A lot of actors are like, 'Why do I do this? My character wouldn't do this? This doesn't make sense.' And in… — Kathryn Hahn Copy Share Image
I mean, I'm a writer, actor, AND director. Not to rock the boat or anything, but compare that to a carpenter and,… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
Experience tells us that whereas that degree of recognition can happen for one or two actors, for the vast majority it doesn't,… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged. — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I dont see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me… — Barkhad Abdi Copy Share Image
There are two different kinds of actors. There are people who take it just so damn seriously. Then there are guys like… — Scott Baio Copy Share Image
I was really surprised when I started working and realized that you're actually on your own, a lot of the time. It… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing. — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
Most scripts are written to be green lit. They're not written to be acted. And a lot of writers with the greatest… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
I'm running out of time, and a Western is America's answer to a Greek tragedy, so that's what we did. [Kiefer] hired… — Donald Sutherland Copy Share Image
I love my situation as a spectator. The actors are only a little bit ahead of the audience. The audience discovers the… — Richard Sammel Copy Share Image
Whether it is the cavemen in the caves thousands of years ago, Shakespeare plays, television, movies and books, stories and characters take… — Mark Burnett Copy Share Image
I didn't know the odds were so stacked against me. I went for TV shows and never got them. But I kept… — Julia Roberts Copy Share Image
If someone says 'Give me one word of advice,' I say 'be fearless.' And knowing without any shadow of a doubt that… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
The relationship with the cast has everything to do with how a performance develops, and in a sense that while you're discovering… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
I know it sounds very typical to say, but the best part of being an actor, and the reason why I think… — Jerry Ferrara Copy Share Image
Such is an actor's life. We must ride the waves of every film, barfing occasionally, yet maintain our dignity, even as the… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
As an actor myself, the opportunity to sing and dance and be dramatic and be funny - it's really irresistible to actors.… — Elizabeth Banks Copy Share Image
There are a lot of actors that are more talented than me at Second City who quit it before they even got… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
Anyone who has been given the gift of being opposite an actor who gives and gives, it just makes you better. — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be an actor. I didn't get into this game to be the best improviser in the world. I… — Rob Corddry Copy Share Image
TV writing is tricky to navigate because you have so many different personalities - the actors, multiple producers. — Roger Avary Copy Share Image
In the Emperor's New Clothes, they got a different celebrity to do each voice. They drew up a picture of each character… — Melissa Joan Hart Copy Share Image
If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it's just great fodder for you. It's wonderful source stuff that… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had. — Kit Harington Copy Share Image
Maybe they say they do but I don't think many actors really enjoy trying to do a Shakespearean play. — Renee O'Connor Copy Share Image
In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Part of my aspiration as a film actor is to bring subtlety to everything I do - honesty but subtlety. — Benjamin Bratt Copy Share Image
All actors are looking for that role that's going to define who they are. When it happens, it's a good thing. — Jeffrey Pierce Copy Share Image
Actors don't necessarily want to be famous or rich or anything else. It's a very bad gamble if that's what you're after. — Jeff Goldblum Copy Share Image
Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
Good actors never use the script unless it's amazing writing. All the good actors I've worked with, they all say whatever they… — Jessica Alba Copy Share Image
At school, I was the classroom clown - I was always being thrown out for being naughty. Before I left, a teacher… — David Harewood Copy Share Image
Working-class actors have no identity. Our identity is playing every single poor person on 'Game Of Thrones.' — Jessica Barden Copy Share Image
I find, surprisingly, that actors are liberated in their work if there's stuff going on around them, because they can't think too… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
Actors tend to get better with age. You start cutting away the useless stuff and achieving a point of effortlessness and simplicity,… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
The Russians and rogue actors, including ISIS - this is a serious part of the 21st century security challenge that we face. — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
Someone once told me that the most dynamic actors are people who have stories. People who have lived life. People with experiences. — Emmanuelle Chriqui Copy Share Image
Yaar, television has become a very exhausting medium for actors now. It's like you are racing against time in the race for… — Himani Shivpuri Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actor and I'd never dreamt that not only would I be able to do this for… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image