I have a particular love of an actor that I did work with, oddly, in 'Donnie Brasco,' who has since become a… — Mike Newell Copy Share Image
The human being that I strive to be is a great human being, like a loving human being, but as an actor,… — Common Copy Share Image
The actor's tense, he's being taped and things are not falling naturally. That's what I hate about Boadway. I feel like I'm… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I do think it's a very good way to describe what a great actor does. You're both acknowledging the authority of the… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
I don't like to plan. Very often, for me, acting is like loving; it's using the muscle that you use in loving,… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
It was very, very difficult to be a student in the drama department and also review my professors' school shows. I got… — Craig Zadan Copy Share Image
I've been in the business since I was 16, so I've had a 14-year career. I've always had acting in my blood.… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
Sometimes you go into a film and you have no time to prepare and have to compress the details into a few… — Sally Hawkins Copy Share Image
It's a constant learning process - not just what you need to learn for the character or as far as good actors… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
I will carry on acting as long as I have breath and as long as I have energy and as long as… — Frank Langella Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to pursue a career in the theater the minute I graduated from college having not pursued it! So… — Nancy Allen Copy Share Image
It just so happens that when I was, like, 19 or 20, I got a couple of auditions and got a couple… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
Saroj Kumar is plagued with insecurity about how he can survive in the industry, what with new, better looking actors coming up,… — Sreenivasan Copy Share Image
There are more things to worry about in the world than a messed-up audition. It's out of your hands. So often, it's… — Gregg Sulkin Copy Share Image
With 'Guardians,' I knew way from the start what the plan was on this one. The harder thing for some actors is… — Michael Rooker Copy Share Image
As an actor, you hope to obtain this mind meld and sometimes I feel like I'm chasing a horse holding on to… — Diane Lane Copy Share Image
Film is mostly a visual medium, and so the director has much more control in terms of painting pictures and painting a… — David Lindsay-Abaire Copy Share Image
David Holdaway was my stage name. I was an actor for about eight years in the '90s. I had to change my… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
I'm not a method actor but it certainly does help to have that kind of dedication. I treated my preparation like I… — Patrick Heusinger Copy Share Image
Maybe one way I am original is that at heart I really am a classical actor. I haven't had my chance yet… — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
My family was always very supportive. Whether you're an actor or not, everybody hears the horror stories of people going to L.A.… — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
I went to school to play sports, but I got involved in theatre in college kind of by mistake. I ended up… — Jon Bernthal Copy Share Image
There is only so much you can do if you're pulling weight and there's nobody there to play off of. You can't… — Dawn Olivieri Copy Share Image
I find that the majority of the actors I've worked with are extremely sensitive people and very spontaneous people. That's why I… — Ellen Muth Copy Share Image
As you get older and ease your way into being a character actor you have to be comfortable with where you are… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with being an actor, if that's what a man wants. But there's everything wrong with achieving an exalted status,… — Sterling Hayden Copy Share Image
The first heart you win over is that casting director. In first meetings, they'll be the ones who see your pitch for… — Michael Mosley Copy Share Image
I was starting to write and I was like, Okay, I'm going to cast myself in my own thing.' You have so… — Phoebe Dynevor Copy Share Image
I grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, watching the Tony Awards on TV. Not just 'watching' the Tony Awards on TV - I… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
People are used to seeing me in make-up and blow-dried hair but after a point I felt like pushing myself. As an… — Tisca Chopra Copy Share Image
Being a young actor in the industry, I had a lot of people who strongly advised me to stay quiet. That was… — Dan Amboyer Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a comedian and actor. I basically stumbled into the music medium, though. I'm OK, but that's about… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
It's a little bit odd. The first time you do the play, you kind of throw yourself into it, trying to get… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
People come to the theatre in search of a real encounter with other human beings, and we must give them what they… — Haris Pasovic Copy Share Image
I was 14 years old. I did an audition for extra work as an actor, with two lines. Suddenly I was auditioning… — Diogo Morgado Copy Share Image
Being Latino and being an actor has been a unique struggle and opportunity. When you don't fit into what may be a… — Pedro Pascal Copy Share Image
Since I was 19, I've had the most fun possible every single day, even when I had a rough life. It was… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Hollywood is fickle; your career can end pretty fast. If the acting jobs dry up, you have to have something to fall… — Matthew Lawrence Copy Share Image
It was only when I went to acting school that I was like, "You are absolutely such a pigheaded freak show that… — Giles Matthey Copy Share Image
The great thing about the animation process is that is goes from, I write the lines, it goes to the actors, the… — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
