“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
There's a certain expectation for an actor to be a blank slate, but I'm not. I know what I'm into. — Sophie Thatcher Copy Share Image
There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I never went to drama school. It's a brilliant thing for the right type of person, but I threw myself in the… — Callum Turner Copy Share Image
Both my parents were working in politics when I was growing up, so going on stage was not that great a leap. — Casey Wilson Copy Share Image
I think there are all sorts of ways of turning into an actor, and there are a vast variety of different actors.… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
I was this weird misfit guy from suburban Seattle, I never really fit in, and then I became a drama geek, among… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
My mother named me after her favorite actor, Joel McCrea, and dressed and presented me as her avatar. I'm sure she wanted… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
It's actually kind of cool that women have taken to me. Because now I have a whole different demographic when it comes… — Larenz Tate Copy Share Image
I'm not cerebral in any way. Education, for me, was a nightmare. You put someone talking in front of me, and I… — Jodie Whittaker Copy Share Image
I studied technique for ten years, from age 7 to 17. I guess you could say I went more on the Stanislavski… — Thomas Ian Nicholas Copy Share Image
What I like about acting is that you have to be super, super present in the moment. That's not something that comes… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
I was a solid C student because I was doing so many plays. I was a drama nerd, but I was also… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
Then I went off to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They had a really wonderful theatre department. — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
I never thought 'Crook' wouldn't work with the audience - in fact, no actor ever has that in mind especially when it's… — Neha Sharma 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
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
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
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
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
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
My undergraduate studies at Brown and graduate degrees from Harvard prepared me for a multifaceted career as an actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist. — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
I hate the word 'production'. It's a ceremony, a ritual - you should go out of the theatre more human than when… — Ariane Mnouchkine Copy Share Image
It is always a pleasure to be directed by an actor because they know the scene from the actor's perspective, too. That's… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
In film, there's so many little things where not just the actor can blow his lines, but technically, it doesn't quite come… — Ali MacGraw Copy Share Image
