To be honest, I don't necessarily think you have to be an actor to act. You don't have to be a musician… — Andre Benjamin Copy Share Image
What I'm saying not a lot of people say: What is considered good acting today isn't necessarily good acting, because everybody knows… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
With everything you do as an actor, you obviously know the full story. But the person watching it doesn't, necessarily. So, you… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
I think I'm good with actors. I like directing actors. I also like to show up and just do an acting gig.… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
If I hear 'What was it like working with Steven Spielberg?' one more time, I might jump out of that window. 'Do… — Jamie Bell Copy Share Image
Before me, the most famous person from the institute was of course Shah Rukh Khan. He didn't come to become a filmmaker,… — Kabir Khan Copy Share Image
The world of the stage and the performance on the stage usually does not tend to translate very well - it doesn't… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
As an actor, I have to kind of be careful not to sort of telegraph too much, because I'm then also then… — Jonathan Roumie Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the bottom line is that actors act. They take on roles that are outside of the scope of their… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
I wasn't really driven to be an actor or anything, but in college I decided to study acting, much to my parents'… — Roger Bart Copy Share Image
With any actor, rather than tips, I think when you enjoy working with somebody and you enjoy what they do, I think… — Luke Goss Copy Share Image
the audience is the controlling factor in the actor's life. It is practically infallible, since there is no appeal from its verdict.… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
This whole notion of the acting career as a monopoly where you rise to power... it doesn't really work that way. I… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
“But I will relate what happened with absolute honesty; that, perhaps, will help me understand it. After all, when one confesses to… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Of course, every actor has their box and you have to respect and play for it, but I do love challenging myself.… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I was 25 when I'd told my parents that I was giving up steady work as an electrician to become an actor.… — David Jason Copy Share Image
Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on… — Jerome Lawrence Copy Share Image
When I was in 'Billy,' I always knew that I wanted to do something in performing. I always knew that I wanted… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
I just read 'The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.' To be married 25 years, you have to put as much energy… — Terry Crews Copy Share Image
The greatest gift an actor can have is not revealing who he is but through the parts he plays. Unfortunately, we live… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
I never thought I would get married and have kids. I thought I was going to be a gypsy actor, traveling all… — Bobby Cannavale Copy Share Image
Everyone who comes to the entertainment industry wants to be a film actor. Who wants to be a television actor by choice?… — Gautam Rode Copy Share Image
Directing requires great discipline, that ability to be in and out at the same time. The great ones I've worked with are… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
As an actor there's a lot of scrutiny and, even when you've had success, it becomes about sustaining that success. A friend… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
It's really neat to get inside someone else's head and be someone else for a little bit. I also love working with… — Lucy Hale Copy Share Image
Trying to stay in the moment as an actor and being really [present in] what you're doing and the scene that's going… — Danielle Panabaker Copy Share Image
I like the fact that I can go away and lose myself so I don't have to live in the world of… — Roddy Piper Copy Share Image
Just as the good actor perform well whatever role the poet assigns, so too must the good man perform whatever Fortune assigns.… — Bion of Borysthenes Copy Share Image
One of the pleasures of being an actor is quite simply taking a walk in someone else's shoes. And when I look… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I did a lot of serious plays, and I did the Oxford Review as well, which is supposed to be funny, but… — Katherine Parkinson Copy Share Image
After three years in L.A., I began to dream of my glory days on the boards. But it's very difficult to make… — Luke Macfarlane Copy Share Image
The actor's physical type isn't and shouldn't be the main consideration. Does the actor look the part? It is the simplest question… — Harold Clurman Copy Share Image
Theatre is relatively easy if you're British - you're living in the theatre capital of the world, London - there are so… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I love acting is my obsession with human emotion and faces and expressions - no surprise, then,… — Carly Chaikin Copy Share Image
Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are… — Sam Rockwell Copy Share Image
In the thirties a whole school of criticism bogged down intellectually in those agitprop, social-realistic days. A play had to be progressive.… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I always revered people that I thought had an idea and proceeded through with it. I guess I've been that way since… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Reading a play, you view yourself as part of a whole. You see where the whole thing is going, and so you're… — Annie Parisse Copy Share Image
In terms of theater itself, no story is too strange or method of telling it too impossible these days. In many ways,… — Nick Blaemire Copy Share Image
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