If you play a gay role, it sticks more than it does if an actor were to play a murderer or a… — Harry Hamlin Copy Share Image
I consider myself a 'local' actor in France. I started out in France, I went to drama school in France and the… — Diane Kruger Copy Share Image
There are only so many hilarious actors so when they cross-pollinate, people assume it's always the same actors and directors. — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
The truly great actors, like Charlize Theron, are just like, "I'm an actor. For hire. I show up, I do my job."… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like Afghanistan, then… — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
Actors are always being asked to speak. Sometimes there is a well-honed script, often there is not. But we are well-practised in… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
I'd be very suspicious of anybody that seems to have to move to the next level of expression. I distrust that: now… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
In live-action, writing, production, and editing happen in discrete stages. In animation, they overlap - happening simultaneously. This allows a real dialogue… — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
I was just in a few episodes the first season [ of Empire]. They didn't kill me, but I haven't been back… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
When you're casting, you have to do quite a bit of research. But I always think you have to do it with… — Thea Sharrock Copy Share Image
People say to me, 'Oh, being a mother must make you a better actor,' and I think, 'Well, I never sleep, I… — Mireille Enos Copy Share Image
Every time you start a movie is to explore with a director and if you can with the actors and with the… — Emmanuel Lubezki Copy Share Image
Where I think the American actor is slightly at a disadvantage is in vocal technique. I don't think that words are their… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
There's a lot of great writing, and characters, and stories being told in television nowadays. And much more than there used to… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
In my collection, to me at least, the theatre of the past lives again and those long-dead playwrights and actors have in… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
The hardest work that actors have done, including myself, is on poorly written scripts. And when you first start out you do… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
There are a lot of directors out there that don't like to deal with actors, I think. Many of them have said… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
If people perceive you as a good actor then they'll wish for you to be a good actor and they'll root for… — Shia LaBeouf Copy Share Image
Remarkably, there's no green screen in 'Leaves of Grass' movie. There is motion control. Technically, there were all sorts of challenges, but… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
The actor that taught me the most was Bernie Mac. I did my first big budget studio film with he and Angela… — Brian J. White Copy Share Image
One of the great things about this cast is that we've been able to take actors of relatively the same age group… — Alison Pill Copy Share Image
We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing. We'd go through the script together, rehearsing it… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
I enjoy both acting and screenwriting, in completely different ways. You have more creative freedom with writing because you can create everything… — John Francis Daley Copy Share Image
For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
My crew [on "Fitzcarraldo" filming] actually said, "We have filmed it from outside on the rocks of the shore. We should be… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
I have never liked Morrissey, and I still don't. I think it's hilarious, actually, what things I've heard about him, what he's… — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
My parents never pushed me to be an actress. You can come from a family of actors, and sometimes there have been… — Violante Placido Copy Share Image
I look at actors like Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, and Benicio Del Toro, and they play all these different characters. I'm hoping… — Efren Ramirez Copy Share Image
Actors in any capacity, artists of any stripe, are inspired by their curiosity, by their desire to explore all quarters of life,… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a character actor, compared to a straight actor. I know a character actor in England is pretty… — Burn Gorman Copy Share Image
I've always created solo work. When I first came to New York I was working in a few different areas; I was… — Guillermo E. Brown Copy Share Image
I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are… — Paolo Sorrentino Copy Share Image
There's something about the evolution of television where it evolved from to the things that we're now watching and loving. It evolved… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
It's great to work with people who are jobbing actors at different stages of their career, and learning from them, and getting… — William Kircher Copy Share Image
I felt like a fake the whole time and it made me very, very nervous - which is why I have such… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
Actors sometimes say they can't do something because their character would never do that. The director Suri Krishnamma once told me he… — Tara Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
One of the things I love about directing is I love actors, because no matter how complex they are, once you get… — James Brolin Copy Share Image
As an actor, you don't want to ever get too comfortable where you're like, "I know this character," and you don't do… — Shanola Hampton Copy Share Image
Whether he's doing great acting or not, you're seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor. What he does… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I think it… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image