I feel like actors, having spent a lot of time on movie sets, tend to make decent directors, because they've been there,… — C. Thomas Howell Copy Share Image
Sure, we have an obstacle, ISIS. They can do great damage. They can do great damage and they scare the living hell… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
We're all unique as actors. To yourself, you are unique, you have to think 'I'm me, I'm not going to bunch myself… — Imelda Staunton Copy Share Image
Life beats down and crushes our souls and theatre reminds us that we have one. At least the type of theatre that… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share Image
For me, a lot of these actors are new. For me, I only worked with Finn Whittrock and Michael Chiklis. So a… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
I started doing yoga in my 20s. I did teacher training, that was what I was going to do if acting didn't… — Kristin Davis Copy Share Image
So many actors get caught up in their technique, and to be honest, I see it really getting in the way. I… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
Business is very personal. For me, everything is extremely personal. With actors, the fact that I write helps, because when you say… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I love to sing. I don't think it's strange for singers to act, or painters to sculpt. I don't want to ever… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
Becoming an actor has really helped me as a human being. The joys in my life I feel are more joyful, and… — James Preston Rogers Copy Share Image
I generally get challenged; I haven't been typecast, which is really, really, nice. It's not something that every actor gets, really. It's… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
One's life is an act with no actor, and thus it has always been recognized that the insane man that has lost… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Theatre, in which actors take on changing roles, has among its many functions the examination of identity. For the individual, theatre is… — Richard Hornby Copy Share Image
You will never experience less reality than when you are watching a reality show. You're watching people who aren't actors, put into… — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
Ibsen is like this room where we are sitting, with all the tables and chairs. Do I care whether you have twenty… — Eleanora Duse Copy Share Image
My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch, except that we get this… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
I notice that a little bit at The Office, with, like, an actor: If I decided there'd be a certain way in… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I do hear about these actors who go on vacations to Bali for three months, and their agents are banging their heads… — Erin Cummings Copy Share Image
If I have enough ego to say I'm a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy… — Peter Fonda Copy Share Image
If you're just an actor you're reactive. You're saying, "Well, I hope Hollywood gives me a role, or gives me a chance… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I think maybe even one of the reasons I became an actor was actually to hide. I mean, it sounds paradoxical because,… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
What so many actors are chasing after is an opportunity to evolve and dive into roles that present unique challenges and give… — Matt Lauria Copy Share Image
I had a very blessed journey with the upbringing I had. When you're working on sets as a stuntman, you have a… — Ric Roman Waugh Copy Share Image
I can't wait to do a fully improvised script again, to find people who are really comfortable and into it. It's about… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
For me, music is sort of my passion, more so than being an actor. I just never tried to make a career… — Steve Kazee Copy Share Image
I remember in 'Law of Desire,' where I played a homosexual, that people were more upset that I kissed a man on… — Antonio Banderas Copy Share Image
It's not a matter of becoming a superstar. Fame and money aren't the purpose of all this. No actor's going to say,… — Christopher Lambert Copy Share Image
Its different being a director. I suppose, especially if its a story youve written and you feel compelled to tell, in some… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
A lot of the challenge with TV, as opposed to making movies, is that you have to leave room for the characters… — Bruno Heller Copy Share Image
There's no set designer like your own self; you furnish the mise-en-scène, the wardrobe, the physical proportions of the actor, and the… — Norman Corwin Copy Share Image
I don't ever want to do a movie where you shoot it on a motion capture stage. I just don't like taking… — Michael Bay Copy Share Image
It sounds very pretentious, but I don't lie. It's too uncomfortable. A lot of people think because you're an actor that makes… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
I think theatre reminds us what we're doing as actors, because every night and every matinee day, you have an audience telling… — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
I come in as an actor, having read through the script a few times, made a couple of character-choices, thinking I'm going… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
[on playing Walter] It was wonderful to be able to play a character who had so many colors and who was able… — John Noble Copy Share Image
The truth is that filmmaking is not really an actor's medium; it's really a director's medium, so all I can really control… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
To be honest, I would have to say that there was a certain burden in working with Arnold, a big action star.… — Kim Jee-woon Copy Share Image
The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image