I pick out young people and teach them in less time than it would take me to alter the methods of people… — D. W. Griffith Copy Share Image
I love theater. To have the people onstage right there, to be working in concert with other artists, this is a like… — Phylicia Rashad Copy Share Image
While training is important to fine-tune one's skill set, in my case, the exhaustive theatre experience and the grind of rehearsals ensured… — Wamiqa Gabbi Copy Share Image
I hate having to pose for photos. It's just so embarrassing. Everyone is expecting you to know what to do because you're… — Claire Foy Copy Share Image
It was all about doing theater in Chicago, and I still do some out here in Los Angeles. But there's a difference… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
I don't like the individualism of being on stage by myself, so I made the executive decision to let that go and… — Quinta Brunson Copy Share Image
Acting in an epic and a non-fictional film is a big challenge for actors, as they need to research extensively about the… — Tamannaah Copy Share Image
I don't know what another actor is going to give me, on the day, and I don't want to be so hard… — Rose McIver Copy Share Image
I dont know how it is now but the assistant stage manager had to understudy several parts. You had to be ready… — Glenn Ford Copy Share Image
I haven't always wanted to be an actor, no. I wasn't one of the little kids that was desperate to be an… — Gemma Chan Copy Share Image
I've always felt it's the directors purview to say what; it's the actor's purview to say how. It's not good for an… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
In our early youth we sit before the life that lies ahead of us like children sitting before the curtain in a… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I kind of don't believe in actors directing themselves. Obviously some people have done it well, but I don't see how I… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
When I see someone filming me, I don't usually think, 'No, man, don't put this up online!' I'd think, 'Hey man, you… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
One of the things that I'd like to get back to that I did as a younger actor was to work on,… — Thomas Gibson Copy Share Image
The people I idolized I saw once a year on the Tony Awards. I would buy the cassette tapes of the various… — Jesse Tyler Ferguson Copy Share Image
When you're on stage you have a very strange knowledge of what the audience is. It isn't exactly a sound - it's… — Keith Jarrett Copy Share Image
I get grumpy about the innate conservatism of our tastes; I love bold theatre, and I get annoyed when a heritage piece… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
Dramas make me laugh. The other day, I saw 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' and I was giggling the whole time. I… — Nathan Fielder Copy Share Image
I just want character-actor-driven stories and directors that are actors' directors, which is what everyone says. — Sophie Thatcher Copy Share Image
You can't come out of drama school and think, 'It's all going to be amazing.' You have to expect to work in… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
Most of my career has been about standing on a stage performing music to an audience, and once the show is over,… — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
Listening to Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna gave me the confidence I needed to get up on stage and be photographed every night… — Kate Nash Copy Share Image
As an actor, I should justify the role given to me. So, as a villain, my job was to make people hate… — Ranjeet Copy Share Image
AMC has a track record for finding actors who have been working actors but not names yet and casting them. — Mireille Enos Copy Share Image
In the theater, you have to speak so people in the last row of the peanut gallery can hear you. With television,… — Merle Dandridge Copy Share Image
If you want to really deeply touch the viewer or the reader, the theater might be the most powerful way to do… — Ayad Akhtar Copy Share Image
I believe that the story is the most important element of any medium whether it's theater, film, TV. — Chad Lowe Copy Share Image
There will always be a theatrical experience because there will always be cinemas no matter what. It's like there will always be… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
I love working with the actors eye-to-eye. I think something gets lost in translation, not only through a monitor, but when you… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
He's never fought with religion; what is the point of railing against such beauty, such intimate theatre, such chime of eternity? He… — Ian McDonald Copy Share Image
Going out with other actors is never good; actresses are neurotic, and actors are horrendous egotists. — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
Claude Rains was what we call an actor's actor. He was very involved with himself and his performance. — Gloria Stuart Copy Share Image
When I was doing 'Britain's Got Talent,' I really enjoyed it, but I found it very difficult to be in the audience.… — David Hasselhoff Copy Share Image
I don't label films or actors, and labelling means setting boundaries. Why do you want to do that to art? — Vicky Kaushal Copy Share Image
The dance that happens, between actor and director, is a very delicate thing...it's why people tend to work together on many films… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
For me, making films is like being on vacation, it's a nice walk. But theatre is like mountaineering. You never know whether… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image
The unencumbered stage encourages the truth operative in everyone. The less seen, the more heard. The eye is the enemy of the… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Go to the Martin Beck Theatre and watch Katherine Hepburn run the gamut of emotions from A to B. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person. — Jeffrey Dean Morgan Copy Share Image
