What counts in Hollywood is box office. It doesn't really matter what people think of you as an actor because, as long… — Diane Kruger Copy Share Image
Nothing is a conscious choice as an actor at the begining stage. There's so little that's a conscious choice even now. The… — Greg Grunberg Copy Share Image
Do what you want I don't care. That's the thing to say to an actor. Most people don't understand that. Not to… — Campbell Scott Copy Share Image
I did some acting in high school and then a little more in college, and it just was the thing that I… — Tony Shalhoub Copy Share Image
I don't think there was any point where I was like, 'I want to be an actor for the rest of my… — Ella Purnell Copy Share Image
I think part of the fun of being an actor is getting to work with different directors and seeing their take on… — Elizabeth Reaser Copy Share Image
I always kind of dreamed locally - I never really ever dream that I would be south of the border; I dreamed… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
And I think that, of course, there is some dysfunction of needing to be liked or noticed or to feel part of… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
It occurred to me, then, how nearly real life resembles the first rehearsal of a play. We are all of us stumbling… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't stop. It's my nature. People have to tell me to slow down. I plan on playing every role on Broadway.… — Lea Michele Copy Share Image
I found myself in this conundrum of loving acting, but not liking the path that you have to take to do it.… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
It is very, very, very difficult for an American actor who wants a film career to be open about his sexuality. And… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
It's odd, because 'Mad Men' was the first long-form TV thing I ever did. I'd done loads of independent movies, but after… — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
The announcement that I was going to be an actor was made when was I was 10 years old. And that didn't… — Reggie Lee Copy Share Image
An actor is always looking for something. When your luck improves, trends change, you get one of those roles that do very… — Bobby Deol Copy Share Image
It's hard because there's a little bit of PTSD from when you're a struggling actor, working at a restaurant or living in… — Glen Powell Copy Share Image
I think there are people, and I do not mean this to be disparaging, there are people like Jay Mohr and Jeremy… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
Actors actually have a feeling, like a sixth sense. They are like mediums. But it only works - you can only become… — Vicky Krieps Copy Share Image
Our everyday self is a narrow construct...Our total self is far broader, ultimately infinite. Actors who seem to be playing themselves are… — Richard Hornby Copy Share Image
My roomate at 'Harvey' is this guy Morgan Spector, an actor in town, and I've taught him Hive and Fastrack. Others have… — Rich Sommer Copy Share Image
“The characters so many Bollywood actresses portray are ultimately flat, uncomplicated, two-dimensional stock characters that typically range between the girl-next-door and the… — Sharanya Haridas Copy Share Image
“He's like everybody else in television. And Hollywood. And Broadway. He thinks everything sentimental is tender, everything brutal is a slice of… — J D Salinger Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. It's what I do. It's what I chose to do with my life when I was a little boy,… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
I learned more about who I am and how to be a great worker - and a great artistic worker - from… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
What shouldn't you do if you're a young playwright? Don't bore the audience! I mean, even if you have to resort to… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
I don't have actors as friends. There's no actor who's my 3 A.M. friend. There are a couple of musicians whom I… — Pritam Chakraborty Copy Share Image
I'm not in any rush to get anywhere. There's a pressure on actors to get somewhere before it's over. But everyone wants… — Ruth Negga Copy Share Image
An actor's career doesn't feel like just one career to me. It feels like about five or six. Because every six or… — Ron Livingston Copy Share Image
Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it… — Scott Patterson Copy Share Image
For me, obviously anything that reduces the amount of acting required and makes the process more of an experience, rather than having… — Charlie Hunnam Copy Share Image
I wasn't going to be an actor. I was going to be a lawyer. I came from a family just above working… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
In England, when we're at drama school, we spend a lot of time learning the craft from playwrights and stage actors, who… — Sam Claflin Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a film-maker when I was younger, not an actor. I was an eight-year-old who dreamed of being… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
It would be easy to blame Hollywood to say that I was typed and forced to play the same role over and… — Sal Mineo Copy Share Image
Theater is such an absurd thing. It should be made fun of. But it's also produced some of the most beautiful things… — Molly Gordon Copy Share Image
There are actors who make no decisions about how to play something until they're in the moment, looking into their scene partner's… — Anthony Heald Copy Share Image
When I started acting, I thought if I got one or two jobs a year I'd be lucky. So yeah, my career… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
When you're acting, everything is there around you, you just have to believe that it's real. When you're standing there with a… — Jim Sturgess Copy Share Image
JR was a 1-dimensional, evil character. JR was multi-dimensional, and Larry Hagman is probably one of the greatest actors that we have.… — Charlene Tilton Copy Share Image
It's a bit of a history lesson, being an actor. I was in 'Burnt By The Sun' at the National, which was… — Michelle Dockery Copy Share Image