I'm ambitious for is to not get caught 'acting'. I want to really feel the role and not let people see the… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
We all have an obligation as actors to be true to ourselves and our best instincts, but often there's a higher purpose,… — Peter Scolari Copy Share Image
I want to move people, stir something within them that makes them feel. That's what a movie should do and an actor… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I went on a road trip and ended up in Portland, Oregon, and from there, I did non-stop theater. I had just… — Michaela Watkins Copy Share Image
a really good play is ambiguous - which is exactly why it endures. Every succeeding generation develops theories about it. The play's… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
What I had found after the success of Karate Kid II is that an actor basically needs to - a primary requirement… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
It's a political and manipulative industry. Actors vie for the same roles, movies are snatched away. Have I ever been manipulated? Yes.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Actors are actors. They're all buddies. I've done so many movies and TV that you get to be friends with everyone. And… — Michael Rooker Copy Share Image
I did study drama at Catholic U, but the undergraduates weren't put in productions, really, except as extras, and it wasn't a… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
This is this thing I harp on: Sometimes acting can be a self-defeating psychological enterprise if we feel like we're desperate, if… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's like teaching a kid how to swim; sometimes you throw them in the deep end and tell them, 'Don't die.… — Paul Walter Hauser Copy Share Image
Back then, it was more or less we couldn't change a line in our script. We weren't allowed to change lines. Today,… — Donna Douglas Copy Share Image
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Nothing is worse for me, as an actor, than when I walk on a set and the director goes, "Okay, you're going… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
I started, obviously, doing theater, and I always thought that I would; in a way, I always thought that I'd be a… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I had begun my professional career when I was 9 years old at the Cleveland Play House, and it was a very… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
Performing as a musician is a lot different than performing as an actor. As an actor, you can hide behind the character… — Billy Crudup Copy Share Image
I majored in drama and theater arts at Columbia and was always in acting studio, but that was a liberal arts degree,… — Hari Nef Copy Share Image
I'm from Chicago. And I was an actor in high school and college, and I wanted to see if I could make… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
I applied to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and didn't get in the first year, so I worked… — Chloe Pirrie Copy Share Image
You cannot study acting in books. Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
American theatre, to me, represents zeroing down on what the need is to get inside the personal hearts of people. I think… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I think the part of my acting career where I've been more successful, I've been incredibly cushioned. People are much too nice… — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
I know a dramatic role is going to happen, but you just got to be patient, you know? It's going to happen… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
I think all actors want to change. When you do something many times, over and over, you want to do something fresh.… — Jet Li Copy Share Image
Virtually all my conscious life I had been involved in theatre - I had been a child actor - but as a… — Tony Robinson Copy Share Image
“As for my family, Ren was Ren and his family was his family and mine were who they were and usually this… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
I was a young actor who was bald, but at that time, there was a thing on television that - there was… — Jeffrey Tambor Copy Share Image
Good musicals, a strange world, seem so easy. People say, 'Ohhh, it's magic.' Nothing's magic. A thing doesn't jell. Adapt. Change the… — James Lapine Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little kid. I knew that I had to do something… — Ranveer Singh Copy Share Image
I feel like my early experiences of acting, and I think a lot of other actors' too, are probably at camp or… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I was at stage school in Birmingham Rep when I was called down to London for an audition in the National Theatre.… — Toyah Willcox Copy Share Image
Actors that I like to watch, if they're lucky and given the ability to play different roles through their career, there's a… — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
If you want to be an actor today you have to come prepared with the entire package, which includes acting, dancing, action,… — Akshaye Khanna Copy Share Image
What keeps this industry challenging as an actor is that you never know how something will turn out. The ups and downs… — Elisabeth Shue Copy Share Image
'Bonnie and Clyde' was the first show and the first role that I got to originate. Being part of that from the… — Laura Osnes Copy Share Image
The first time I realised that acting was an option was when I really wanted to grow up to be an Ewok… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Regardless of whether or not the producers think that there are five other people waiting for the job, the one that is… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
I'm the youngest of four, but my closest sibling is 10 years older. I had a lot of imagination. I was running… — Daniel Breaker Copy Share Image
