And I started as a journalism major at Ohio State, ended up in theater and I love to read. — Patricia Heaton Copy Share Image
Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I think all my favorite directors have acted. They understand how an actor thinks. — Michael Arden Copy Share Image
The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Art cannot be looked at as an elite, sacred event anymore. It has to be embraced as an accessible, popular form, which… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
As a fortysomething actor, you reach a plateau of maturity from which you can really get stuck in. — Julian Sands Copy Share Image
I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
I came from the theatre, which had given me opportunities in television as well as a film adaptation of my second play… — Del Shores Copy Share Image
There's a misperception about actors that we actually choose the roles we end up doing - it's more that we're chosen for… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
The actor's job is to put themselves in the shoes of the character they are trying to portray as truthfully as possible. — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
I wasn't classically trained as an actor; I wasn't pursuing standup comedy. I really came into it through the back door. And… — H. Jon Benjamin Copy Share Image
I spent so many years of my life as a stage actor and when you do all these plays, a lot of… — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
If you look at the exports, Sasha Baron Cohen, Simon Pegg, Ricky Gervais, all these actors are comedians arent they? But they… — Danny John-Jules Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor ever since I got on stage for the first time, aged 13. Before that, I thought… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it.… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
It's kind of up to the actor to deconstruct the scene and deconstruct the character and figure out how to make it… — Shawn Hatosy Copy Share Image
Even though I'm an actor, I've gone to productions where there has been someone whose work is known in film, and you… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
There is no more reason for a room on a stage to be a reproduction of an actual room than for an… — Robert Edmond Jones Copy Share Image
As a good actor, I think you need to know camera, dubbing etc. — Prosenjit Chatterjee Copy Share Image
My son Gautham usually doesn't watch my films. But he watched 'Srimanthudu' in the theatre. — Mahesh Babu Copy Share Image
In my head, I believed even though I am an actor, there was no need to dance. That's not me. — Nawazuddin Siddiqui Copy Share Image
As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors. — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
The art of persuasion. The actor persuades himself, first, and through himself, the audience. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
I love comedy. That's what I really look forward to doing. Enough of this heavy drama. — Mariette Hartley Copy Share Image
As an actor I want more and more challenges, I want to reinvent myself. — Vishwajeet Pradhan Copy Share Image
I don't think kids of actors become good actors but exceptions are always there. — Paresh Rawal Copy Share Image
Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's great to play a strong leader with a heart of gold. — John C. McGinley Copy Share Image
