You can be chatting with her and when they… — Lisa Kudrow Copy Share Image
I didn't really get into acting until halfway through college. Once I graduated I pursued it professionally, but it wasn't like I… — Kelly Rohrbach Copy Share Image
I maintain that if you're a novelist and you go into an art museum, you'll come out a better novelist. And if… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
Jean-Luc is a person who has a lot of feelings, and he knows that to listen and look at a person is… — Anna Karina Copy Share Image
I think my concerns are the same as every actor. Can I find this character and make it come to life properly? — Graham Patrick Martin Copy Share Image
There's a lot of idiots in Hollywood, a lot of people with no imagination, so as an actor you have to constantly… — Stephen Dorff Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I even recite the role to the actor if it's not clear. And I beg them not to imitate me, because… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
The only musicals I've really worked on in New York are new musicals, and I like the idea that my job as… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
The way they do things in the U.S., if you have a show, you'll option your actors for five, six or seven… — Donald Sumpter Copy Share Image
I never saw myself as an actor. I neither had the looks nor the backing required to be an actor. — Nani Copy Share Image
As an actor, I've grown considerably. It's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in… — Sanjay Dutt Copy Share Image
Actors who perhaps are super-confident and have absolute belief in themselves I always admire, because I can't really be like that. — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
Well, the musicals give emphasis to love, longing, melancholy, sadness. All of that is always there. — Ismail Merchant Copy Share Image