I come from a tradition where the writer writes a play for the actors, rather than for himself, and the dialogue is… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
An acting assistant stage manager in a theater in Canterbury, a rep theater. A small wage but just enough to get by… — Jeremy Irons Copy Share Image
“I do, however, get along fine with apes and I have worked sack of potatoes in front of the camera. Trainers tell… — Vincent Price Copy Share Image
Some people do stage and film. Some people are film actors, and some people are stage actors. I'm quite sure that any… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I knew I'd just done one of the most amazing things that I will ever get a chance to do. Just to… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
I didn't have drama in high school. So when I graduated high school and started at Wayne State in Detroit, I told… — Deborah Joy Winans Copy Share Image
I learned my business in the theater and in television, particularly working with the actors. You can learn much more in the… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
When I was 17-and-a-half I volunteered for the Wrens. I auditioned for a play and we took it round the Southern Command… — June Brown Copy Share Image
I love being a television actor. I love the relationship that I have with my fans, and all of those things. I'm… — Joanna Garcia Copy Share Image
I got to Broadway a year after I came to New York. I starred in 'Butterflies Are Free' and got a Tony… — Blythe Danner Copy Share Image
Sometimes you read things that people don't even notice in a performance, that you just are moved by or understand that this… — Richard Jenkins Copy Share Image
There are roles I want that my agency might not want me to do because of the subject matter or whatever. Or… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Copy Share Image
I have to say from an actor's perspective, to work with a director who has been an actor through most of their… — Karen Allen Copy Share Image
You can try your passion for a while and see if it works and if it doesn't, at least you tried. I… — Jay Ellis Copy Share Image
I was 14, when I wanted to be an actor. My parents were basically like, "This is a very hard life, and… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
When I first tried the American accent, for a moment I thought I could never be an actor because I just could… — Margot Robbie Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the… — Edward Herrmann Copy Share Image
Acting is bad acting if the actor himself gets emotional in the act of making the audience cry. The object is to… — Rex Harrison Copy Share Image
Once you're on set, it doesn't feel like oh my God it's Akshay Kumar, he just makes you feel like any other… — Sargun Mehta Copy Share Image
I think any actor will tell you that they always assume they'll never work again, so every job becomes important. But Better… — Patrick Fabian Copy Share Image
I'm no actor. And I wasn't like George Lucas or Spielberg, making home movies as a teenager, either. But I would go… — Nancy Meyers Copy Share Image
Where we're telling the story of the history of the ensemblist [in the "Ensemblist Essentials"], using the nine musicals that have won… — Nikka Graff Lanzarone Copy Share Image
Actors are not a great breed of people, I don't think. I count myself as something of an exception. I grew up… — Amy Irving Copy Share Image
Finally after 19 years of stage work Shyam Benegal noticed me and I got my first break as an actor in 'Ankur'… — Dalip Tahil Copy Share Image
I think we all understand disappointing yourself. Especially in the acting profession, which is probably similar to a political career, even the… — Corey Stoll Copy Share Image
It's a moment that I will be asked about for the rest of my life as an actor, and I carry that… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
These opportunities to go on Broadway are the most special thing, and although the idea of doing something for a year or… — Roger Bart Copy Share Image
I'm such a carnivorous researcher as an actor - I chew it up like it's meat, and I really don't know how… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
Performing in the theater is a very ethereal profession because you do it once and it goes out into the ether and… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
It used to be that you could do these nuggets of a movie and it would attach itself in terms of credibility… — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
My process is very disempowering to the director anyway, so it's essential that you be respectful. Once we've sort of found the… — David Milch Copy Share Image
It's always fun to do something that you know ultimately is not about the money, and it's certainly not for the fame… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
One day, I just hit a point where I was like, 'What am I going to do with my life, with my… — Karrueche Tran Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, my biggest fear in life is that I'm gonna wind up being an actor who plays… — David Harbour Copy Share Image
As an actor, it is okay to fall and get up. Then you can give your best. Sometimes audiences don't receive it… — Hansika Motwani Copy Share Image
It's part of my responsibility, as an actor who has been lucky enough to have this job, to take my job very… — Eric Stonestreet Copy Share Image
I got a lot of energy from directing the film 'Ladies In Lavender.' You wonder if you have the stamina because as… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
Theater schools teach you how to act, but they don't teach you anything about the business, so I got to New York,… — Erin Maya Darke Copy Share Image
Roles constantly have to be redefined in any form of entertainment. Look back at the gangster pics of the 1930s and 1940s… — Paul Heyman Copy Share Image
At a young age, acting was so inspiring and exciting, because to me it was play - make-believe, pretend. I remember one… — James Van Der Beek Copy Share Image
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