I've been really terrible in a lot of things because I learned by making mistakes. That makes you a different kind of… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
It's great to do small plays in the theatre and then go off with Blur and play in front of thousands of… — Phil Daniels Copy Share Image
I'm not a great actor in the sense that I can't fake it if I'm going through something difficult. — Eric Lange Copy Share Image
I'm very serious about becoming a dramatic actor. I don't want to play cameo parts walking on as Carl Lewis the athlete.… — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
It does not mean that in the process of a small screen, I do small acting, or if I do a big… — Kay Kay Menon Copy Share Image
That's what I really focused on in school - straight drama - and I would love to get an opportunity to do… — Ethan Slater Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, you realize that places have character based on their history as much as a face does or an actor… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I'm a total one-hour drama addict. I think when you're a comedian, you tend towards dramas because that's the less stressful thing… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
I don't come to work as an actor. There are many directors who can direct without ever having acted and do a… — Abdellatif Kechiche Copy Share Image
I don't want to be involved with an actor because I know how they are. I've had problems in the past being… — Kaley Cuoco Copy Share Image
Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and dancing around as a kid, ... That's… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
An effective lighting design is like a beautiful painting. Your medium is bringing someone to an emotional state he or she would… — Glenn Cunningham Copy Share Image
Ideally I'd like to be working steadily as an actor: movies, a TV series, that sort of thing. I've been through a… — Russell Peters Copy Share Image
It's great to have people to bounce off and I love working with people my age. I think young actors have such… — Kaya Scodelario Copy Share Image
I wanted to be in a costume drama. Yes, I like them. I enjoy the leap of imagination and the richer-than-modern-language they… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
Moved to New York, I started working with my manager who is mostly L.A.-based and she's mostly film and television, so I… — Myha'la Copy Share Image
Whether it's Shakespeare or Moliere, irony is a key component in the construction of theatre. A script would be pretty bad if… — Jiang Wen Copy Share Image
As an actor, I usually try and keep my motivation within the context of what the character is going through. — Hayden Christensen Copy Share Image
I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point. — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
In my ideal world there would be 99% unemployment for actors, and I would be the 1% that's employed. I hear about… — Hamish Linklater Copy Share Image
I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
Being a Filipino actor in Hollywood, the most frustrating part of landing roles in Hollywood is definitely the limited roles available and… — Dante Basco Copy Share Image
If I go on stage and I think I look cool and I think I'm playing well, that's what it's all about,… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
Less so here, I’ve noticed. I can see why there’s a misconception that it’s easier when your parents are actors, but it… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
When an actor is offered a role, more often than not - maybe 90 percent of the time - you read it… — Richard Kind Copy Share Image
Actors are different. Some actors play themselves very successfully, but I come from the theater. Having done Shakespeare, we sometimes did three… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor as a kid. My teacher in second grade had called a talent agency and had them… — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
We have a particular philosophy in the casting room that we don't really tell the actors - the actors tell us. — Craig Zadan Copy Share Image
I was always enamored with TV shows and movies. But you didn't grow up in my town and turn into an actor. — Scott Wolf Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself specifically political, you know? I think of working as an actor as being a human thing. The concerns… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
There are certain expectations that are put on you as a child actor, but mainly it's just turn up and say your… — Naomie Harris Copy Share Image
Good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like an affair… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
Live stage is being made as you go along. You feel the energy. There's nothing like a live audience. — Ben Vereen Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to convince myself there's something important about what I do. But some peoples' lives are really altered by a… — Jennifer Damiano Copy Share Image
Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre… — John Milton Copy Share Image
I ended up doing a lot of prank shows in my life or prank theater, but I always got fairly nervous about… — Matt Walsh Copy Share Image
I love drama. Drama is, like, my thing. I want a movie that will move something inside me, that's going to shift… — Kate del Castillo Copy Share Image
After you've seen behind the facade of a stage set you can't take the play seriously any more. You can't go backwards… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
I knew what it was to be uncomfortable in a movie theater watching unfolding on the screen images of myself - not… — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
