Doing a musical is like having a kid. It's out there alive somewhere. It's not like a movie or a TV show… — Trey Parker Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. My life as an actor depends on who sends me what. I'm just taking the best stuff that I… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
To me, one of the things I love about being an actor is that it's never done; it's never perfect, and so… — Kerry Bishe Copy Share Image
I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
Most difficult thing in the world, to write a play. Do you know the story of Shaw at the Fabian society? H.G.… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
I don't care more about '13' because it's in the Olivier than I did about 'Cock' in a 100-seat studio. They both… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
The essence of our profession is to give. What is it that we in the theater give? We give our body, voice,… — Michael Chekhov Copy Share Image
The producers and I first talked about the Big Fish musical, right before we did the first test screening of the movie.… — John August Copy Share Image
I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own… — Michael Gambon Copy Share Image
That's the great thing about university: you've got people around you who are taking a risk and trying things out themselves. It… — Adam Rayner Copy Share Image
Acting isn't something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you're going to start with logic, you might as well… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The actor's relationship to the crew is really a big dynamic that influences everything. When actors are assholes, it becomes problematic. When… — Paris Barclay Copy Share Image
In playwriting, you've got to be able to write dialogue. And if you write enough of it and let it flow enough,… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
My very first acting job ever, the first time I got paid to be an actress, was in 2001, right between my… — Katy Mixon Copy Share Image
I don't have to act for work anymore; I can act for passion. That's freeing, but it's also a prison of its… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
Waiters are like actors waiting in the wings, bantering whenever we passed each other on the restaurant floor, shouting at each other… — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
In a business like the movie business, you're going to have a lot of people competing. Somebody is always coming behind them… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
I got a grant for the Old Vic Theatre School in London, which had just started. It was only five terms; they… — June Brown Copy Share Image
There is a lot of things to be outraged about these days, and I think that getting outraged about an actor on… — Chris Sullivan Copy Share Image
To anybody who considers themself a struggling actor, which is every single guy out here writing their own screenplay, don't give up.… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
There's nothing I dislike more than being in a photo shoot where they say, 'Be yourself.' That's not why I became an… — Margot Robbie Copy Share Image
Usually people in the acting business end up both in front of and behind the camera. Working for so long in the… — Dustin Diamond Copy Share Image
Eleven years of acting it has been for me, and I still sometimes think I am not cut out for this. I… — Ileana D'Cruz Copy Share Image
As an actor, you can really play the intensity and gravity and seriousness of the moment, and just rely on the circumstances… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
Anjelica Huston and Kelly MacDonald are both really special. Anjelica has such a fresh point of view about acting and doesn't seem… — Sam Rockwell Copy Share Image
The requirements of the theatre are very great--a strong constitution, energy and unflagging purpose, charm of feature, these alone do not necessarily… — Julia Marlowe Copy Share Image
In fact you can begin to discover and investigate whether you are an actor or not, whether you're in my view, qualified… — Jeff Goldblum Copy Share Image
In films people basically work for the camera, you know, and that's why actors can hate each other and not be speaking… — Francesca Annis Copy Share Image
The actor's always as good as the stories are. And so many important things, there is the light, there is the costumes,… — Udo Kier Copy Share Image
“The theatre is a machine of transformations: everything is transformed into another thing; a bald man has thick hair on his head;… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Different personalities inspire me as an actor. Especially quirky personalities, maybe people I wouldn't normally get along with or be friends with… — Laura Bell Bundy Copy Share Image
I liked 'Scream of the Banshee' because it was a real challenge. I thought, 'How am I going to pull off this… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
Today's kids have a mind of their own, and they know how to exercise it. Even if I wanted to tell Sara… — Amrita Singh Copy Share Image
I was so involved in the regular joy of school that I didn't do any plays. On a dare, I auditioned for… — Renee Elise Goldsberry Copy Share Image
It feels as though a very disproportionate number of main characters are writers, because that's what the writer knows. Fair enough. But… — B. J. Novak Copy Share Image
So I was at the Actor's Studio, thinking about this, and I happened to glance over to the other side of the… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share Image
I feel that if you're going to do theater, you've really got to throw yourself into the deep end. You have to… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
There's a stigma attached to being an actor. People from 'Big Brother' call themselves actors. There's so much crap. It's not about… — Nathan Phillips Copy Share Image
The difference in being a good soldier and actor is that in the Air Force, you see results, and our worth is… — Spencer Stone Copy Share Image
