I didn't want to be an actress; I never thought of being an actress because, as children, there were three of us… — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
People don't always understand the way it works with casting. TV projects tend to be commissioned to screen at a particular time… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
The most significant piece of advice my father gave me early on about acting was, don't get caught acting. Really believe in… — Kiefer Sutherland Copy Share Image
I always get role models, people from real life who've lived the lives of the characters, and talk it through together, me,… — Tony Scott Copy Share Image
Its either feast or famine, and thats the way its been for as long as I can remember. Ive spent my whole… — Amanda Donohoe Copy Share Image
Once you really understand your role... that's why I think actors get lost in a series. Everybody wants to be the quarterback… — C. Thomas Howell Copy Share Image
Actors walk around wearing these little tool-belts of acting skills. And I just don't find that interesting to watch. I never want… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
Shooting in sequence, I think it intensifies everybody's relationship, the crew, the actors. You have to be very focused, and shooting at… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
I don't do a lot of rehearsal. I don't like rehearsals. I rehearse the day or morning. I spend one hour and… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
I actually like to audition. I prefer to audition for something because I don't want to walk onto a stage or a… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
I lack confidence, but I've been so lucky the way jobs have come to me, and I'm so grateful for them. I… — Sheridan Smith Copy Share Image
Movie stars exaggerate certain things to let the audience know they're just playing a character, as if they're saying, "Look at me,… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Once you get one actor to say yes, that leads to a second, and the third yes leads to a fourth -… — Nancy Juvonen Copy Share Image
When you become an actor, at some point you look for something that brings you back to your roots. You find something… — Mekhi Phifer Copy Share Image
I wrote a play before that and it never saw the light of day. And then I started working on this play… — Amanda Peet Copy Share Image
We actors have a big problem. We have a lot of insecurity and we are fragile. We surround ourselves with people who… — Amala Paul Copy Share Image
Before our eyes is fought a battle of symbols... for there can be theatre only from the moment when the impossible really… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
When I thought of the word 'Himmatwala,' I couldn't think of anyone other that Ajay Devgn who could do justice to the… — Sajid Khan Copy Share Image
What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences, and I'm… — Jensen Ackles Copy Share Image
The only way to deal with yourself as an actor is to follow the emotional truth of what you have to do… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share Image
It is not that I am only looking at doing biopics. But of course, as an actor, I always love portraying real-life… — Rajkummar Rao Copy Share Image
I try to stay away from tropes, or if there is a trope there, I ensure that it's cleverly written and isn't… — Adam Pearson Copy Share Image
People ask me, 'How's 'Teen Wolf?' and I tell them it's literally the best job I've ever had. It's hard. Everybody wants… — Shelley Hennig Copy Share Image
In Montana, when we did 'Return to Lonesome Dove', we rode on the side of a hill at night in the dark;… — William Sanderson Copy Share Image
I'm not a booky actor, I don't go away and do loads of reading up on a part, generally. I'm more interested… — Andrew Buchan Copy Share Image
My father was Abe Burrows, who was a Broadway legend. 'Guys and Dolls,' 'How to Succeed,' 'Cactus Flower,' '40 Karats,' 'Can-Can,' 'Happy… — James Burrows Copy Share Image
I've produced before, and sometimes it's by default. In the indie level, you can't just come to set and be like, 'Oh,… — Sung Kang Copy Share Image
Acting always affects every part of your life because it's such a solitary, lonely, and thrilling circumstance that you're taking on someone… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket. So, if I'm on set and… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
I think a lot of actors, we underprepare emotionally for how intense pilot season can be. And we underprepare the people around… — Autumn Reeser Copy Share Image
Pretty much at the age of 16, I realized acting wasn't going to be the vocation for me...too political not enough creative… — Holly Golightly Copy Share Image
My plays have been performed before children, workers, and peasants, and they have well understood the meaning of my theatre. What is… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
People will go into an audition and a casting situation, and they'll see someone across the room that's perhaps slightly famous, or… — Missi Pyle Copy Share Image
The more shows that are produced, the more writers are hired, producers are hired, actors are hired, directors are hired, it means… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
I got my Equity card right out of NYU grad school in 2000, doing 'The Great White Hope' at Arena Stage. I… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
I come from an era, in my world, where you just had to define yourself as who you are and what you… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
Often actors ask me if I think they should go on trying to be an actor. I have the same answer for… — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid it was my dream to go to drama school, but it was never something I thought… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
As an actor, I don't really think you find yourself. I mean, once you find yourself, I think it becomes boring and… — Justin Chon Copy Share Image
The reality of our business is that for every actor who's rolled up his tent and given up and gone home, the… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
![“I actually like to audition. I prefer to audition for something because I don't want to walk onto a stage or a set and [have someone] say, "You are so far away from what I thought you were going to bring in." I would feel more comfortable to audition and say, "Here's my take on it - take it or…” quote by Laurie Metcalf](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/cb3/laurie-metcalf-14981_actor_i-actually-like-to-audition-i-prefer-to_2925434.jpg)
