All an actor has, I think, is their heart, really,...that's the place you go for your inspiration. If my heart wasn't filled… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Directing is more comfortable for me because, as an actor, there's always something inherently false. Because I'm not that person. — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
The stage is like a cage of light. People are no longer afraid of you - they are the ones out there… — Gerard Depardieu Copy Share Image
No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.' — Gabriel Byrne Copy Share Image
All actors have their own unique path when it comes to the development of their training and careers. — Cynthia Addai-Robinson Copy Share Image
Performing on stage is addictive. The adrenaline rush is exhilarating. When I stop touring for a couple weeks, I get antsy. — Tom Green Copy Share Image
Having talent is like having blue eyes. You don't admire a man for the colour of his eyes. I admire a man… — Anthony Quinn Copy Share Image
Acting gets into your blood, after so many years, and I just always like revisiting it. It's fun to meet new people… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
We are the architect of our lives. Dramas are life's lessons to guide us. As long as we choose to connect with… — L RAE BROWN Copy Share Image
If you know why someone is doing what they're doing, why they're behaving the way they are, then that's your job to… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
“I knew the moment I held you in the theater, that you were the reason for everything. Every single turn my life… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
I worked with creative people who were very demanding of me, and they helped me reach performances that I never could have… — Ricky Schroder Copy Share Image
I was living in London and I thought, 'There's nothing here for me anymore.' I don't want to become this actor who's… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
When the sun sets beautifully, other beauties rise. Nature is a theatre; when one great player leaves the scene, another great player… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I think the biggest advice I would give to any actor who's directing and also acting at the same time is don't… — Paul Wesley Copy Share Image
If you grow up in Britain, you just do Shakespeare. If you go and work in a theater once or twice or… — Timothy Dalton Copy Share Image
“Show me a beautiful man whose heart trembles behind the scene of a theatre, and I shall love him forever.” — Sofía Navarro Copy Share Image
I did musical theatre for about four years. One time, I did six shows in one year whilst juggling school. — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
When someone comes forward and is an individual, such as a Lady Gaga or a Katy Perry, people respond to them because… — Brad Goreski Copy Share Image
I had spent my entire career not wanting to talk about weight, not wanting to deal with it, wanting to be an… — Sara Rue Copy Share Image
I'm a real people person and I'm very sensitive, and I've just noticed how other actors that I've worked with, as an… — Courteney Cox Copy Share Image
Sometimes surprising an actor in a good way like that can actually create a response you're not expecting. — David Nutter Copy Share Image
I was a housepainter and a landscape nursery man, and all these various odd jobs I had, and started doing community theater. — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
When an actor comes completely locked in to what a character should be, that's the hardest thing to undo. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
It was an outdoor Shakespeare theater that I grew up at. That feels like home, and the place I'm always trying to… — Hamish Linklater Copy Share Image
I think no actor should be ever satisfied because there is always something new to do, something fresh to get challenged by. — Amitabh Bachchan Copy Share Image
It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
When you're a young actor, there's this pressure to rush. But I hope to be doing this into my sixties and seventies,… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
Work is good when people are responsible, and in low-budget movies a lot of the actors don't want to be there. They're… — Sean Young Copy Share Image
“The Players are gentlemen,” he’d intoned, “pretending to be actors. The Lambs are actors, pretending to be gentlemen. And the Friars—the Friars… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
I remember going to the theatre when I was little and the lights going down and just getting really scared about what… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
I had met a young lady who wanted to be in the theater. It was Judy Holliday. She had somehow fallen down… — Adolph Green Copy Share Image
Unless we build theater and performing arts, then we're not going to be creating future patrons. We need to make it accessible. — Michael Arden Copy Share Image
One of the things that is always hard for actors on set - and it doesn't matter at what stage you're in… — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
One of the things I love about theater, one of the reasons I'll never give it up, is that it's fifty percent… — William Petersen Copy Share Image
When I want to support a film starring actors I like, I purchase several tickets at the box office - even if… — Gayle King Copy Share Image
Do you know what makes a movie work? Moments. Give the audience half a dozen moments they can remember, and they'll leave… — Rosalind Russell Copy Share Image
I really never had any thought about being a legitimate actor, like a stage performer. I wanted to make movies. I wanted… — Sam Elliott Copy Share Image
I went to drama school in Paris and started doing theatre with a friend. Then I moved into movies and slowly but… — Jean Reno Copy Share Image
