I like to give the actors freedom to take what we have on the page and improve on it. And they do… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to… — Domhnall Gleeson Copy Share Image
It's a point of pride that no one would treat me any differently because I'm an actor than if I was a… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
Working with amazing people, you continue to learn and develop yourself, as an actor and as a person. — Josh Hutcherson Copy Share Image
Sometimes as an actor you're struggling to make things work. That was never the case for me with [Big Little Lies script].… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
I think good comedy is a commitment to the absurd in that the situation for the actors should be virtually played like… — Peter Billingsley Copy Share Image
Like most actors, I've always been grateful for Chinese restaurants; they were often the only places that stayed open late enough for… — Ginger Rogers Copy Share Image
I try not to have actors in mind when I write because the tendency then is to be influenced by either their… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
The point at which we worked with some of these actors, they weren't really stars yet. Nicolas Cage was not a big… — Joel Coen Copy Share Image
I would love to do a serious period drama. Oh, absolutely. I mean, you'll find most comedians want to do more serious… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
When I was about 17, I didn't speak. English was like a foreign language. I'd just grunt. The only time I talked… — Jack P. Shepherd Copy Share Image
There's not a lot of talking between actors - either between actors or between actors and directors. People think that they sit… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
Those who perceive in themselves... the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
To you people out there, you producers and you network owners and you agents and you creative sparks, please give transgender talent… — Jeffrey Tambor Copy Share Image
I stopped doing that [photojournalism] and wrote some screenplays on speculation, because even though I wanted to direct, to direct you need… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
See, if I was a filmmaker and I was putting my money in a film, I would definitely want actors who can… — Tripti Dimri Copy Share Image
Well I'd really love to work with Robert De Niro, because he's still the most talented actor out there. — Paul Thomas Anderson Copy Share Image
I am not an insecure actor, and this reflects in the films I have done. Yes, there was a phase when I… — Randeep Hooda Copy Share Image
The power of a close-up can be extraordinary, but you have to have actors who are able to reveal themselves. — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
Somehow even tragedies seem less tragical, when you are the actors in them, than they look to outsiders — Hannah Whitall Smith Copy Share Image
My goal was always to be recognized as a good actor but no one was interested in that, simply because society just… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
You ask my advice about acting? Speak clearly, don't bump into the furniture and if you must have motivation, think of your… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I have seen a lot of gay-themed films that didn't really express how I see being gay at this moment in the… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
When you deal with a film that takes place in Europe, and you're going to work in English, you'd better work with… — Norman Jewison Copy Share Image
When actors first come up, you're auditioning for everything - you're trying to sniff it out like a pig with a truffle… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
“We follow our scripts like actors in a very large, very long production. And even with no audience, none of us gives… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I do this because I'm an observer of people. That's why I want to be an actor. I'm fascinated by human beings… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
I'm not gonna be one of those actors who's like, "It's such a drag to not see your kids." Of course it… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
People imagine that actors are being offered everything and you are not. So things come in and sometimes there are things that… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
Actors should be judged on how they look on screen, and not on the basis of the age of their characters. — Sanjeeda Sheikh Copy Share Image
It's challenging as an actor to let go but I had some pleasure out of it too. To not have the effort… — Juliette Binoche Copy Share Image
I think we're all guilty of mistaking the actors we've seen over and over again - we think we know them. — Charlie Day Copy Share Image
When you're an actor, you're very much exposed, but in a strange way you're totally protected behind a character, behind a script,… — Mathieu Demy Copy Share Image
I had a really nice time on [Alphas]. It was a bunch of really good actors, and I was particularly thrilled to… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
With actors, normally I don't like to have any conversation about background and about motivations and all this. — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
It's just nice to do something a bit different, and I guess when you're an actor, you have the license to do… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
I always knew I wanted to be an actor. I was talented in college but not the most talented. But I knew… — Susanna Thompson Copy Share Image
I hope to see more programming, more shows, more actors of mixed ethnicity, more young kids of mixed ethnicity choosing to be… — Charles Michael Davis Copy Share Image
I love theater. I love sitting in an audience and having the actors right there, playing out what it means to be… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image