On the set you just have to listen very closely, listen to everyone around you, absorb everything and try to be what… — Joan Leslie Copy Share Image
I've been thinking recently about all the qualities you need in order to be an actor. First and foremost, you've got to… — Jessica Raine Copy Share Image
I've worked with some terrific actors. The list of guys that came on the 'Columbo' show, I mean they were world-class actors… — Peter Falk Copy Share Image
I'm picky, very picky. I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old, and I figured that was only… — Sam Elliott Copy Share Image
In high school ethics, they went around and asked what everyone thought their classmates were qualified to do. For me, everyone said… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
As you become famous you lose some of your anonymity, which is wonderful for an actor to have because you can observe… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Actors matter only if you have great content. There are so many actors who work only with good content, either the films… — Bhushan Kumar Copy Share Image
A lot of young girls who came to see me in 'Legally Blonde' have come to see 'Hedda,' and they hadn't heard… — Sheridan Smith Copy Share Image
I was a Russian dancer in my elementary school production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' when I was in third grade or… — Lizzy Caplan Copy Share Image
Remember, acting is not a business of glamour. It is science, craft and an art. Read about acting; don't do it for… — Boman Irani Copy Share Image
I studied method acting for four years and I'm a big believer in the idea that it's not about the actual experience… — Sam Levinson Copy Share Image
As an actor of color, I was overlooked at every possible opportunity. I was given roles that were almost not roles. It… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
I studied acting for five years. I quit college at that point. You know, I go hard. When I know I'm supposed… — Sonja Sohn Copy Share Image
Acting in general you just feel kind of stupid doing it anyway, but when you're pretending to be rolling around and dodging… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I realized that the actors that I liked and admired all went to drama school and got an agent that way. So… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor and I wanted to be a performer. Like Hugh [Grant] said earlier, we might all have… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
I don't have any labels for myself, really. Sometimes, when I am out with my wife, I am just Mr. Thompson. Or… — Greg Wise Copy Share Image
I want to be one of the youngest actors ever to direct a feature. That would be a nice thing to hear.… — Tony Revolori Copy Share Image
As an actor, when you are called upon to do a job, you are oftentimes convinced you can't do it. You say… — Erich Bergen Copy Share Image
The point of theatre is transformation: to make an extraordinary event out of ordinary material right in front of an audience's eyes.… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
When you're young, you don't care about your parents and what they're doing. But then you get to your 20s, and you… — Campbell Scott Copy Share Image
“Life is not a Disney flick. I don’t know him well enough to feel all of these warm and fuzzy emotions. He… — Brian Keephimattracted Copy Share Image
When you're 20 and you're in acting school and your teachers tell you that 95 percent of actors are unemployed for twenty… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
When you get all this stuff on and you put on the guns and the hair, it has an effect on the… — Keith Carradine Copy Share Image
Anything that's been useful to me as a person has been useful to me as an actor. Anything in the interest of… — Killian Scott Copy Share Image
Acting doesn't do very much for me. I put off school for it, but its not like it was a sacrifice or… — James Franco Copy Share Image
A frequent change of role, and of the lighter sort - especially such as one does not like forcing one's self to… — Edwin Booth Copy Share Image
At school, I was always the new boy, so I always went in for the school play. It was a way of… — Pete Doherty Copy Share Image
It's a question of finding the right thing, if I'm going to be an actor... if I have to get up eight… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African American experience and put them in… — Malcolm D. Lee Copy Share Image
When you hit your strive, and you feel confident in what you're doing and in your process, you really want to do… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
Given how unflinching his productions have been, the 44-year-old McQueen is remarkably gentle and thoughtful - so much so that he will… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
To me, part of the fascinating profession of acting is to participate in all these strange situations, to try to understand all… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
Some people are derogatory when they use the word 'south actor.' Some people just and ignorant about it and just use it… — Regina Cassandra Copy Share Image
I look at my early career, and you know, when I left drama school, for a young Asian actor, you could either… — Kayvan Novak Copy Share Image
The secret is to let the audience feel through the actress, rather than having the actress feel for the audience. When you… — Shirley MacLaine Copy Share Image
Acting is an imaginative exercise. It would be odd if you didn't try to identify with the roles you play, but I… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I thought I might get a part as a farmer. I knew about the books but I hadn't read them. A few… — Christopher Timothy Copy Share Image
I loved being on the other side of the camera and interacting with the crew. When you are an actor, you have… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Such a big part of this business is rejection. Each time that you get rejected, a big part of it is just… — Danielle Campbell Copy Share Image
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