For me, what makes great actors, always is how truthful they are to the character and the story and the emotion that… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
Once you start working with a particular actor, that actor becomes very present in your mind as your mind as you're writing… — Dan Futterman Copy Share Image
The truth in acting is that we are all hired help. We are a commodity. There is no difference between being an… — Lorraine Bracco Copy Share Image
I hope Hong Kong and Asia wants to hire American Asian actresses as much as Hollywood has been hiring Chinese actors from… — Ming-Na Wen Copy Share Image
Actors do tend to get pigeonholed. People want to know who you are so they can put you in a box. It's… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
Every actor wants to have a character that changes, that has some kind of movement, that gets from point A to point… — Jeffrey Jones Copy Share Image
There is a lot of struggle in being an actor; you need so much emotional strength, no matter what level of stardom… — Sanaa Lathan Copy Share Image
Even when I was young I wanted to be an actress. I knew the actors and the paparazzi. It was just kind… — Troian Bellisario Copy Share Image
I think directing yourself is a monumental task. Just to self edit as an actor, you work for some directors who don't… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
An actress friend of mine shared a great trick. She told me to stick my tongue behind my teeth when I smile… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, that's what I do every day. Dressing up is part of my job. But whatever you wear you should… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn out to be terribly good actors, and… — Ron Silver Copy Share Image
It is through you, actors, that the forces which are understood by millions and that tell of everything that is beautiful on… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is one of the reasons I've stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films. It's more instinctive rather… — Amitabh Bachchan Copy Share Image
My family has always supported me completely and kept me grounded. I never got lost in child Hollywood actor weirdness. — Sara Paxton Copy Share Image
I call myself a character actor all my life. I've done a certain amount as a leading man, but character actors in… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
The dog actors and the relationship they have with their trainers is one of the most beautiful things I've ever watched happen… — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
Most actors come from the streets, and their rise to fame is guided by a natural anger. It was harder to find… — Christopher Plummer Copy Share Image
There's no blueprint for where I should be. I see myself as a young, good actor who still has a lot to… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That’s the job. The key is that I make… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
Hollywood didn't know if I was an actor or a nut or if I was this crazy character I was playing. I… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Yeah, well I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre and that's really where my training is. As an actor,… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
[John Larroquette] is very generous as the star of a show. He always made sure that if we had a joke that… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
It is a great help for a man to be in love with himself. For an actor, however, it is absolutely essential. — Robert Morley Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to listen to any actors whine or moan about anything acting-related because look at the world. We really… — Dan Byrd Copy Share Image
I never interacted with actors in any way, texting or otherwise, that should make anyone uncomfortable. — Dan Schneider Copy Share Image
Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of… — Helen Hayes Copy Share Image
Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
Well, Ive always been a character actor, you know, and you always get your share of character actors who are bad guys. — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
It's great to be black in Hollywood. When a black actor does something, it seems new and different just by virtue of… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
I'm much more a writer than an actor. Although I have a great respect for that and I enjoy acting still, it… — Jason Gann Copy Share Image
My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor.… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
The actors are the greatest executors of tone in a film. They're the most important cinematic component. — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
I provide the bricks and mortar with the words and situations - the director and the actors and the designers build the… — Eric Bogosian Copy Share Image
“Paparazzi arrived for Hugh [Grant]. We had to stand under a tree and smile for them. Photographer: 'Hugh, could you look less… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors. — Anthony Mackie Copy Share Image
You want to be on your toes; You don't want to be in a Nic Cage movie and just have him blow… — Harold Perrineau Copy Share Image
There is a whole bunch of great British actors of my age who aren't film stars or theatre actors; they're very much… — Harry Lloyd Copy Share Image