Let's point out the elephant in the room: Actor bands are not notoriously successful enterprises. I can't think of any. — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of character actors like Johnny Depp and Gary Oldman. My goal is to continue playing character roles in… — Thomas Ian Nicholas Copy Share Image
You can't ever let yourself be thrown by a camera. That's never good for an actor. When you're reading the script, you… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
I think if actors don't think of themselves as funny in real life they think they can't do comedy. — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
Broadway was without doubt the hardest I ever worked in my life and the highest highs I've ever had as an actor.… — Brad Garrett Copy Share Image
What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can… — Jon Turteltaub Copy Share Image
Most actors I know come from a screwed up background, so it makes sense that if you can walk on to a… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
Growing up I didn't want to be an actor. I sort of didn't want to go into the family business; the main… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
I know that me personally I'm different than anyone else, just like our mothers all tell us we're all very special and… — Chris Pratt Copy Share Image
It's dangerous for one actor to advise another one, especially when you're not in charge. On the set, I'm never gonna tell… — David Koechner Copy Share Image
Of course there are some actors that are better than others and performances that are better than others, but they're always embedded… — James Franco Copy Share Image
The best thing for an actor to do is take your attention off of how you feel about it, and put it… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
To make a great movie is such a combination of different things that need to come into play to actually make a… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
Identity is a very difficult thing in the theatre. As an actor said to me one day, 'What are we doing today?'… — George Ogilvie Copy Share Image
I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always a connection between the actors. They may… — Lusia Strus Copy Share Image
When you approach it, and I hate sounding like the pretentious actor, but yeah, I think you have to find things within… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
You have to go away to come back. That's just normal. That's with bands, actors, comedians, everything. — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
People assume that actors working in films won't have the time to do theatre. But I make sure that whenever I'm free,… — Sushant Singh Rajput Copy Share Image
I think the emotional toolbox I have is healthy for an actor, as far as the intensity of emotions go. It's other… — Shannyn Sossamon Copy Share Image
Actors really are the scum of the earth. Their behavior makes overpaid rock stars look positively noble. — Buzz Osborne Copy Share Image
The biggest danger is that actors become entirely too dependent on the idea of training. They think that if they continue to… — Titus Welliver Copy Share Image
I've never played a gay character on screen, so that would be interesting. I've never played a gay character, and that would… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies. — Kelly Lynch Copy Share Image
“(On period costume posture coaching:) "We all stand about like parboiled spaghetti being straightened out.” — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
My background is in musical comedy. I didn't know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
When you're doing a play you get to go full speed ahead, all night, in front of an audience. It's a roller-coaster… — Sean Patrick Thomas Copy Share Image
I heard Bob Weinstein actually likened actors to baseball players. You work for a while then all of a sudden you go… — Michael Cera Copy Share Image
How many times can you play an action character, or a quirky romantic? Every actor has to find his own way to… — Edward Herrmann Copy Share Image
Speaking as an actress, I wish all actors would be more like Duke Wayne. And speaking as a person, it would be… — Maureen O'Hara Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with becoming a role model, nothing wrong with inspiring people to become musicians, to become actors. — David Cassidy Copy Share Image
I wanted to give my actor a break. I wanted to live and to learn English. I wanted to be anything, a… — Demian Bichir Copy Share Image
You have to let people find out who they are as actors and pull their strengths out based upon what they can… — Terry Kinney Copy Share Image
As an actor, you've got to maintain a bit of mystery and at least part of your private life, otherwise the game… — Max Beesley Copy Share Image
I know from teaching that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much. — Giancarlo Esposito Copy Share Image
I just thinks it's interesting what it takes an actor to find their characters through the wardrobe, or the hair, or the… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
It wasn't like a "I know I wanted to do this," I was sort of just - I was five and my… — Drake Bell Copy Share Image
I was a big Mickey Rourke fan in his first incarnation. I thought that at the time he was America's greatest screen… — Jamie Sives Copy Share Image
Truthfully, I wish I had a daily routine. It's hard being an actor because you never have a set schedule. — Jacqui Holland Copy Share Image
Once you become an actor, it's important to take care of yourself. I live in Santa Monica, where I can mountain bike,… — Mark Feuerstein Copy Share Image
Just as theater has to be where people live, actors have to go out in the marketplace - not be cut off… — Ralph Waite Copy Share Image
