Sometimes you're not supposed to enjoy it [acting]. You're supposed to cooperate with misery and proceed anyway. But what I do enjoy… — Robert Downey, Jr Copy Share Image
Every audition is different, but I get incredibly nervous and insecure and worked up for however long I have to prep -… — Nina Arianda Copy Share Image
Everybody in Los Angeles is an actor, or they think they are, or they want to be. They're looking for that shot.… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
The most starstruck I've been is when I met Sol Campbell when he was a Tottenham Hotspur player. I don't get starstruck… — Roger Lloyd-Pack Copy Share Image
You know, the truth is that us actors would all like to believe we re-invent the wheel, every time we play a… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I never quite understood these actors - though I envy them sometimes - who can lie out for a year or two.… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
It would be a dream to do a film with Pedro Almodovar and that whole crew of Spaniards. There's this Argentinian actor… — Julie Gonzalo Copy Share Image
I've been acting since I was six. I actually played a boy when I was six in 'Tommy.' I played Tommy and… — JoJo Copy Share Image
I'm a very physical actor. I use everything - toes, teeth, ears, everything. I don't simply mean physical in the sense of… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
I wanted to become an actor and I knew that if I was really going to do it, I needed the training.… — Condola Rashad Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
It's only in acting where I've heard in auditions, 'Can you black it up a little bit? Can you make her a… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I'll say it, I love working with actors, I'm a fan of actors. They bring so much, and they can also break… — Louis Leterrier Copy Share Image
The fact that I get to play a queer Filipino on television and another queer character in 'Crazy Rich Asians' is huge.… — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
I'm the classic example of alienation: I grew up in a middle-class household without art or books. I was going to be… — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
Sometimes you can fall into bad habits on film or rest on your laurels, and you can't do that in theater. I… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
I mean, if President Reagan could be an actor and become a President, if Michael Douglas is your next choice, maybe I… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I kind of fell backwards into acting. I was studying to be a high school teacher. I look now and I understand… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
When my sister decided that she wanted to act, I was so nervous for her. She's doing great, but I have a… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
Even men used to hide their marriages because they used to feel people will not like them anymore. It's the industry which… — Dimple Kapadia Copy Share Image
I am an actor who turned hero at age 32, after many years of struggle. I wanted to break the stereotype that… — Duniya Vijay Copy Share Image
I don't pick the roles. Your agent gets a call for you and you go and they all get together, everybody has… — Mickey Rooney Copy Share Image
The more I have a sincere connection to something, the less acting is required. And the more it's about creating the space… — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
As the stars make more and more money - one person gets $12 million, $14 million, $15 million, $20 million - everyone… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
When you are an actor, you have to stay inside this world, but when you are with the crew, on the outside,… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I was acting since I was a kid, going to drama classes and being involved in every school play and musical that… — Yvonne Strahovski Copy Share Image
My childhood dream was always to be on Broadway. I wanted to end up in TV and film. It's kind of flipped,… — Grant Gustin Copy Share Image
When somebody who makes movies for a living - either as an actor, writer, producer or director - lives to be a… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
I think, as an actor, I would find it a little run-of-the-mill doing procedurals where it's the same sort of thing week… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
Much of what you do as an actor - it's who's around you, what's the environment, where do you fit into this… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
There are plenty of actors who've caught the singing bug and vice versa, but with musical performers, you're constantly a persona -… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
Being an actor, when you sign onto a project - whether it's good, bad, or indifferent - you kind of fall in… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
When I was at drama school in the U.K., I was there for two and a half years, and we did one… — James Callis Copy Share Image
It's a very odd thing with Hollywood, where you do stand-up, you're good at it, then they go, 'How would you like… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
Obviously VIA DOLOROSA is completely artificial. It is as highly wrought as any of my plays. But basically all the artifice is… — David Hare Copy Share Image
Most actors and actresses are performative as people. It goes part and parcel with the profession and New York actors who are… — Zoe Lister-Jones Copy Share Image
I think there are probably a lot of actors like me who I think probably struggle to feel comfortable in their own… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
When I got out of undergrad, I had a degree in theater and telecommunications. My first job, I was a news reporter… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
When you got source material, whether it's a play or a book - a great writer often appreciates being adapted and developed.… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
There's something really special for a young person to sit in an audience and discover somebody, and it's rare to do because… — Craig Brewer Copy Share Image
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