I always thought if you really want to be a good actor, you've got to be able to fart in public. That,… — Timothy Carey Copy Share Image
You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I am not a trained actor and am not near the top of anyone's want list. I go after what I am… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Partly why I love to operate is that I love to watch an actor within a shot. When you watch a shot,… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
There aren't a lot of alternative roles for Indian actors. I think we've fallen short of portraying Indians in the media. We… — Chris Eyre Copy Share Image
That is a gift to have four weeks to rehearse something. But remember, when you're doing a play half of that time… — Jeff Fahey Copy Share Image
For the audience, actors carry out specific roles of men and women through the character that they play out on screen. The… — Farah Khan Copy Share Image
The balance when you're catching people up, and the craft of what we do as actors, is to try to make sure… — Jack Coleman Copy Share Image
There's something strange about theater. My characters consistently demonize elitism, but of course it's taking place in a theater where only so… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically,… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
I like to imagine a person's psyche to be like a boardinghouse full of characters. The ones who show up regularly and… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted,… — Imelda Staunton Copy Share Image
I do go back to Ireland, and I'll probably be doing a film in Ireland in January, and I guess that kind… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
There are plenty of directors who work with the same actors over and over, many more times than I have. Like I… — Len Wiseman Copy Share Image
('Mad Men') was my final audition of the pilot season. It had been three miserable, horrible months where I had zero callbacks,… — Rich Sommer Copy Share Image
There's a certain secret every actor must have in his work. If you reveal it, you're letting the audience in on the… — Frank Langella Copy Share Image
The only line that's wrong in Shakespeare is 'holding a mirror up to nature.' You hold a magnifying glass up to nature.… — Montgomery Clift Copy Share Image
Michael [Douglas] is, I think, a great actor. He's made some very interesting pictures. When he was going to college, I was… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
You might think of a haunting as a loop of video or audio tape playing itself over and over for you to… — Loyd Auerbach Copy Share Image
There was one element of my childhood that was really a positive asset for me. By moving a lot, I learned to… — Demi Moore Copy Share Image
I realized that there was something internal that I could gain from pursuing this career as an actor. However, once I got… — Sonja Sohn Copy Share Image
You often hear that people go into show business to find the love they never had when they were children. Never believe… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
If I had a child actor, I would wish for it to be in an Adam Sandler movie, because he just comes… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
Ive always loved the power of stories to transport me to another world, to imagine extraordinary possibilities, to experience things I may… — Kandyse McClure Copy Share Image
I don't have an abstract list of people that I'm dying to work with. It just doesn't occur to me to think… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
All the things that are negative in me as a person - the incompetence and despair and weakness and pain - are… — Elizabeth Ashley Copy Share Image
Actors - we're selfish, but we can't think about the work in that kind of selfish manner. I think that you have… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
Growing up, I always had my dreams set on being an actor, so I looked up to Julia Roberts, Audrey Hepburn. I… — Katie Holmes Copy Share Image
The thing with animation is that you record the actors like a radio show and then the animators become actors in their… — Wes Anderson Copy Share Image
I'm always surprised that certain actors have Twitter accounts. I guess they use it in a way that works for them. But… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
Entertainment's hard on the ego. I see why actors are so psycho now. Because there's so much 'we don't want you' going… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect.… — Tim Curry Copy Share Image
I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate.… — Walter Huston Copy Share Image
We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of [Frank] Sinatra, he was the best at what he did. The last thing I do is model… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
Directing is such alchemy, it's so easy to fail. And I've seen people who are great at their jobs because everybody has… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
It's crazy, it's different. It's what I wanted, but it's different. It's not exactly what I wanted, you know what I mean?… — Donald Faison Copy Share Image
“The reason why we get the same partners is not because people are the same, but because we pull the dark shadow… — Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D Copy Share Image
Filmmakers tell actors to adjust their body language, and the famous presence of the actor is his or her body language. That… — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
![“Michael [Douglas] is, I think, a great actor. He's made some very interesting pictures. When he was going to college, I was very proud of him, but when he said, 'Dad, I want to be in a play,' he had a bit part. I went to see it and Michael said, 'Dad, how was I?' I said, 'You were terrible.' I…” quote by Kirk Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/9a6/kirk-douglas-4420_actors_michael-douglas-is-i-think-a-great-actor_1153701.jpg)
![“Growing up, I always had my dreams set on being an actor, so I looked up to Julia Roberts, Audrey Hepburn. I also look up to Kate Winslet and Renée [Zellweger] and Cate Blanchett...and Diane Keaton - she's a genius. I think it's very inspiring to see these women attack such complex roles.” quote by Katie Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/08d/katie-holmes-6657_actors_growing-up-i-always-had-my-dreams-set-on_439630.jpg)
![“I'm a big fan of [Frank] Sinatra, he was the best at what he did. The last thing I do is model my career after him, though, because we do different things. He was a great singer and a great actor ... It never crossed my mind to emulate his career, because we have different interests.” quote by Harry Connick, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/cb9/harry-connick-jr-3461_actors_i-m-a-big-fan-of-frank-sinatra-he-was-th_12425.jpg)
