Failure is always present as an actor. I make my living by taking chances. If I'm not risking something, then I'm not… — Damon Runyon Copy Share Image
What I really mean is that actors do the interview process because they have to. It's a good bargain: If I can… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. If you had said to me before I started acting that I'd get two bites of the cherry -… — Colin Baker Copy Share Image
I still do a form of sense memory. It honestly depends on the job. It depends on the other people you're working… — Alia Shawkat Copy Share Image
I'm not really sure if I have anything that inspires me. I think what goes into my work is everything beforehand that… — Kodi Smit-McPhee Copy Share Image
I was in the emergency room twice with heart palpitations and panic attacks. As one of my actor friends pointed out: your… — Lori Lansens Copy Share Image
Being a stunt girl is very much my comfort zone, so I had to remove the comfort zone to step fully into… — Zoe Bell Copy Share Image
All good actors are actresses. The more like a woman they are, the better they act, because a man's salvation is his… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
Competition [in a scene] is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They… — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character… — David Bailey Copy Share Image
The one piece of advice I would give to any actor is, if you want to go out on the street without… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I was applying to the art school, but there was a checklist that said I had to do either production design or… — James Pearse Connelly Copy Share Image
Being a writer is so great because you're literally not dependent on anybody. Whereas, as an actor, you have to audition or… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I think I'm becoming more relaxed in front of a camera. I suppose I'll always feel slightly more at home on stage.… — Michael Sheen Copy Share Image
I've always played down the drama in my films. In my main scenes, there's never an opportunity for an actor to let… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
Having grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Improvisation, the main thing is it teaches you to be in the moment and present in the moment and be reactive and… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
Lying about one's sexuality seems to be one of the ridiculous rules of what constitutes being a Hollywood movie star. Obviously, my… — Ben Daniels Copy Share Image
Know your job and don't fake it. It looks easy, but the ones that make it look easy know what the hell… — Dustin Diamond Copy Share Image
I definitely play roles that are close to my persona. I was dying to be an actor, my whole life. I just… — Drea de Matteo Copy Share Image
When I shoot actors, I have that dilemma. I want the actor to be good, and sometimes I have to push them… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
There's nothing like watching a live performance of, frankly, anything. You have to make sure that people believe everything is improvised. I… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
As an actor, and especially as a young woman, there's so much pressure to look good all the time and it really… — Emmy Rossum Copy Share Image
I think Ryan Gosling is a really great actor who's meticulous about his work. And I'd love to have the guts that… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
Why do all these people want [comedians] to be serious? The reason they want that is these are people who aren't funny.… — Jon Lovitz Copy Share Image
There's no way, of course, to fully understand what an illness does to someone or what emotional state or physical state it… — Hayden Panettiere Copy Share Image
So many actors are lively-minded, creative people who just tread water in this awful way, waiting for the phone to ring and… — Nina Conti Copy Share Image
I started off doing plays as a theater actor. But I never thought of it in terms of it leading anywhere. I… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I have a very healthy growth of both head and facial hair. People always want to attribute further superhuman powers to me.… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
Good movies make you care, make you believe in possibilities again. If somewhere in the Hollywood-entertainment world someone has managed to break… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
The question people ask me all the time is, 'How was it playing a gay character? How was it pretending to love… — Trevante Rhodes Copy Share Image
Why is an actor's unintentional giggling called a 'corpse'? It seems to me quite the opposite. It proves that he's very much… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
I've got to find a compromise where I don't feel compromised. I've got to find something equally good that they don't feel… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
What's cool is that in the story of the movie [The Hangover] our characters are also really kind of getting to know… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
It was a very, very intense film for me. I almost lost my mind because there are scenes where I have to… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
The only lesson I really learned from [Gigi Does It] was that I shouldn't bite off more than I could chew. I've… — David Krumholtz Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that Sam J. Jones was Flash Gordon - there's no such thing. No actor can be the person, that's… — Sam J. Jones Copy Share Image
People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are. On a certain level, everyone throws ideas into… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
From my point of view, when I was thinking about the prospect of [Michael Douglas] in this part, I wondered if he… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
![“Competition [in a scene] is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to get along. And they are therefore not first-rate actors.” quote by Michael Shurtleff](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/75e/michael-shurtleff-19554_acknowledge_competition-in-a-scene-is-healthy-compet_1161371.png)
![“There's nothing like watching a live performance of, frankly, anything. You have to make sure that people believe everything is improvised. I could not stress enough how little we [actors] prepare and what small amount of time we put in before these shows.” quote by Amy Poehler](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/09a/amy-poehler-1084_actors_there-s-nothing-like-watching-a-live-per_2158771.jpg)
![“Why do all these people want [comedians] to be serious? The reason they want that is these are people who aren't funny. Anybody funny can be serious, but people who have no sense of humor, they can never be funny - and frankly, they're jealous. There's very few comic actors. Think about it. There…” quote by Jon Lovitz](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/419/jon-lovitz-16902_able_why-do-all-these-people-want-comedians-t_3223415.jpg)
![“What's cool is that in the story of the movie [The Hangover] our characters are also really kind of getting to know each other and bonding over the course of the movie. And I think you're seeing a real, a literal sort of friendship growing both in us as actors and on screen as characters.” quote by Ed Helms](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/c78/ed-helms-4996_actors_what-s-cool-is-that-in-the-story-of-the_73568.png)
![“The only lesson I really learned from [Gigi Does It] was that I shouldn't bite off more than I could chew. I've written a bunch of scripts and stuff - every actor has - and that was the first thing that got made.” quote by David Krumholtz](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/93f/david-krumholtz-7751_actors_the-only-lesson-i-really-learned-from-gi_1197544.jpg)
![“From my point of view, when I was thinking about the prospect of [Michael Douglas] in this part, I wondered if he would go all the way with it. The reason I was concerned is that, oftentimes, actors - especially movie stars - when they're playing a character who might be perceived as unattractive…” quote by Curtis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/37c/curtis-hanson-9380_actors_from-my-point-of-view-when-i-was-thinkin_1144144.jpg)
