Film is something that came later into my life. I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as… — Michael Moriarty Copy Share Image
In the theatre, if you say 'Macbeth', all the actors will start looking very anxious. I'm so well-trained not to say it… — Anna Chancellor Copy Share Image
I was appalled at the amount of study necessary in order to qualify in medicine, and gradually my desire was blunted by… — Conrad Veidt Copy Share Image
As an actor you feel constant pressure as you are watched continuously... you have to be presentable and good in every area. — Prachi Desai Copy Share Image
As actors, we are so privileged to do what we do and to give to the world and to choose the subject… — Juliette Binoche Copy Share Image
I always say writing is like dreaming, shooting is like living, and editing is like murder, because you take all these gifts… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
When you're doing the same scene over and over, all day long, you need to keep your levels up for your own… — Iwan Rheon Copy Share Image
The kind of acting that's wholly literary or cerebral is wrong. It's useless for me to have actors so much in their… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
I had to leave school at 14 because my father got injured in the mines and I had to support my family.… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
I would like to be able to be both a film actor and a stage actor - to be an American actor… — John Glover Copy Share Image
Im now projecting my career in a totally different direction. I am going to work less-way less. And I want to work… — Antonio Banderas Copy Share Image
I prefer ensemble casts, but with games like 'Resident Evil 6,' where there's just so much dialogue and recording mo-cap, or with… — Matthew Mercer Copy Share Image
Actors want to act; actors want to emote. It's like the emotional equivalent of tearing your shirt off and screaming to the… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
Over the years, quite a few TV producers proposed that I do a program, but I refused. I didn't want to work… — Ron Ben-Israel Copy Share Image
...I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we… — James Caan Copy Share Image
I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been… — James Denton Copy Share Image
I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it. — Vincente Minnelli Copy Share Image
As an actor you can always blame the director or writer for negative feedback. But as a writer, you're the reason why… — Zawe Ashton Copy Share Image
I went to Paris for a year in 1986 to study theatre; there was a lot of clowning around, buffoonery and fencing.… — Orla Brady Copy Share Image
I remember seeing Oliver!' when I was six and having vertigo in the theatre - I experience that even when I go… — Jonathan Bailey Copy Share Image
That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it. — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
On stage you can get away with a lot more in the sense of emotion and truthfulness. But the camera is the… — Cindy Busby Copy Share Image
I'm very used to stages and dressing rooms. And dare I say it, much as I like being at home, I love… — Jay Kay Copy Share Image
I think the young actor who really wants to act will find a way ... to keep at it and seize every… — John Gielgud Copy Share Image
Actors are divas, and we all make too much noise and complain too much, so if you don't do that, it makes… — Doug Jones Copy Share Image
Actors need steely determination. It's a tough profession with plenty of knocks along the way. You have to be very determined and… — Naomie Harris Copy Share Image
I love performing in a good straight play as well and I'm a crossover actor, I crossover from plays to musicals, musicals… — Erica Schroeder Copy Share Image
I did theater at Spelman until I graduated from there, and I got to work with such luminous actresses as Diana Sands… — LaTanya Richardson Copy Share Image
My PAST is just a MEMORY , my FUTURE will be a HISTORY . I'm the DIRECTOR and the ACTOR in my… — Baby_anonymous Copy Share Image
I immerse myself right into my character whether or not I'm relating to people live as an actor on stage or whatever. — Peter Cullen Copy Share Image
I had a feeling about Shakespeare's soliloquies, that there should be a real exchange between the actor and the audience. — Trevor Nunn Copy Share Image
I fell into the theatre because I felt I was doing it well, and I stuck to it for the same reason. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in… — Beau Bridges Copy Share Image
I've sort of left the theater just for little shoots here and there - little one-off series or small roles in films… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
One of the things I've always enjoyed is moving around and staying fit. Physicality is such a big part of being an… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
A very quick way to annoy me as an actor is a director trying to tell me what my character's thinking. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Every actor prepares a scene in their own way. For me, it's about understanding the scenario, the room I'm going to be… — Manisha Koirala Copy Share Image
