As in a theatre, the eyes of men, after a well-graced actor leaves the stage, are idly bent on him that enters… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
You can't be bad when you're working with a kid. They have the instincts that all great actors have. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Eighty percent of a picture is writing, the other twenty percent is the execution, such as having the camera on the right… — Billy Wilder Copy Share Image
For old actors, just remember that inside you're only 14. Acting is for kids. You poor old grown-ups, you've forgotten how to… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
There seem to be two sorts of actors. Some people play themselves marvellously, and others, like me, rather like to become someone… — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
There is a strange pecking order among actors. Theatre actors look down on film actors, who look down on TV actors. Thank… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
As soon as you put an actor to a person who is real, that person comes to life through another person. — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image
When you'e working with great actors, your performance also becomes better because you have such great energy in front of you. — Aditi Rao Hydari Copy Share Image
But this is where you get all the market research and things get in danger of becoming formulaic, and where you depend… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
One of the beauties about being an actor is that nothing really has to make sense. You just do it and live… — Rupert Grint Copy Share Image
In the Indian film industry, especially those of us who are in mainstream cinema, we invariably play a typical hero's role. More… — Abhishek Bachchan Copy Share Image
I like the fact that I have two names because I find that in this industry you have to have dual personalities… — Drake Copy Share Image
Fortunately, I have an amazing partner that allows us to do these different things, who will be directing an episode himself soon,… — J.H. Wyman Copy Share Image
I'm a lot more selective with work these days. My perfect plan is to do one movie every nine months. It would… — Gwyneth Paltrow Copy Share Image
You cannot assume that somebody can define you. You cannot assume that the other person is right. No matter how they say… — Henry Winkler Copy Share Image
When I think of character actors, I think of Spencer Tracy; I think of Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall. When I was a… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
It can be very intense being an actor; it can be quite a small world. Then you speak to your friend who… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself. — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
What's the classical moment that every actor or actress deals with? A tragic thing. They get that blank, faraway look in their… — Skeet Ulrich Copy Share Image
What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an… — Charles S. Dutton Copy Share Image
Everyone fails. Everyone is constantly failing. It is all part of life, and especially this job of being an actor. — Diego Klattenhoff Copy Share Image
One of the things I have an allergic reaction to playing, especially as a black actor, is the mandatory kind of best… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is… — Laurence Fox Copy Share Image
I look at leading men because that's ultimately what I'm aspiring to do. But I also look at character actors and people… — Shemar Moore Copy Share Image
Acting, music, painting... it's very subjective. So what I might think is a great actor, you might think is not a very… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
Doing films as an actor, you spend maybe 40 percent of the year doing your chosen profession. If you are on a… — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
For me it would be unhealthy to be a method actor; I'm not mentally stable enough for that - I need to… — Emily Browning Copy Share Image
My nomadic childhood dramatically fed my eventual decision to be an actor, but not in the way you might think — Josh Lucas Copy Share Image
An actor needs something to stabilize his personality, something to nail down what he really is, not what he is currently pretending… — Humphrey Bogart Copy Share Image
I think actors are brave souls that have to use parts of themselves that I'm just not comfortable doing anymore. — Joe Mantello Copy Share Image
I want to tell human stories not solely based on race. There are so many great actresses and actors that are out… — Jurnee Smollett-Bell Copy Share Image
Marlon Brando changed everything for actors. After him, everyone wanted to be Marlon. No one wanted to be a type: they all… — Peter Bogdanovich Copy Share Image
During my modelling days, I would hear there's no dearth of female models aspiring to be actors. — Nidhhi Agerwal Copy Share Image
There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be… — Tim Robbins Copy Share Image
The main reason for choosing a project is not really the renown of the director that's making the project. I feel like… — Song Kang-Ho Copy Share Image
I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character… — Shirley MacLaine Copy Share Image
I've heard other actors saying they don't want to play a character with an accent at all. To me, that's kind of… — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
Sometimes what you lose in the time it takes to let an actor do something that you don't like as a director,… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
I did well as an actor in Australia, and then Paramount invited me over... to have a look at me. — Rod Taylor Copy Share Image
Nic [Cage] is more than just a fantastic actor. He will get your movie made. The first thing that we did is… — Todd Farmer Copy Share Image