Oftentimes, actors are looked at as court jesters. They are not looked at as deep-thinking, smart people who do many other things… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I ventured into cinema after theatre because I didn't want to confine myself to just one auditorium. I wanted the whole world… — Vijay Deverakonda Copy Share Image
If you want to deliver as an actor, you need to know the language. If you don't know what you are mouthing,… — Raashi Khanna Copy Share Image
Most people don't think of Los Angeles as a theatre town, and that you have to go to New York to be… — Susan Egan Copy Share Image
Eventually I want to be a full-time mother who works occasionally - and being an actor you have that freedom. — Carrie-Anne Moss Copy Share Image
So many actors who are really gifted and talented just don't get the opportunity. I happened to get that opportunity. — Margo Martindale Copy Share Image
I do not make an effort to promote myself as a brand. I just focus on making the right choices that feel… — Kirti Kulhari Copy Share Image
When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
I think when people talk about lighter drama, they tend to use that term, not derogatorily, but 'lighter' means sort of less… — Bruno Heller Copy Share Image
It is my greatest joy to live a really good part, even though it imposes great strain. An artist is tired but… — Conrad Veidt Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a character actor rather than the poster boy that they tried to make me 100 years ago.… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
I think becoming an actor because it's a ridiculously insecure profession to go into. I feel very comfortable but very lucky. I… — Hugh Dancy Copy Share Image
I got my degree in acting and theater, and then I had a teacher who told me to take a class with… — Cecily Strong Copy Share Image
An actor should never be influenced by the surroundings, because you have to submit completely, and trust me, it's not a good… — Arjun Kapoor Copy Share Image
Sometimes I take a movie that I know is not great; it's not great on the page, but I need to work.… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
I suppose it is submerged realities that give to dreams their curious air of hyper-reality. But perhaps there is something else as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If in an actor there appears an utter vacancy of meaning, a frigid equality, a stupid languor, a torpid apathy, the greatest… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The best actors in the world are the actors who don't keep the walls up all the time and allow themselves the… — Mick Garris Copy Share Image
I always call myself the luckiest actor in the world because I made a living solely as a performer from the time… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
I do understand sometimes when actors say there's no one to talk to, or you can't react to, there's truth in that,… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
Now that I've established myself in a drama, I'm plugging away, trying to get the attention of people who do the independent… — Shemar Moore Copy Share Image
I wasn't one of those people who went to see a play and said, 'I want to be an actor.' I fell… — Henry Czerny Copy Share Image
As actors, we are always playing other characters. It's so exhausting and time consuming to figure them out, so when you get… — Alia Bhatt Copy Share Image
I put it forth as a challenge to the industry to continue thinking of actors, regardless of sexuality, with open eyes and… — Dan Amboyer Copy Share Image
Any actor would love to just pick up a script and be like, 'I can connect to this person, and I can… — Percelle Ascott Copy Share Image
There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson. — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
I like to change characters and then, slowly I believe the audience treat me as, like an actor who can fight. It's… — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
With the other fellow actors who have gone astray, I think it's sad that society wants to label the business as doing… — Tina Yothers Copy Share Image
I was never ambitious to be a good actor. I just love doing it and I seem to be quite suited for… — Katherine Helmond Copy Share Image
The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am. — Bebe Neuwirth Copy Share Image
I do not understand those who spend hours at the theater watching scenes between people whom they would not listen to for… — Natalie Clifford Barney Copy Share Image
“Nature, it her most dazzling aspects or stupendous parts, is but the background and theatre of the tragedy of man” — John Morley Copy Share Image
The lens is the actor's best critic... showing his mind more clearly than on the stage. You can get wonderful cooperation out… — Sydney Greenstreet Copy Share Image
The subjective actress thinks of clothes only as they apply to her; the objective actress thinks of them only as they affect… — Edith Head Copy Share Image
I'm one of those actors who is going to come in with 2,500 ideas. You can shoot down 2,499, but one of… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
When you're a working actor and you're happy to be one, you can't focus all your energy on acting because you will… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
The first night you walk down to a comedy club, at least for me, I had my voice, and then I went… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
