While I think in principle people should not have irrational beliefs, I should say that as a matter of fact, it is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You don't often get a chance to record with the other actors who are playing the characters, mainly due to the fact… — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
My parents are very modern. My father is a cosmopolitan person. He always supported the fact that I will be an actress.… — Kareena Kapoor Copy Share Image
Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me.… — Ving Rhames Copy Share Image
Elijah can register such subtle emotion on his face that I loved doing close-ups on him. He really brings a superb emotional… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm one of those pathetic actors who will say yes to every play reading just because I do miss the stage so… — Julianna Margulies Copy Share Image
We were in production on a movie called All the Real Girls, which filmed in the Fall of 2001, and we really… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
I'll be in a series for three or four episodes, but then I'll be off the series, and downtime, as an actor,… — Felicia Day Copy Share Image
I've worked with actors before where I was like, this is not working, and then I've seen their work on the screen… — Vincent Kartheiser Copy Share Image
You're an actor, you want to do a scene in class. But one of the things I've always had is I've always… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
People still tweet me like, "Oh my god, I just found out you guys are married!" Which makes sense to me because… — Mary Elizabeth Ellis Copy Share Image
You become funny for a reason. I became an actor because that's who I was, nothing else - it was the only… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
As actors, if we are truthful to ourselves and we know what we can do and what we cannot do and just… — Navid Negahban Copy Share Image
I can easily say "no" to a project if the script isn't great, but when the script is good, then I start… — Dominic Monaghan Copy Share Image
The inner life of the [imagination], and not the personal and tiny experiential resources of the actor, should be elaborated on the… — Michael Chekhov Copy Share Image
All I'm saying is we got plenty of Texans, and people from Montana, and New Jersey, and Wyoming, or Kansas City. We… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
There’s a writer for you,” he said. “Knows everything and at the same time he knows nothing.” [narrator]It was my first inkling… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
On indies it's hard to do, but in rehearsals, you make mistakes in rehearsal. It's really hard rehearsing a play or what… — Jeff Daniels Copy Share Image
In L.A., I was meeting people who were all actors. My mind started to open up to what acting was. I didn't… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
You have to make sure that you find projects that are not too similar and roles that are not too similar, so… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success upon the stage.… — Ellen Terry Copy Share Image
Female directors, directors of color are a big thing for me, which are both important voices and potent voices that need to… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
Movies are this thing that came into my life, and it still feels pretend in some way. I kind of do this… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I got my first job when I moved to Los Angeles. I worked at a coffee shop for five years and it… — Katie Leclerc Copy Share Image
If Michelle Pfeiffer gave Mel Gibson a vial of blood to wear around his neck in a movie you'd think it was… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I seem to have a soft spot in my heart for Australia and Australian actors. After having worked with one in 'Cinderella'… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
I'm really into sci-fi. The reason I'm an actor is because of 'Star Wars' - I saw that and I knew that's… — Ricky Schroder Copy Share Image
I want to attack and to lead my life with vigor, but I'm in the watching stage at the moment. Younger actors… — Timothee Chalamet Copy Share Image
“The theatre is an attack on mankind carried on by magic: to victimize an audience every night, to make them laugh and… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
A lot of people have a fear of Shakespeare. Even actors do. People are like, "Oh, I won't go and see Shakespeare… — Hugo Weaving Copy Share Image
I don't usually direct actors in the classic sense of that word. Instead, I try to remind the characters before the shoot… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
[As an actor] you're looking to crawl into an anonymous fictional person's skin, but then you have the ironic obligation to promoting… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
What you realize is it's not about financial success as an artist. A lot of actors and actresses, producers, writers, and the… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
My advice to actors? To successful actors, it's, 'sock it away,' and unsuccessful actors, it's just, 'Just keep at it. Don't do… — Stephen Lang Copy Share Image
Actor Mike Warren [was my former teammate], who was in Hill Street Blues. There are more, but it's starting to sound like… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is that everybody, all actors who are desiring a bigger career, more choice, are all going to… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
I’ve been an actor for 10 years now, and if anything I want to talk more about my dad. He taught me… — Rafe Spall Copy Share Image
Very, that show is crazy. It was like doing finals every week. It was interesting. I really learned a lot. The dialogue… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
I've actually usually been wary of taking on science fiction as an actor because it's really tough to do. It's really difficult… — Grant Bowler Copy Share Image
There's too many actors in LA. I mean, I'll go out there from time to time, but I always find it pretty… — Michael Imperioli Copy Share Image
![“The inner life of the [imagination], and not the personal and tiny experiential resources of the actor, should be elaborated on the stage and shown to the audience. This life is rich and revealing for the audience as well as for the actor himself.” quote by Michael Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1f4/michael-chekhov-33026_acting_the-inner-life-of-the-imagination-and-no_2971342.jpg)
![“There’s a writer for you,” he said. “Knows everything and at the same time he knows nothing.” [narrator]It was my first inkling that he was a writer. And while I like writers—because if you ask a writer anything you usually get an answer—still it belittled him in my eyes. Writers aren’t people…” quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/38d/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_actors_there-s-a-writer-for-you-he-said-knows-e_438126.jpg)
![“On indies it's hard to do, but in rehearsals, you make mistakes in rehearsal. It's really hard rehearsing a play or what rehearsal you get on any movie. That's where you get to make your mistakes, and you make big ones. So when you shoot [the movie] or you finally get the play in shape and do it…” quote by Jeff Daniels](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6bf/jeff-daniels-12465_actors_on-indies-it-s-hard-to-do-but-in-rehears_814269.jpg)
![“Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success upon the stage. And I am still of the same opinion. Imagination, industry [hard work], and intelligence-the three I's-are all indispensable to the actor, but of these three the…” quote by Ellen Terry](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b30/ellen-terry-28904_actors_imagination-imagination-i-put-it-first-y_717643.jpg)
![“[As an actor] you're looking to crawl into an anonymous fictional person's skin, but then you have the ironic obligation to promoting the movie in such a public way that it almost undermines the initial intention of going under the radar.” quote by Jesse Eisenberg](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bba/jesse-eisenberg-2642_actors_as-an-actor-you-re-looking-to-crawl-into_1504086.jpg)
![“Actor Mike Warren [was my former teammate], who was in Hill Street Blues. There are more, but it's starting to sound like a team reunion at Red Lobster. They were a great bunch of guys and we accomplished a lot together. That's something you don't forget.” quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b2b/kareem-abdul-jabbar-1909_accomplished_actor-mike-warren-was-my-former-teammate_2110984.png)
