Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make… — John Corbett Copy Share Image
It's not that demanding. It's fun. That's one of the great things about being an actor. You get to learn all these… — Jason Momoa Copy Share Image
When you really want a role and you really want a character, you become quite close to the script and the project,… — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
There's a freedom there and an understanding of my career and the things I've done. I'm seen here as primarily a comic… — Nathan Lane Copy Share Image
Im not the kind of actor that can go completely cold into an emotional scene. I have to transport myself emotionally by… — Jamie Bamber Copy Share Image
“We can only be ourselves in the long run. Everyone can be someone else for a time. Actors have jobs for a… — Jeanette Murray Copy Share Image
We have new technology that allows us... After we've blocked it, all the actors usually run over to the monitor and we… — Laura Vandervoort Copy Share Image
Last summer a second unit production crew went to France and shot scenes for several of this seasons episodes. They shot costumed… — Vic Morrow Copy Share Image
I'm not a method actor, I don't write my character's history or all those kinds of things. I'm more about the 90… — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people want to, at some point in their life, be someone else, run away and escape, in… — Emily Blunt Copy Share Image
I think actors go along a continuum from Simon Callow down to kind of Ross Kemp, and I like to think of… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
We both [with Suzanne Collins ] felt strongly that you wouldn't want to age up the characters, no matter the age of… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
Actors, who invest a lot of time and energy, will never put down each other. Every one of us has their own… — Katrina Kaif Copy Share Image
I remember all the kids picking their chosen career paths and I was thinking, If I'm an actor I can be an… — Chris Lowell Copy Share Image
Herzog and Malick both have this very unique naturalist intentionality to their process. It's about creating the mood, creating the focus and… — Sam Pressman Copy Share Image
My family are very supportive and always have been. They weren't the kind of parents that pushed me into it. I know… — Emily Browning Copy Share Image
I walk the streets, take the train, it's real simple. Some actors create their own mythology: 'Oh, I'm so famous I can't… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
When I come onto a show where I haven't met any actors, I try to zero in on the script and what's… — Christopher Lloyd Copy Share Image
I think I've learned a lot working with actors as experienced as Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. They taught me that whatever… — Dakota Blue Richards Copy Share Image
Actors are inherently self-centered. We're trained to focus on who I am. What do I want? Who is in my way? How… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
With acting I am being led by the script, other actors, the director, etc. But with songwriting I feel it is much… — Helen Slater Copy Share Image
I have directed good actors and have gone through the process which is more detailed in theater in a way. You have… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
The difference between great actors and the rest of us isn't simply that they know how to make more out of less,… — John Burnham Schwartz Copy Share Image
I feel, we actors are out there a lot, and people are hell bent on trying to create perceptions of our lives.… — Shriya Pilgaonkar Copy Share Image
It's funny: I put money into short films, and I put really good actors in it, and I write some stuff that's… — Ben Schwartz Copy Share Image
After directing the first film it feels kind of tricky being back to being in front of the camera, because I've always… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It's a gift to… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
I feel so fortunate to get paid to be an actor. I pinch myself. I get it from writing, I get it… — Lauren Bowles Copy Share Image
I've just done a movie - Albino Alligator - with Viggo Mortensen, who's an actor I idolize. He influenced me in a… — Skeet Ulrich Copy Share Image
We work in this cave, and we speak to each other sort of subconsciously and with like, weird cues and tangential brother… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
The most obvious ones inspiring me are probably women in political life. There are also many women in artistic endeavors, but if… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I accept that appearance is a big thing in this business. But being around Hollywood and having actor friends and doing music… — Michael Bolton Copy Share Image
Whenever you have a character in which one of his defining qualities is his sexuality, it's always challenging, because you don't want… — Nelsan Ellis Copy Share Image
Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a… — Grant Heslov Copy Share Image
My dream was I was going to be an actor. Racism occurred to me. It dawned on me that I would not… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
When we have a trans woman playing a trans woman, then you see, 'Oh wait, this is what trans really is. This… — Nicole Maines Copy Share Image
Normally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in my way… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I'm never in Hollywood! I'm a theatre actor that lives in New York. I'm very seldom in Los Angeles. I don't dislike… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I just think it's really funny and entertaining. I mean, I don't necessarily take them really seriously - I don't even think… — Liv Tyler Copy Share Image
Every day on the set, things change. You move things around. The actors are creating the roles and bringing them to life,… — Summer Glau Copy Share Image