My mum's father was a producer and her mother was an actress, so my mum was fully behind me going into acting. — Charlotte Ritchie Copy Share Image
Directors are the captains of the ship, and it's your job as the lead actor to make sure that the rest of… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
One of the things I love about acting is other actors, looking into their eyes, and working off them, and listening and… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
'Company' attracted a certain strata that acknowledged me as a good actor. But in terms of popularity, I owe everything I have… — Vivek Oberoi Copy Share Image
As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And in America they're quite right. They will… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
As an actor, I've always found that my job is not to judge the content in which I've agreed to perform in.… — David Zayas Copy Share Image
I'd love to do a musical. I've been known to have a good step or two. I'm half Samoan, you know, and… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
I believe this: If an actor wants a role or wants to work with somebody, then you do everything within reason to… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Sometime in my second year at Brown [University], I took an acting class. And the lightbulb went off for me. I fell… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
When you write a play, you make a set of assumptions -- that you have something to say, that you know how… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
When I decided to take on acting as a career and a profession, I didn't know much about it. I knew that… — Drew Waters Copy Share Image
The thing that sticks to me most about theater is that because it's such an ape crazy nonstop experience, you really don't… — Sebastian Stan Copy Share Image
The growing pains of being an actor, that was a little frustrating at times because you feel like you have great capacity… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
At the end of drama school, I made a contract with myself: I'd try acting for five years. I was 26. I… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
I guess if there's one thing that might surprise people about me, it's that I'm very obedient. I'm kind of like a… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
Lots of people said that I have been a comic actor for such a long time, but as a director I was… — Satish Kaushik Copy Share Image
You never know what's going to happen. That's why I like acting. It's precious to me to be able to live more… — Bai Ling Copy Share Image
The profession is rife with fear about your age, about your validly, longevity, appearance. It's vanity, and it's hard to sort of… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
I consider myself a journeyman actor, and I pride myself and look forward to keeping my career choices as diverse as possible… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
Certain actors wanna get paid, they think working in a low-budget movie is being ripped off. But for others it's like, 'Yes,… — Abel Ferrara Copy Share Image
My first taste of theater was my middle school play. We did 'The Jungle Book.' I auditioned for Mowgli, which I didn't… — Cody Simpson Copy Share Image
It's rough to feel creatively satisfied, as an actor, for the most part, because you don't initiate your own work. — Daryl Hannah Copy Share Image
I'm the man who sits behind a table and tells true stories from his life. I'm also an actor. I was trained… — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
When people warned me there would be long periods out of work if I became an actor, I couldn't keep a straight… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
I was not one of those children hanging on Ma's coat-tails following her round sets. I'd go to the theatre after school… — Rachael Stirling Copy Share Image
I came out of the old Second City in Chicago. Chicago actors are more hard-nosed. They're tough on themselves and their fellow… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
It's my job as a supporting actor - which I usually am - to support the film: to make 1, 2, or… — Judy Greer Copy Share Image
I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I have always been attracted to difficult work. There really doesn't seem much point in looking for the easy life as an… — Robert Powell Copy Share Image
The theatre, when all is said and done, is not life in miniature, but life enormously magnified, life hideously exaggerated. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Just to get the actors to relax, listen to each other, and actually affect each other, there are a number of techniques… — Terry Zwigoff Copy Share Image
As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to… — Kristin Scott Thomas Copy Share Image
I knew an actor's career goes up and down and back up again. Your standing in this business can't be your whole… — Lisa Kudrow Copy Share Image
I feel that, as an actor, you're constantly working to become better, which I love, but with painting, I can fail on… — J. August Richards Copy Share Image
With some actors, you can tell when they're acting all by themselves, no matter who else is in the screen. — John Travolta Copy Share Image
'Body of Proof' was interesting because... I didn't feel I needed to prove anything in that audition. I didn't over-prepare it, but… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
If you work with big stars, then they become the lead actors. It's not that I don't want to do films with… — Kangna Ranaut Copy Share Image
People who want to be a star get their teeth capped. People who want to be an actor get to work. — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
When I was at a tough inner-city school, drama gave me a friendship group. It's been so core to who I am… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
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