“That’s the life. That’s why talent alone doesn’t cut it. If you want to be a successful actor, mental toughness is essential.… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
Having a persona people recognize, it's the thing that probably gets you paid the most - but it's also the thing that… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
I think he [Vaclav Havel] probably would have liked to have written more plays. I think he missed being a playwright.I think… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
That's always the actor's worst nightmare: that what they're working on is going to be the last thing they'll ever work on.… — Alanna Ubach Copy Share Image
Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself… — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
“The most lovely moving picture actor, considered in the light of genuine aesthetic values, is no more than a piece of vulgarity;… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
In England, there is this tradition of the upper classes going to very expensive drama schools and then going on having careers.… — Kaya Scodelario Copy Share Image
Given the weight of an Oscar statuette, one made out of solid gold would be worth $219,000. That twinkle in a winner's… — Kyle Hill Copy Share Image
I think it's a real danger, as an actor, when you try to make some statement through your career about what the… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
People have come to me for my opinion since 'October Baby.' But, hey, look, I'm an actor who is very fortunate to… — John Schneider Copy Share Image
We met Ben Mendelsohn, who had acted with Ryan Gosling in 'A Place Beyond the Pines,' and that's the first place where… — Anna Boden Copy Share Image
To be honest with you, there's nothing that bores me more than sitting around with a bunch of actors talking shop. I… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
In the summer after sixth grade, I took a class at St. Robert Bellarmine. My first role, I was the villain in… — Nicholas D'Agosto Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't realize, when you are acting in a martial arts film, you're not just performing martial arts. You're… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
“I am without any doubt whatever a NON-actor. For a start, the gushing pretension of would-be actors puts me off. Ergo ego.… — Aidan Chambers Copy Share Image
I want to make activism a bigger part of my life, while hopefully maintaining the opportunity to help out causes that I… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
If I had done some of the movies that I was offered as an actor - and very good movies, by the… — Warren Beatty Copy Share Image
Eventually, this is how I would like to be remembered at the end of my career: He was never the best in… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
Prior to Elephant I'd taken about six years of acting classes in Portland, but there's not a huge market there. The only… — John Robinson Copy Share Image
I grew up in the middle of dairy country in Wisconsin, about as far from any major metropolitan area as you can… — David Wroblewski Copy Share Image
I think as actors we need to close read scripts and we need to fully understand the intricacies of dialogue as well… — Masiela Lusha Copy Share Image
I see a lot of actors for whom life becomes one big schedule. I guess I try to be more sensitive to… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
Sometimes an actor doesn't sell an idea 100 percent. It just sounds like something that's coming out of their head. You can… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
I was an art student when I was a boy, and as an art student you don't have to talk to anyone… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
It's very much a character-based play. Conor's writing is almost musical and paints pictures at the same time. It's a joy as… — Sean Mahon Copy Share Image
I was about 14 when I started with a theater group; it was like a stage group on the weekends alongside school.… — Imogen Poots Copy Share Image
“Grief and rage--you need to contain that, to put a frame around it, where it can play itself out without you or… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine.… — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
A large part of how an actor works and their process is the stimulation of what's around you, and none more so… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I remember in Indonesia, there was this actor in a film that got pretty big internationally, and he went to Hollywood. Seeing… — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
Acting is reacting. That's when acting is great - when you say something, somebody said something, they make a face, they pose,… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly fond of playing villains. I do want to be a working actor, and I've had to look at what… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
I was interested in theatre, and the only experience that I had in high school was as an actor. But when I… — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
A lot of people that make films say, 'We need this kind of character. Who's done it before? Get them to do… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I've always been a huge fan of fantasy and adventure, putting yourself in someone else's shoes, I'm sure that's why I'm an… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Studios might cast an actor because he is too tall next to the leading lady, who is too short, or they might… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
The truth is that's always when it's the most fun, when you're able to just be wherever you are, be whatever scene… — Lily Rabe Copy Share Image
In many ways, I think I'm a good person for it. I mean, I'm not a musical theater dude. Or rather, I… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
All I can tell you is that you cannot make choices in your own career, either career choices or choices when you're… — Brandon Lee Copy Share Image
I'll never be the biggest kind of star; I'll be like Bob Duvall, respected as an actor but a lot of people… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
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