The first role I ever played I had the lead and it's pretty much stayed that way, though people take great relish… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Acting is kind of difficult to intellectualize - it's a far more visceral experience. It's really hard to be able to think… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
The weird job of acting is that it is so simple. You just see the person in the situation. It is whatever… — Jason Isaacs Copy Share Image
For me to want to be an actor was an improbable idea. I wasn't beautiful or pretty in any conventional way. I… — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
In terms of actors and roles that I want to do in the future, most of those have been played by men.… — Esme Creed-Miles Copy Share Image
Voice actors I used to know who were starting out in comedy were guys who did a lot of voices. They were… — H. Jon Benjamin Copy Share Image
“The whole world had become a stage, in which the props were continually shifting, four extras reprising the roles of twenty-four characters… — Chris Campanioni Copy Share Image
You've got to understand that in Bollywood, every actor is an instrument, and yet a human being. They come to the set… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
I was always trying to perform, but never with some dream to be on the stage. The stage was wherever I was… — Jai Courtney Copy Share Image
The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough to create new life: either as a… — Alfred Jarry Copy Share Image
Second only to a viable approach to acting, the most important thing an actor can find is a creative family. To have… — Jim Parrack Copy Share Image
I went to a masterclass with Jonathan Pryce who said that a successful actor is not a famous actor, it's an actor… — Tom Bateman Copy Share Image
People forget actors can adapt and change their appearance. In this industry, people sometimes cast to type, or as close to type… — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
The other day, someone called me this generation's Bruce Dern - I'd never thought of that, and frankly, I don't know enough… — Garret Dillahunt Copy Share Image
The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn and in terms of acting, there's… — Jacqueline Bisset Copy Share Image
A lot of times what happens is, not even just with child actors, but people in general, is they get so caught… — Malcolm-Jamal Warner Copy Share Image
'Tommy' was the first show I ever saw on Broadway. I was 14. It wasn't 'the show' that started that flame in… — Josh Young Copy Share Image
The bikini scenes in 'Billa' were vital because they showed me as a seductress. I'd like to say here that outfits define… — Anushka Shetty Copy Share Image
I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
I wish that I had been in 'School of Rock' because, when I was younger, that movie was the movie. It really… — Miles Heizer Copy Share Image
In the years since I worked with John Hughes, there were many years where I literally had hundred of doors slammed in… — Anthony Michael Hall Copy Share Image
“To Mrs Belton’s relief the lights in the hall were now put out and the curtains drawn apart. As all amateur theatricals… — Angela Thirkell Copy Share Image
When you're a child actor and play the precocious kid, the temptation is to wear leather pants or a cutoff shirt to… — Peter Billingsley Copy Share Image
I'm an actor and I am looking for roles where I can continue to evolve, and things that are challenging. I gravitate… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
“Acting was all about making yourself feel things-love,rage,euphoria,agony. She had to unlearn those things now. She had to teach herself not to… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
Writing keeps my mind occupied during the down time in my acting career. Even when I am working, there are times when… — Conan Stevens Copy Share Image
I don't have an idea for a play until after I've finished writing it. I write first, and come up with what… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
I would love to direct but I feel like directing is a whole separate craft and so I tend to respect it… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
In 1954 I was on Broadway for five months in 'The Matchmaker' and went once a week to the classes of Uta… — Prunella Scales Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my parents asked me what I wanted to do, and I said that I wanted to live… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
Being an actor is definitely not the hardest job in the world - it's definitely a first-world problem to have, but I'm… — Aya Cash Copy Share Image
I think L.A.'s terrific. You fly an hour and a half and you're in the mountains in three feet of powder. I… — Scott Patterson Copy Share Image
I think most of the time with independent films, you don't know where it's gonna end up. I've done a number of… — Alison Brie Copy Share Image
I think that 'Degrassi' really challenged its actors. I was on it for seven years, and it was one of my first… — Stacey Farber Copy Share Image
Bill [Condon] is such a great actor's director. He cares about what you're thinking. And, he's very open. Even though he was… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
As an actor, I don't know what I'm doing. I've never known what I was doing. I show up the first day,… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
The person that made me want to make movies, and the reason I do films, is Bruce Lee. He was an incredible… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
I've been making music for a long time, but I've been waiting to do it right, because I don't want people to… — Evan Ross Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm doing a big movie, or sometimes I'm doing a TV show, but as an actor, it's almost the same thing… — Hiroyuki Sanada Copy Share Image
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