I was really, really, really enthusiastic as a kid. I was up for anything. I was hugely into music and theatre. I… — Amanda Marshall Copy Share Image
I actually don't subscribe to the notion that comedy is easier than drama. When you're trying to be funny and you're not… — Tom Hollander Copy Share Image
Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
What you have to be, you have to live whatever you do all day long. I always told the artists, every time… — Maxine Powell Copy Share Image
It occurred to me that actors are selfish, and they think that the world revolves around them. For one year, I quit,… — Jim Sarbh Copy Share Image
Directors, like actors, get typecast. And because I've had great success with comedy and horror and TV shows, that's basically what I'm… — John Landis Copy Share Image
A movie has its own fate, which often doesn’t depend on the performances of the director and actors. — Zhang Ziyi Copy Share Image
If a movie doesn't even have financing yet, they'll do a table read for it at a casting director's office with actors,… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
The truth is, there are so few female roles in movies. That's really limiting. As an actor, you wanna be able to… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
A director really doesn't deal with performance that much, especially if you deal with great actors. Their work is the performance. What… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
When I'm in a movie, what I always do, instead of sitting in a trailer or watching a DVD, is I go… — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
At some point in time, you definitely have to go drama. Not to say that you're going drama just because everybody else… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
Going from a child actor to an adult actor is not an easy thing, and I was sort of lost in a… — C. Thomas Howell Copy Share Image
I think I read films having grown up around the pre-production and post-production aspect of the filmmaking medium, a lot more than… — Alice Englert Copy Share Image
My relationship with my dad was complex, especially when I came out. The years of verbal abuse, all of it drink-fuelled, were… — Craig Revel Horwood Copy Share Image
As a director, you want to be really connected to every part of your set, from your actors all the way to… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
There's a film I did called 'Front of the Class', about a teacher who had Tourette's. That was a beautiful blend of… — James Wolk Copy Share Image
As an actor I'll be as madcap as you like, but in character, and after weeks of rehearsal. Don't expect me to… — Rebecca Front Copy Share Image
Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil. — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
We all know the huge problem there is with entertainment in general leaving out women. Especially as actors, we know there are… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
It seemed fun to play a villain on stage and I wanted my jokes to be so good that I could just… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
We have to understand (this is another key piece) that there are some individuals who still need that drama, that experience of… — Christine McCormick Day Copy Share Image
A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our… — Mahesh Babu Copy Share Image
It's easy to think you can get discovered on the street, but I developed my chops on the stage - four years… — James Wolk Copy Share Image
It's different when you're an actor and playing a part, but when it's just you, you feel immensely vulnerable have strangers prodding… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
The genres are widening. I don't think that there's as many limitations on the kinds of projects that actors can do as… — Emile Hirsch Copy Share Image
If you make the right choice in casting, your work is nearly done already. You don't have to spend a lot of… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share Image
An actor's got a serious duty to perform. God's given him the gift to interpret his creatures. He has to do that… — Saeed Jaffrey Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be a former child actor for the rest of my life, although in some ways I suppose I… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
I was in 'Babes in the Wood' at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow in the Eighties. I was the villain - the… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
When you have a meaty character to play opposite an actor you like, it becomes a memorable experience. — Padmapriya Janakiraman Copy Share Image
I do not know if it is true that all actors want to direct and all directors want to act, but in… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
The scripts that I take should be solid in terms of content; only then will my inability as an actor not show… — Vijay Antony Copy Share Image
When I was on Broadway, people would really just recognize me around the theater. When you're showing up on commercials and posters,… — Dan Fogler Copy Share Image
As an actor, I travel around a lot and live in a lot of hotels, and many times I've been in a… — Beau Bridges Copy Share Image
So many times, when I would do a lot of retakes, I used to say sorry to my director and co-actors. — Nidhhi Agerwal Copy Share Image
It's not a secret, but if you know what the hell you're doing, you pick good actors. And you know what makes… — Paul Morrissey Copy Share Image
Be it television, theatre, or radio, I can work in any medium. I don't want to limit myself to just movies. — Shweta Tripathi Copy Share Image
Being an actor, you go through this thing where you want to be the best, and I think, in life in general,… — Justin Hartley Copy Share Image
To my mind, the actor has this great responsability of playing another human being… it’s like taking on another person’s life and… — Edward G. Robinson Copy Share Image
