I think when you get on with the actors that you're working with, even if you do have really intimate scenes, as… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
It's thought of as an eccentric thing for an actor to really try to maintain quality control through the whole career. Most… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
It's every actor's dream to be seen on the big screen. Having said that, it's also imperative to better yourself as an… — Indraneel Bhattacharya Copy Share Image
I love doing roles and movies that are different from each other. That's kind of why I like to be an actor… — Josh Hutcherson Copy Share Image
I did a lot of theater in school. I thought maybe I wanted to go to law school or be a judge… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
As an actor, you always look for things that will stretch you and that are different than you are, so that you… — Emmy Rossum Copy Share Image
I love that process in which there is no safety net. Then the actor also can allow mistakes, because there's no such… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
The characters I didn't have actors in mind for, that was the scary moment. Because in any production, until you find the… — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Copy Share Image
A lot of the time, you see all this ambition from these black actors, and it's just pouring off the screen. Because… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
My approach to the work is the same, whether I had the lead or a supporting role. I consider myself a character… — Ving Rhames Copy Share Image
I was thinking about that. I was thinking, this is like our Boyhood; this is like our getting together over 12 years… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Cooks are in some ways very much like actors; they must be fit and strong, since acting and cooking are two of… — Andre Simon Copy Share Image
Every choice you make as an actor ends up being really influential on your life, because you're spending a lot of time… — Michael Cera Copy Share Image
I have had some great co-actors to work with like Richa Chadha, Taapsee Pannu and Alia Bhatt. I really value these big… — Angad Bedi Copy Share Image
You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
There are two schools of thought. A manager would tell you that must make them realize you're a dedicated actor and I… — George Hamilton Copy Share Image
Actors have this amazing skill - we bond quite quickly but equally we move on quite quickly. There's nothing particularly cold or… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
The majority of the filmmaking process is in pre-production. The more you've planned out the more freedom there is on set to… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
Downtime is where we become ourselves, looking into the middle distance, kicking at the curb, lying on the grass or sitting on… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“As a rule the Holloywood pattern for English actors is simple. They are delighted to go, they are told there is a… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in New York and I'm of an age where I want to just be home. But, you… — Dean Winters Copy Share Image
I felt a gravitational pull to the material so that there's a certain element of acting that's not really necessary. I've really… — Brendan Fraser Copy Share Image
I'm fairly well off. I can't poor-mouth that away from people's sensibilities about me, which is something I worry about as an… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
What we really have to do is stop the adjective before the job title—whether it's 'black actor,' a 'gay actor' or 'anything… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that I was lucky that I was 30 when I did 'Love Story', which came with this extravagant pop celebrity.… — Ali MacGraw Copy Share Image
I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence… — Tim Robbins Copy Share Image
If I had to control what I was speaking, it would be a chore. Right now I just feel I've got my… — Tarsem Singh Copy Share Image
Cosmopolis is the movie of my life. I didn't consider myself an actor before, even if I had 10 years of acting… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
I want stuff to play as wide as possible. I want to be able to see... if I could play the whole… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
Technical Expertise is composed of all the little and large bits of technique known to the skilled painter, musician, actor, any artist.… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
My father was brought up in an orphanage in the Catskills. He was a factory worker. And because his family wasn't there… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
If there's a cutaway, you need to get it then because it's only going to last [a few moments]. You have to… — George Ratliff Copy Share Image
At the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre, Sanford Meisner said, 'When you go into the professional world, at a stock theatre somewhere,… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
TV and film are very different media with different requirements. In a TV show, you have actors and fellow writers and directors,… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
I think what makes a good actor's director is somebody who understands what I'm doing and is respectful of it, but who… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
So many people, my friends and family, were all saying, "You're so funny. Why don't you become a comedian or an actor?"… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
Christ was a sublime actor on the stage of the world. He knew what he was thinking of when he said, "Heaven… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The funny thing is that as sophisticated as the technology gets, the less sophisticated you have to become as an actor. All… — Brendan Fraser Copy Share Image
We exaggerate the difference between documentary and fiction. I think that on some level a fiction film is also a documentary on… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
There are always going to be people that are judgmental that are going to say, 'Well, he was an actor first, so… — Jared Leto Copy Share Image