If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd love to be a primary school teacher. — Jonathan Bailey Copy Share Image
Don't be an actor. Be a human being who works off what exists under imaginary circumstances. — Sanford Meisner Copy Share Image
I'm in the theater because of two plays: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'Death of a Salesman.' — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
The first act's doubtful, but we say, it is the last commends the play. — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
I can't expose a human weakness on the stage unless I know it through having it myself. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
It gives a different kind of high when, as an actor, I get to submit myself to the character I play. — Vidya Balan Copy Share Image
I don't tend to write articles and blogs because, I think, if you went into the theatre knowing that this is the… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
I think of myself more as a workhorse actor. It will be hot and cold and up and down, but no one… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
A stage play ought to be the point of intersection between the visible and invisible worlds, or, in other words, the display,… — Arthur Adamov Copy Share Image
My mom always knew I was going to be an actor because I was a ham from the very beginning, so she… — Aarti Mann Copy Share Image
Most actors are starving. Most of us are walking around with a flashlight and tweezers looking for evidence. When you have someone… — Dylan McDermott Copy Share Image
It's a really weird feeling when you write something and you really know it and then you watch actors come in and… — Jake M. Johnson Copy Share Image
I would daydream about what it would be like to be an actor. I would even do talk shows where I interviewed… — Jeffrey Tambor Copy Share Image
I remember my first agent telling me - because they found me as an actor, but I was probably more interested in… — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
I really feel that acting for film and acting for the stage are two different crafts. I think that they share things… — Jordan Bridges Copy Share Image
Theatre can entertain, provoke, challenge, investigate, comfort and educate. It's arrogant of a playwright to think education is more important than anything… — Alistair Beaton Copy Share Image
I grew up poor, financially lower class. Worked in restaurants for 17 years while going to acting school and trying to become… — Asia Kate Dillon Copy Share Image
I wasn't running toward the theater but running away from the sporting goods store. Of course now that I'm selling spaghetti sauce… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
I love actors. I enjoy their company, and I get excited each and every time they bring a character I've written to… — Christopher Durang Copy Share Image
Even in the early '90s, I was already starting to mix professional actors with non-actors. I always enjoyed working with non-professionals, because… — Tsai Ming-liang Copy Share Image
It's hard enough to just be a good actor. When you're on set, there's everything going against you. There are walkie talkies… — James Marsden Copy Share Image
There is a lot lacking on the intellectual side and on the values side when being an actor. — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
Film, television and to a certain extent, theater are modern day libraries. — David Strathairn Copy Share Image
If I was not an actor, I would have been working in a five star hotel as a chef. — Dhanush Copy Share Image
Trans actors, just like cisgender actors, need to build experience before getting lead roles. — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
This is the theater. And this is the best place for the imagination. — Matthew Morrison Copy Share Image
I like to create an atmosphere where actors feel safe enough to take risks. — David Yates Copy Share Image
I'll always go back to the theater. It's fulfilling and there's an immediacy to it. — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
If you talk to any actor, they'll tell you that working is the best thing. — Daniel Cudmore Copy Share Image
Im a career actor. And I question this constant reliance on TV fame and celebrity. — Alexander Hanson Copy Share Image
You are what you know, as an actor, so you gotta try to know as much as you possibly can. — Liev Schreiber Copy Share Image
