I don't think any actor has the luxury of knowing exactly what scripts are going to turn out well and what ones… — Jonny Lee Miller Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was a fan of comedy. I always loved Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and Dave… — Will Arnett Copy Share Image
I'm an instinctual actor. I don't really talk about it. Usually if I get a script and I'm having trouble with it,… — Megyn Price Copy Share Image
You can always tell when an actor has grown a 'rhino skin' to protect themselves. It comes across on screen, and they… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
It actually takes me a few years before I can watch my own shows, and even then, it's still hard. I'll be… — Fala Chen Copy Share Image
I don't ever want to walk into a conversation with an actor about doing a movie and not be able to say,… — Celine Song Copy Share Image
I really fell into drama school - I had a lot of lot of luck. I didn't take criticism very well while… — Charlie Cox Copy Share Image
The actor's physical type is the main consideration. It isn't and shouldn't be. Does the actor "look the part"? It is the… — Harold Clurman Copy Share Image
I agree when others say I am underrated as an actor... When you give super-hit films, then only you are considered as… — Shahid Kapoor Copy Share Image
To be an actor you have to have a certain amount of madness in you. That’s why, when people meet you and… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
There are challenges in life, and it was a great challenge to have [became a member of Judas Preist]. The situation I… — Richie Faulkner Copy Share Image
'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to… — A. J. Cook Copy Share Image
Whether I'm writing the script, or someone else writes the initial draft, I'm always an actor's director first. I always try to… — Dito Montiel Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is that an actor, if I'm playing a performance capture role and you're playing a live action… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Audiences in every medium are becoming far more savvy. No one goes to watch a Tom Cruise movie any more just because… — Joe Dempsie Copy Share Image
Well, acting itself is a form of rebellion, always. Getting up there in front of people, telling stories - you're kind of… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
There's a kind of dynamic quality about theater and that dynamic quality expresses itself in relation to, first of all, the environment… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
This is not the 19th century, where actors are expected to play completely opposite roles. We're not typecast, but we're brought in… — Kate Mulgrew Copy Share Image
I never went to acting school; when someone expounds on motivation and all that stuff, I don't understand it. I was just… — Fred MacMurray Copy Share Image
The one thing I think I've noticed about shows that are supposed to be funny on television is that they've sort of… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
People tend to think that if someone is a movie star, that automatically everything is easier and there is less pressure. But… — Garrett Clayton Copy Share Image
Like all magic cultures expressed by appropriate hieroglyphs, the true theater has its shadows too, and, of all languages and all arts,… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
A part of being an actor is I people watch. I like to observe their behaviour, watch their reactions on the street… — Javier Bardem Copy Share Image
But like a born actor who only really wants to direct, Gingrich has always been unsatisfied with what he's brilliant at. He… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
Acting is about giving yourself away, like the U2 song 'With or Without You.' You just don't stay behind a character and… — Catherine Hicks Copy Share Image
Actors normally go to the gym to achieve a certain kind of fitness for a role but when you start playing a… — Tahir Raj Bhasin Copy Share Image
To me that's part of my working day, and I would never refuse a job where I'm under several hours of makeup,… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
Some actors specialize in shooting weapons and punching people. Some have the market on playing buffoons cornered, others specialize in roles that… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
The first thing you have to get used to in any kind of acting is the ability to make a fool of… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
You know, some actors, all of their potential is in their youth, and when that passes, their qualities of as an actor… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I feel so comfortable in an acting role, you know, as an actor. Maybe it's because I came into it late. If… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV… — Sylvester McCoy Copy Share Image
Reading is how I became an actor because I didn't grow up in a house where there was an awareness of film… — Mary Steenburgen Copy Share Image
What I say about actors is you always want to find an actor you can play ball with. You throw the ball… — Robert Knepper Copy Share Image
As as an actor, you have to be able to relate with the character and be able to create those little thing… — Sanjay Mishra Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was fortunate that we grew up near a children's theater, with all different classes and things; so as… — Andrew Rannells Copy Share Image
Ultimately, theatre is about creating a sense of wonder, and I think wonder is achieved not by a kind of wide-eyed silliness… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Many a play is like a painted backdrop, something to be looked at from the front. An Ibsen play is like a… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
Because I started my career in improv, performing with Second City and the Ace Trucking Company, I always enjoy being in situations… — Fred Willard Copy Share Image