Imagine trying to be a gay actor, a gay anything in modern Russia? Where to be positively oneself, to be affectionate in… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I know a lot of really good actors - tons, just tons - who I still don't know why they don't work… — Kevin Dillon Copy Share Image
An actor is nothing without the vision of the director. The director needs to have a vision that will cross boundaries, that… — Manoj Bajpayee Copy Share Image
The life of an actor is very random. It can be exhilarating but terrifying - you do wonder day to day where… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
Honestly, I understand that as an actor I should be comfortable with playing different characters. I am also not degrading those actors… — Priyamani Copy Share Image
My job is to go into that audition and be good enough of an Asian actor - or an actor in general… — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
No, nothing much has changed in me as an actor. Since the day I started out, I always wanted to be part… — Rajkummar Rao Copy Share Image
Not all television scripts are created equal. And the process is ridiculous. They send you a script and want you in the… — Holt McCallany Copy Share Image
I had a teacher in college who drastically changed the course of my life by telling me that he believed in me… — Taylor Schilling Copy Share Image
I should write a musical. That is probably one of the final areas that I should pay attention to, because it does… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
As an actor I get opportunities to do different kind of films. It's not that if I have done a few comedies,… — Kunal Khemu Copy Share Image
Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological… — Uta Hagen Copy Share Image
It bloody annoys me when people forget that we're actors. Just because we tend to appear in things with our own accents,… — Kathy Burke Copy Share Image
The fact in acting, you can tap into your darkest moments in life to your lightest moments. And people will watch it,… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
“Many in the audience consider leaving. If anyone leaves, let them leave. The theatre is not a prison. If anyone coughs, cough… — Lem Doolittle Copy Share Image
Although I started off as a child artist, I left acting in between, as I felt that I was missing the fun… — Fatima Sana Shaikh Copy Share Image
I moved to New York to work in theater, so my range of motion was really from where I lived - which… — Stark Sands Copy Share Image
I always take part in the creative process of every film of mine. Gone are the days where an actor would walk… — R. Madhavan Copy Share Image
I have the vanity to think that every play I have written is different from the previous ones. Yet, even though they… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
Acting is acting, and who you are will still remain to be who you are. You know, that part won't change it.… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
You deal with failure - strike, strike, strike - all the time. Acting is like that. You have to have a very… — Benicio Del Toro Copy Share Image
Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
Theatre is a game of hide-and-seek. For both the hiders and the seekers, the thrill is in the discovery. When the rules… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
Being an actor and a successful one at that, is the stuff fairy-tales are made of, as you reach unimaginable heights. But… — Shweta Bachchan Nanda Copy Share Image
I would love to act for the rest of my life, but I also know that it could be taken away in… — Shailene Woodley Copy Share Image
I went to film school at Columbia and did that for a couple years and really thought I was going to be… — Scott Adsit Copy Share Image
My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw… — Giovanni Ribisi Copy Share Image
Drama school was the first place I learned that looks can affect your career. It was very horrible at the time. I… — Joseph Gatt Copy Share Image
It is so rare as an actor to be allowed the chance to revisit a role and to go back to a… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
A screenplay is really an instruction manual, and it can be interpreted in any number of ways. The casting, the choice of… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
The No. 1 thing I hear from people when I meet them in the airport is, 'Oh my gosh, you're just like… — Guy Fieri Copy Share Image
I understand the opposite side of the camera. I have a profound respect for that. I have worked with people who, when… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
My mother was really against it when I said I wanted to make films. She said that I should be a civil… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
I love playing a villain. I think that there's something freeing about that, and it's a different kind of challenge. More than… — Jeffrey Dean Morgan Copy Share Image
If I could, I want to take a page from the George Clooney-like actors of the world. They do things that are… — Alona Tal Copy Share Image
People don't realise what a nice thing it is for an actor to go to a job where they know or like… — Katherine Parkinson Copy Share Image
The reality is that there are so few roles out there for women and for women of color, and I'm a character… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that they can talk of nothing else under the… — Christy Mathewson Copy Share Image
It's hard to think it's important to try out as cheerleader when you're starring on Broadway. But you do kind of miss… — Bonnie Bedelia Copy Share Image
