I think I just wanted to work when I finally came to Hollywood. That's what it was. I wanted to get a… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
Some actors are brilliant in David Mamet, but they would crash and burn in my plays and visa-versa. You either have my… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
I just like to keep things small and subtle and authentic, and ground everything in reality. So that is something that I… — Pamela Adlon Copy Share Image
When you feel good about the work you're doing, that's what's important, not the budget or anything like that. If you're happy… — Chazz Palminteri Copy Share Image
And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you… — Olivier Martinez Copy Share Image
Not even my excellent training at Juilliard prepared me for my first movie role, where I played a transsexual who falls in… — Lee Pace Copy Share Image
I go to the theater because I need help dealing with my life; I want to see the greatest questions addressed. I… — Ellen McLaughlin Copy Share Image
It's always tempting to cast someone you enjoy being with. You've got to hang out with these people for a number of… — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
I've seen some terrible plays, but I generally enjoy myself. One play I walked out of, I have a tremendous respect for… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
There was a year between school and getting going as an actor when I basically just watched films. Video shops were the… — Aidan Gillen Copy Share Image
In live-action, writing, production, and editing happen in discrete stages. In animation, they overlap - happening simultaneously. This allows a real dialogue… — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
I nearly drowned in the Xingu River in Brazil some years ago. When I was given my life back, I decided I… — Trudie Styler Copy Share Image
The truly great actors, like Charlize Theron, are just like, "I'm an actor. For hire. I show up, I do my job."… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
I actually grew up hearing this a lot: 'If you're an actor, you can only be an actor, and you have to… — Todd Louiso Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'm embarrassed because I think it's a funny show, but I could imagine there being a snootiness about… — Stephen Merchant Copy Share Image
I'd be very suspicious of anybody that seems to have to move to the next level of expression. I distrust that: now… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I'm sure my mum was a huge influence on my wanting to be an actress: just seeing her doing it, seeing her… — Hattie Morahan Copy Share Image
As actors, you do have to be aware of your audience. You can't act in a vacuum, even if that audience isn't… — Tom Irwin Copy Share Image
During my adolescent years, I watched a lot of theatre. I had the habit of enacting every scene I saw in front… — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
A lot of people have asked whether acting is in my genes. I don't know if anyone is born to act. And… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
As an actor, what I can do is tell the truth. At least, I hope I can tell the truth - a… — Larry Drake Copy Share Image
The life of an actor is sort of abnormal in the sense where you never know what's going to happen, which I've… — Nick Gehlfuss Copy Share Image
Indeed, the actor's lot is a much harder one than that of the director's, from one simple standpoint: The actor has to… — Charles Keating Copy Share Image
“An actress wants to be seen. An actress wants to be loved. By multitudes of people, not just one lone man.” — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Fortunately and unfortunately, people don't see me as a character actor. They see me as a leading man or nothing, which makes… — Josh Holloway Copy Share Image
As an actor, my No. 1 focus was to be on the same page with the writer, director, and producers. — Haaz Sleiman Copy Share Image
I was in eighth grade when I did my first Junior Theatre show. I was in 'Annie Get Your Gun' as a… — Casey Nicholaw Copy Share Image
Some of the actors that I love most have challenged themselves throughout their entire career. That's my goal. — Taylor Lautner Copy Share Image
My father - I have grown up with him being a respected actor, and I have taken a lot with me from… — Gustaf Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a child actor so bad that every day I'd beg my parents if I could audition, but my… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Characterization in a play is like a blank check which the dramatist accords to the actor for him to fill in. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
That's always the thing about biopics, you are stepping on moments in someone's life where you're making public something that is private. — Naomi Ackie Copy Share Image
If you're a serious actor, it's when you know you're going to die tomorrow that you really start to feel it. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I'd seen Titus Welliver in a few shows and felt he had some inner demons in his portrayals, as does Harry Bosch. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I didn't graduate. I was doing theater in Michigan the summer after my junior year and just moved on to New York. — John Wesley Shipp Copy Share Image
I've worked opposite so many male actors whose egos have been so delicate that it was just so hard to do the… — Andrea Riseborough Copy Share Image
“ But what else can that hypothetical actor-filmmaker do? How does he find meaningful human connection in a world of people who… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
Method acting? There are quite a few methods. Mine involves a lot of talent, a glass, and some cracked ice. — John Barrymore Copy Share Image
Actors, you kind of have these ebbs and flows. These moments where you're in your glory - where you're really cracking -… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
I carried on acting during school holidays and was all set to go to drama school when I was offered my first… — Gina Bellman Copy Share Image
