These stunt guys are good at what they do and they're professional. A smart actor will step back and say, "I'm going… — James Badge Dale Copy Share Image
As much as the mystery element is all a lot of fun, when you do go to 'Edwin Drood,' you're going to… — Rupert Holmes Copy Share Image
I come from an era, in my world, where you just had to define yourself as who you are and what you… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
Often actors ask me if I think they should go on trying to be an actor. I have the same answer for… — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
It was amazing how much their [Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Shauna Robertson] process seemed familiar to me, translating that into the work… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
As an actor, I don't really think you find yourself. I mean, once you find yourself, I think it becomes boring and… — Justin Chon Copy Share Image
The reality of our business is that for every actor who's rolled up his tent and given up and gone home, the… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
I want to be a little more dramatic nowadays. I definitely want something big and funny, but I look for things that… — Cedric the Entertainer Copy Share Image
Honestly, I really, really love making movies. It's so much fun, and I love losing myself in the moment and just being… — Liam Hemsworth Copy Share Image
When I use weed creatively, I'm much better at drawing or making something or playing music. But what I do for a… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
You obviously don't have to be a murderer to play a murderer or you don't have to be a dictator to play… — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
... actresses require protection in their art from blind abuse, from savage criticism. Their work is their religion, if they are seeking… — Nance O'Neil Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an actor. My dad was an actor, and he never brought joy home, so I didn't view… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
I loved the domesticity of my life as a struggling actor. When I wasn't going to auditions, I could do things like… — Jenna Fischer Copy Share Image
In the case of drama (stage, movies, television ), there appear to be people in almost every audience who never quite fully… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
So often, I have seen really, really talented performers never quite relating to material. I mean, there's a lot of gay actors,… — Julie Halston Copy Share Image
It used to be trained professionals doing animation and they were great. Now they have celebrities and famous actors doing the voices,… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an actor and to this day I don't. I can't get a handle on it. An actor… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Actors are loved because they are unoriginal. Actors stick to their script. The unoriginal man is loved by the mediocrity because this… — Patrick Kavanagh Copy Share Image
The acting background helped a lot when I started writing. I was training for it. In acting class they teach you about… — Carol Higgins Clark Copy Share Image
I try not to limit myself. The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
I always felt like I could be funny, but there was a part of me that always judged actors so harshly...I thought… — Lisa Kudrow Copy Share Image
The writing is really hard. You're alone. It really pulls it out of you. You pull it out of your head. But… — Tony Gilroy Copy Share Image
When I [first] went to university, I was doing foreign languages, because I had done them since I was 13 years old.… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
Polly Findlay showed real insight and imagination in her production of my translation of Seneca's Thyestes at the Arcola. I enjoyed her… — Caryl Churchill Copy Share Image
I think it's important to create an atmosphere where actors feel like they can try things out. It doesn't mean that I'll… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
I also think the reason I like to do a one-man show is you're not limited into the confines of a role.… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
No one is really a method actor, everyone has their way of going about it, preparing for it, but method is preparation,… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
On movies, I like to involve the cast in the writing of the script. I like to have a rehearsal period, after… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
One of the many things I love about working with Ryan Murphy is that you're always thin-sliced in this business. You walk… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
I'm one of relatively few stage-trained actors who doesn't much like acting on stage. It feels kind of like riding the Cyclone… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
As an actor you always want to be challenged and you always want to have someone tell you you can't do something,… — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
Just coming to terms with the fact that I got to play April Wheeler [Revolutionary Road] and Hanna Schmitz [The Reader] in… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
There's a lot of great stuff on television and that's very appealing to actors who want to work, who do good quality… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
My childhood was really nice. My parents never forced me to do anything; it was always, "If you want to do that,… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
If the film isn't in some way going to study behavior then I'm not interested, but the reason why I'm not interested… — Bruce Dern Copy Share Image
...no man of genuinely superior intelligence has ever been an actor. Even supposing a young man of appreciable mental powers to be… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
If I can play a scene in a master shot, I always prefer it. And the actors always prefer it. It's fun… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Improvisation sometimes seemed more like jazz than acting, like verbal jazz, with the actors playing a theme back and forth, and then… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
What matters is performances, regardless of what the name is, whether it's The Rock - which is my nickname and people call… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
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![“In the case of drama (stage, movies, television ), there appear to be people in almost every audience who never quite fully realize that a play is a set of fictional, symbolic representations. An actor is one who symbolizes other people, real or imagined. [...] Also some years ago it was reported…” quote by S. I. Hayakawa](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/d10/s-i-hayakawa-15018_actors_in-the-case-of-drama-stage-movies-televi_548778.jpg)
![“When I [first] went to university, I was doing foreign languages, because I had done them since I was 13 years old. I had done French and German. I picked up Italian, just sort of blasted through the exams, [and then] took off overseas, because I wanted to be an actor. I thought, "I'm just not…” quote by Nick Offerman](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/87b/nick-offerman-2326_academic_when-i-first-went-to-university-i-was-do_2190392.png)
![“One of the many things I love about working with Ryan Murphy is that you're always thin-sliced in this business. You walk into a room and people want you to be how you look or how you're perceived or whatever it is in that 10 minutes that hey meet you. I think Ryan [Murphy] has an intuition that…” quote by Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/358/matt-bomer-2221_actors_one-of-the-many-things-i-love-about-work_775322.jpg)
![“Just coming to terms with the fact that I got to play April Wheeler [Revolutionary Road] and Hanna Schmitz [The Reader] in one year, let alone in my lifetime. I'm very, very aware of how rare that is as an opportunity for any one person. I can't tell you how much I've been able to take away from…” quote by Kate Winslet](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/f8f/kate-winslet-875_able_just-coming-to-terms-with-the-fact-that_2333637.jpg)
