But I don't really care for directors flaring up and trying to humble some actor, which they would do to try and… — Richard Farnsworth Copy Share Image
I have never written a musical. I have never written a weird, interactive piece of theater. I wanted to do something that… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress,… — Judy Holliday Copy Share Image
I think what Laura Linney was saying about teaching her all the lessons as a child actor, right, that's a whole ball… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
There's a difference between knowing what to do when you're rehearsing it, and being able to do it once you're adrenalized and… — Antony Starr Copy Share Image
I used to work in a clothes store, played cricket for money, did photo shoots. It was that period of struggle which… — Sudeep Copy Share Image
On the stage . . . masks are assumed with some regard to procedure; in everyday life, the participants act their parts… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
Initially, before I came to Hollywood, I thought that the language barrier would be the biggest challenge, but I realized that actors… — Kim Jee-woon Copy Share Image
Look at Kartik Aaryan, Ayushmann Khurrana - they aren't from the industry, they worked very hard. Varun Dhawan is a great actor.… — Vatsal Sheth Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of person to just sit back and lose something I worked hard on, so, naturally, I've taken steps… — Amber Heard Copy Share Image
I'm unable to do the thing that Broadway actors do in plays, sometimes for years. The same exact blocking, the same exact… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Basically, actors arrive in a bubble. They have a little sealed bubble around them and it's basically [comprised of] their agents, their… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
As actors we have these things that they call eco-casting, where you don't even go to an office and meet with a… — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
I'm looking for one of two things and sometimes they dovetail: I'm looking to go into a theatre and see a certain… — Hal Price Copy Share Image
I think one of the biggest things is the budget.For a studio, becomes a very big challenge to make sure that movie… — Famke Janssen Copy Share Image
I feel like the reason I ended up becoming a playwright is because I never choose the right word. As a kid,… — Annie Baker Copy Share Image
Let's face facts, this is visual medium, there's a very high premium put on people who are good-looking. But the minute you… — Alec Baldwin Copy Share Image
When I was 18 I went to college for two years and didn't work for a year which was essential for me,… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I've always had to bind up and wrestle fear, because acting is really about faith. And faith and fear can't really stay… — Derek Luke Copy Share Image
We try to make each situation specific to the person. At the beginning of the season, we come up with, like, 50… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
I could say I'm a writer or that I'm a musician but I don't really do music; I do music to go… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
Every actor has a different temperament. Part of my job is to know what those boundaries are. The actor has to know… — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
I feel quite blessed that I can actually balance between the two worlds, because a lot of really talented actors I know… — Donal Logue Copy Share Image
Whenever you're fighting with weapons, there's a level of reality because people don't understand that these are still metal or hard rubber… — Will Yun Lee Copy Share Image
Acting is a symbiotic process, it is an amalgamation of many many things put together and when there is a call for… — Kay Kay Menon Copy Share Image
I don't see the theater as an establishment. The National Theatre has always seemed to me a people's theater. It was never… — David Hare Copy Share Image
Most of my good friends are my friends from high school or childhood, and they're not actors - they have 9-to-5 jobs.… — Emily Meade Copy Share Image
One of the fun things as an actor is to find a character that if you were to look up a rap… — Jason Ritter Copy Share Image
When I was 25, I was in a show called 'Bajour,' and I was going to leave the show because I couldn't… — Paul Sorvino Copy Share Image
It's weird as actors because I mean we're fortunate in the group of people who have to spend time away from their… — Chris Pratt Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't want to hire disabled actors. They think you're going to take twice as long over a shot,… — RJ Mitte Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be behind a desk. I didn't want to do a normal job. I had made my mind up.… — Will Poulter Copy Share Image
I was going to be a High School teacher. I was studying at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, up in Canada.… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
I was at a loose end, and someone suggested that it would be something that I should take a look at, and… — Cory Monteith Copy Share Image
One of the tough things about being an actor, probably the hardest thing, is getting your foot in the door, and my… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
I remember being interested in theater when I was in school, but I wasn't always engaged in making it a career. I… — Candice Patton Copy Share Image
“An actor is no more than an assortment of odds and ends which barely add upp to a whole man. An actor… — Alec Guinness Blessings in disguise Copy Share Image
In fact I spent a lot of time in my childhood trying to figure out what other people wanted of me. That… — Sofia Helin Copy Share Image
At 20, I realized that I could not possibly adjust to a feminine role as conceived by my father and asked him… — Rita Levi-Montalcini Copy Share Image
I don't want to be 45 competing with 20-year-olds, running to go get Botox. I want to be an expressive actor hired… — Debi Mazar Copy Share Image