It's just a whole different vibe with improv. As an actor I just kind of exercise within my environment and adjust depending… — Katy Mixon Copy Share Image
It does not matter what is the background of actors as long as they fit the role assigned to them. — Mukul Dev Copy Share Image
For hundreds of years, that was the major form of entertainment: The grown-ups sat around and watched the kids play. Now they… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
I need theatre for my equilibrium because in theatre, the actors don't care so much about image, about celebrity; you are more… — Clotilde Hesme Copy Share Image
“Where solitude endeth, there beginneth the market-place; and where the market-place beginneth, there beginneth also the noise of the great actors, and… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
An actor can be as talented as another, but if he doesn't stick to what the director's intentions are, it all falls… — Nicholas Ray Copy Share Image
In all my years as an actor, I had never been me - I had always hidden behind my glasses, mustaches and… — Jon Pertwee Copy Share Image
Like a heartbeat. Something inside me. Some dream. I think it's being a dreamer as a child. Dreamy kids become actors, don't… — Michael Gambon Copy Share Image
If I or any other black can deliver at the box office, I'll get a lot of work. Too many young actors,… — Mario Van Peebles Copy Share Image
Preparing a character is the opposite of building-it is a demolishing, removing brick by brick everything in the actor's muscles, ideas and… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people think that we [comedians] are nerveless people in the theatre, that we don't feel that kind… — Barry Humphries Copy Share Image
I can't negotiate and collaborate with a character to create a distilled dramatic investigation of the raw material. I need to work… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
I get really sad when people say, 'I'm no good. I haven't been cast in a pilot.' It doesn't mean you're not… — Matthew Gray Gubler Copy Share Image
Credible reports came through that Syria had used chemical weapons. Whether it's true actually is still open to question, but it's very… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
People think that unless you become the de-glam girl, who has horrible things happening to her, you're not really acting; all it… — Taapsee Pannu Copy Share Image
Curiously enough, the only two plays that I've done very much revision on were the two adaptations - even though the shape… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
Actors love to do extreme things, so that is why they become actors; otherwise, they'd be novelists. — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
The point is the doing of them rather than the accomplishments . There is no actor but the action; there is no… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
An actor needs to be not remotely anywhere close to in control, and a filmmaker has to be totally in control. — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
It's so much easier to write for an actor than for an imaginary character and then try to fit that character to… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
A career like mine as an actor has a lot of ups and downs. Sometimes you wonder if you're not wasting your… — Chris Carmack Copy Share Image
Child actors going on to become adult actors never really works, apart from a few. Jodie Foster was the exception. — Mark Lester Copy Share Image
That's kind of what we do as actors. You just kind of learn new skills with everything, and each time it just… — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
When actors go onstage, you know immediately if they can do their job. You can be a lawyer or an accountant for… — Patsy Rodenburg Copy Share Image
When I choose child actors, I chose them for their personalities. And then I work with their own vocabulary, so I'm not… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
The only thing I have never done is a Broadway play. I'm not sure I have the discipline necessary to do a… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
I knew, starting in 10th grade, I wanted to be in theater and an actor. I went to acting school in Siberia,… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
I believe that the kids, young people should have an opportunity to have Oscar nominated actors in their movies too. — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time taking acting lessons... Actors have no inhibitions, and I'm inhibited by everything. To be able to… — Maksim Chmerkovskiy Copy Share Image
I don't like shows, I don't like to put on a show, I just really want to work intimately with my actors. — Sam Raimi Copy Share Image
It wasn't until The Sixth Sense that people started saying, wow, man, you're an actor. People didn't think of me as the… — Donnie Wahlberg Copy Share Image
I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval. — Adam Driver Copy Share Image
I played a role. That is what actors do. But I played it too well. I went too far. And by the… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
I mean, being shot in slow motion doing cocaine by Martin Scorsese is, like, maybe every actor's dream. Nothing will compare to… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything… — William Devane Copy Share Image
To me, casting is all about finding a character within the actor off the screen as much as on the screen. — Rupert Sanders Copy Share Image
I've never had a desire to be famous. Lots of actors are actually extremely shy. I have shy areas. — Jeremy Northam Copy Share Image
I think I've been lucky, being my frequent appearances on Court TV have brought to me another level than just the actor… — Robert Downey, Jr Copy Share Image
I even asked [Saniyya Sidney] why she wanted to be an actor and she said, "I'm serious about this. These other little… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image