I have always weirdly seen myself as more of a character actor. I have never been suave. I could never see myself… — James Marsden Copy Share Image
Most of my training I do in between movies, and even if I wasn't an actor I'd be doing it. I started… — John Hyams Copy Share Image
On one level, I would prefer never to hear the words 'James Bond' again, but on another level, it is part of… — Timothy Dalton Copy Share Image
For me as an actor, you always sort of want to bring yourself to a character in some way. You want to… — Britt Robertson Copy Share Image
Every actor you work with has a different method, same with the director. You have to figure out what your shared language… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
When you look at something that's so extraordinary, like a man who is traveling back in time to prevent JFK's assassination, for… — Sarah Gadon Copy Share Image
A lot of people want to judge the fact that I'm an actor. That's ridiculous. No one knows what I was doing… — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image
I think it's the actor's job - when you think of being typecast or getting out of the shadow of whatever you've… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
I had friends who were actors. I had some close friends who are actors before I had fallen into it. And but… — Sarah Roemer Copy Share Image
Disney acting is a little more difficult than many people think it is. People feel like the characters aren't deep, but as… — Spencer Boldman Copy Share Image
I think I matured quite early, but what that does mean is I have moments of complete immaturity. When I come home,… — Dakota Blue Richards Copy Share Image
If it wasn't for 'EastEnders,' I would never have gotten 'Strictly,' and 'EastEnders' were the ones that were brave enough to hire… — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
That's the thing about film acting and television acting. You just release yourself and do what is true for the moment, and… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
I didn't have much ambition, but I always had an idea in the back of my mind that I wanted to act.… — Michael Madsen Copy Share Image
The theatre is a world in itself. The possibility for creating experiences that move people is increased many times over. In the… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
The one thing about this Trump fiasco that never set well with me was the fact that everyone loved him until he… — Angela Stanton-King Copy Share Image
The more I find out about the dynamic and how it works, the more I realize how lucky I am to have… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
Being on a Paul Thomas Anderson film, the best decision an actor can make is to listen to Paul Thomas Anderson. Because… — Rami Malek Copy Share Image
Very early on in this process though I studied acting in high school and college, soon after graduation, I walked away from… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something. They are not just talking. They are alive; going through a drama… — Tom Hardy Copy Share Image
If you want a commercial success - it's the confusion of commerce with art. A successful play is not considered to be… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Something is guiding my career; I don't know what it is. When I look back at my career, I call myself the… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
Some [actors] are really a pain in the ass today. I held out on getting an assistant forever because I didn't want… — Jessica Alba Copy Share Image
I was not going to be an actor. I was an engineer in physics. That's what I did: I graduated with a… — Judd Hirsch Copy Share Image
Any actor worth his salt is looking for truth, the core of truth of the particular situation he is portraying, of that… — Jason Robards Copy Share Image
The constraints of melodrama can be a great blessing, because they demand that all the characters involved - as absurd and extreme… — Stanley Tucci Copy Share Image
I am just really focused in on what I love doing, but I would be a moron to not take some of… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
As an actor, I change from role to role, I don't look the same ever. After I finished shooting, for example, I… — Erin Daniels Copy Share Image
If people offer me decent roles in good films, of course I'll take it. But I just didn't like the actor lifestyle.… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
What I like about Broadway is that you are still entertaining. You're standing in front of an audience every night and the… — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
I don't think it's necessary to be an actor to get great performances out of an actor. But I do think it… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
I left acting for 15 years, and I think it's really nice to have another life. I took too much for granted… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
Auditions are just torture. I'm trying to get better at it. It's a very difficult thing to do. You go into a… — Kurt Braunohler Copy Share Image
I've always been terrified about being bored. I always think being bored is the worst thing. The only strategic decision I ever… — Alfred Molina Copy Share Image
I realized early on that if I became an actor, I could play a writer and a sculptor and a painter and… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
Acting doesn't have anything to do with listening to the words. We never really listen, in general conversation, to what the other… — Jack Lemmon Copy Share Image
Here's what happens in a play. You get involved in a situation where something is unbalanced. If nothing's unbalanced, there's no reason… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
I think there's this idea that the depth of an actor's performance is built on tough times or horrible events or isolation,… — Milo Ventimiglia Copy Share Image
My generation of playwrights have grown up writing for studio theatres, and so the task of writing for more than ten or… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
In senior year at college, Paula Vogel was my playwriting teacher; she is the first person to introduce me to the notion… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image