Most actors are drawn towards historical tellings because it's one of the most simple forms of storytelling. — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the hearts of the actors. — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Once the scene is over, I come out of it. I don't carry the character with me for long as many actors… — Nani Copy Share Image
The good thing about being an actor, and the gift of being an actor, is that you are beautifully forced to see… — Javier Bardem Copy Share Image
There's always certain actors that are interested in certain things and other actors who aren't. — Sam Levinson Copy Share Image
I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching. — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could… — David Morse Copy Share Image
Competition is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to get… — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
I think people take their behavioural tips from everyone else. So, if the director is calm and the lead actors are calm,… — Robert B. Weide Copy Share Image
I think that is what all ethnic actors aspire to - to just play a woman who falls in love, or works… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
I reckon I probably worked for Euripides a long time ago. I do think we have many Earth walks and it's possible… — Joyce DeWitt Copy Share Image
For an actor, it's very important to get a clear idea of what a director wants, and their intention for what they… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
According to most philosophers, God in making the world enslaved it. According to Christianity, in making it, He set it free. God… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There were a lot of lessons of production to be learned. On the page, the biggest thing you learn on any TV… — Ronald D. Moore Copy Share Image
I'm really lucky. I never really felt like LA was the Mecca, that you "made it" if you made it somewhere else.… — Kristin Lehman Copy Share Image
I just hate the idea of being well known. I know that is almost impossible if you're an actor who has done… — Michael Gambon Copy Share Image
We all have aspects of ourselves that we my not be aware of. Actors in particular - they have multiple personality disorder.… — Brad Anderson Copy Share Image
I don't really study television or how things do or don't change. So I don't know anything about that. I'm just a… — Vincent Kartheiser Copy Share Image
Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the… — Norman Jewison Copy Share Image
Directing is quite a nuts-and-bolts thing. It's a mixture of creating an atmosphere in which actors can feel safe enough to be… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
You see these actor/director relationships in the celebrity world and you understand why. The director knows which buttons to push and it… — Michelle Glick Copy Share Image
Yet in the celebrity-obsessed culture, where everything of you is a shot on the red carpet, I don't want that to dominate… — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer.… — Michael Pitt Copy Share Image
The idea of being a professional actor never occurred to anybody, including myself, for a long time. — William Shatner Copy Share Image
It's really interesting, for an actor, that you can continue to do season after season and not play the same role. — Mark Consuelos Copy Share Image
I've never done anything comedic. In all the years I've been an actor, I've never delivered one comedic line. — James D'arcy Copy Share Image
I'm one of those actors where usually I'll read a script, and then I'll have a flurry of notes. I'll ask a… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
I've never wanted an Oscar, although they are reassuring to an actor who doesn't know how really great he is. — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
I still make more money as I do as an actor than director, however I don't want to be a commercial director. — Charles S. Dutton Copy Share Image
Actors can be good, say all these beautiful, wonderful things - but where does it come from? It comes from the writers,… — Eva Marie Saint Copy Share Image
I've worked with actors who tell everyone what to do in the scene - that makes me go pretty atomic. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I've always slightly worried the kids who play football around my house. They know I'm an actor, but felt sorry for me… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
I don't put big concepts on my work, and it's all often about keeping actors in a room together and not letting… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
I was offered and accepted a part in 'A Few Best Men,' and then the Australian actor's union argued that there were… — Noel Clarke Copy Share Image
Actors are really working with bodies, with their minds, and with their emotions. Feelings, basically. That's what movies are about, going from… — Nick Nolte Copy Share Image
I think actors are at the mercy of the opportunities presented to them. So you kind of have to wait for them… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
I grew up on a staple of films where I saw actors like Waheeda Rehman, Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi, Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
I've always done a few things at once. I've always been a musician and an actor, at the same time. — Janina Gavankar Copy Share Image
I think when you're a mom and an actor, it forces you to leave any actor neuroses behind and just concentrate on… — Anna Silk Copy Share Image
