Just be yourself. As an actor, you pretend all day - that's what the job calls for. So, when it comes to… — Justin Chon Copy Share Image
Getting bad reviews or doing something that's not great is also really good for you as an actor. It also makes me… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
As an actor, you go through life thinking "This stop is the last stop," so you just put your heart and soul… — Elizabeth Banks Copy Share Image
It's important to have the right agent - people that are working hard for you. But an actor needs to be in… — Joel McHale Copy Share Image
I think a lot of acting is having the confidence to be open enough to try things and not be afraid of… — Carrie-Anne Moss Copy Share Image
I honestly always thought my Master's in Fine Arts would get me further in the acting world than knowing how to work… — James Michael Tyler Copy Share Image
You spend your life training to be an actor, observing people's characteristics so that you can design characters around what you've seen. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Actors, I don't think, ever really grow up. I'm hoping that that rejuvenating process applies to me, too. It has so far.… — Derek Jacobi Copy Share Image
I prefer being known for my stand-up because I write it. I love being an actor, and saying other people's words is… — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
I love my job, I love being an actor and stepping into the shoes of different characters and exploring their lives. It's… — Hilary Swank Copy Share Image
Well, I've always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys.… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
It's weird because I once lost a job because I had a chemistry read with the lead actor, and I could tell… — Cristin Milioti Copy Share Image
The skill set that I think we have as actors is so cool because they train you in ways that you never… — Jason Mitchell Copy Share Image
When I started working on ideas for 'Colors of the Wind,' I gave a lot of thought to the work of two… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
It's a fine line of doing what's good for your life and what your parents want you to do, but also following… — Kaley Cuoco Copy Share Image
I think it's that wherever I go, people are so nice to me, and they come up by the hundreds, and they… — Adam West Copy Share Image
In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Being an actor all of my life is kind of a collaborative, social form of interpretive art. Sitting down with a blank… — Michael Beck Copy Share Image
It is a tough business but if you get yourself in a situation like I, you can maintain a career over many… — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
In theatre, there's the director, the writer, and below them the actor. In film, it's the actors who are most important. That… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
I had never imagined that after coming to Mumbai that, as an actor, my dates would be booked in six-eight months in… — Pankaj Tripathi Copy Share Image
My dad was also a teacher until he was 34. I think there is a basis in reality. But I'd only done… — Domhnall Gleeson Copy Share Image
Theater Games are a process applicable to any field, discipline, or subject matter which creates a place where full participation, communication, and… — Viola Spolin Copy Share Image
There are ugly aspects to every single person's character. In being truthful, actors do have to show the ugly side of someone's… — Claire Foy Copy Share Image
I had grown up watching the Tonys on the television. I think every sensible theater geek is watching that opening number, dreaming… — Ariana DeBose Copy Share Image
There is a bearing which comes from having a little bit of something withheld. In acting classes, they always say don't reveal… — Bill Pullman Copy Share Image
One of the hallmarks that a British actor brings to his public persona is an adept sense of self-deprecation - see Daniel… — Stephen Rodrick Copy Share Image
I didn't set out to be a villain in film. I'm a character actor, and if my first movie was a comedy,… — William Zabka Copy Share Image
I didn't know I wanted to be actor when I was four.I did it at the beginning because my brother did it… — Yasmin Paige Copy Share Image
I think of myself as an actor. The duty of an actor is to be able to impersonate anything - a child,… — Barry Humphries Copy Share Image
I don't think any actor can be happy with their performance. There's always something you wish you would have done or said… — Sasha Grey 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'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
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
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
