Having grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Lying about one's sexuality seems to be one of the ridiculous rules of what constitutes being a Hollywood movie star. Obviously, my… — Ben Daniels Copy Share Image
I don't storyboard. I guess it dates back to my days in live television, where there was no possibility of storyboarding and… — Arthur Penn Copy Share Image
Television and cable have become the new independent films, in a sense, for writers and actors to gravitate towards. That's why I… — Campbell Scott Copy Share Image
The Room' has just been something that has spread for so many years in such an organic way because, it's just people… — Greg Sestero Copy Share Image
Being an actor, you can get spoilt a little bit: car services come and pick you up, you get put up in… — Neil Jackson Copy Share Image
Onstage, even though you're here together with the other actor, face-to-face, playing out the scene, you also have that other ear pointed… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
With the best intentions, the job of acting can become a display of accumulated bad habits, trapped instincts and blocked energies. Working… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Know your job and don't fake it. It looks easy, but the ones that make it look easy know what the hell… — Dustin Diamond Copy Share Image
“It is a masterpiece,' said Jules Fougler. 'I hope you will prove yourself worthy of it, Peter. It is the kind of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Take any movie with an actor you like. Turn your head and just listen to the performance. In some cases, the physical… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
When I shoot actors, I have that dilemma. I want the actor to be good, and sometimes I have to push them… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
I definitely play roles that are close to my persona. I was dying to be an actor, my whole life. I just… — Drea de Matteo Copy Share Image
I got to have a great big knock-down, drag-out fight with Sylvester Stallone. Every actor should have that much fun at some… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
I think theater ought to be theatrical ... you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it's -- there's always… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
In the beginning my energy and passion for acting came from an almost punk rock need to express a lot of anger… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
The next night I got on an airplane, and flew to New York and looked into acting schools. Four or five acting… — Dabney Coleman Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about theater is that anything, no matter how tendentious, no matter how stupid it sounds at first glance, can… — Terry Teachout Copy Share Image
You wanna do a lot of backstory for your character - as an actor, you wanna research that. But on the show,… — Alison Brie Copy Share Image
Regarding pushing the form, ideas interest me more than form. I think you can write a very subversive play in a three-act… — Caridad Svich Copy Share Image
I've given just as much of my life to that, and I practiced it with the same zeal, as I have acting.… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
In the theater, I've found that, in general, reaction and laughter come easier at an evening performance, when the audience is more… — Beatrice Lillie Copy Share Image
When does a session of The Theatre of the Oppressed end? Never – since the objective is not to close a cycle,… — Augusto Boal Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was going to be a marine biologist or an actor. When I became successful as an actor, I… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
I think Ryan Gosling is a really great actor who's meticulous about his work. And I'd love to have the guts that… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
When you're studying drama, when you're a young actor, there are simple rules about acting. "Why am I here? What prevents me… — Matthew Modine Copy Share Image
So many actors are lively-minded, creative people who just tread water in this awful way, waiting for the phone to ring and… — Nina Conti Copy Share Image
There's no way, of course, to fully understand what an illness does to someone or what emotional state or physical state it… — Hayden Panettiere Copy Share Image
I was a glamorous actress in Mumbai. I had done Sanjay Gupta's 'Musafir.' I wanted to know how Buddhada thought of me… — Sameera Reddy Copy Share Image
As an actor you're only as good as the things you're offered. And there just weren't any female directors offering me things.… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
Being an actor really, really strengthens me as a director. There's just a certain type of understanding that comes from having been… — Aaron Ruell Copy Share Image
You start at a young age, going on auditions, and you think you did a good job and expect to get that… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
I didn't have to do too much "research" or acting to play this guy. (laughs) It is actually very difficult to manage… — Joel McHale Copy Share Image
I was trying to get into the film industry in Mexico and nobody was letting me in. I was looked down upon… — Melissa Barrera Copy Share Image
My first thought about acting, growing up here in New York, was theater, and I feel like I need to force myself… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
Processionalism is primary - how you get from one place to another, the relationships and effects of spaces as you move about… — Philip Johnson Copy Share Image
I always knew I'd be an actor. I always knew I'd at least be on a big screen somewhere. Everyone else I… — Keith Stanfield Copy Share Image
My generation of Americans, the scions of daring dreamers, the children of the fearlessly faithful and the offspring of many of history's… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
I have a very healthy growth of both head and facial hair. People always want to attribute further superhuman powers to me.… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
It was a very, very intense film for me. I almost lost my mind because there are scenes where I have to… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
