Even if you have a gift, it's nearly impossible to become a good actor in just a few weeks of training. — Signe Baumane Copy Share Image
In those days I was mortified, because I was a serious actor in my own mind, and then all of a sudden… — Harry Hamlin Copy Share Image
The only way for me to give a good performance is to make myself extremely uncomfortable - and it just so happens… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
Till the age of 40, actors are pleasing others, but after that is the time to command characters and ask for what… — Rajpal Yadav Copy Share Image
I write short stories and I write things here and there. I think as an actor, it's really important to at least… — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
I never once dreamed of sort of being able to be in an American TV series, you know? It was all about… — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
The ability to absorb a book and make someone else's words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on… — Alan King Copy Share Image
Actors don't listen to each other. You're so obsessed with what you're saying or doing that the other person could be talking… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
I think I created my particular stage persona out of my dad's life. And perhaps I even built it to suit him… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I find theatre easier than films, because it gives you an environment of a dark hall, the audience concentrating with you... whereas,… — Randeep Hooda Copy Share Image
I like comedy, but I like comedy as a device in drama. It's more interesting for me to use comedy to seduce… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
One of the strangest experiences one can have is to sleep on stage, as I once did in Sydney when I'd lost… — Barry Humphries Copy Share Image
I have played some wonderful leading roles on stage and had the whole 'China Beach' years where I really played a leading… — Robert Picardo Copy Share Image
Identifying Israel with Jewry obscures the existence of the small but important post-Zionist movement in Israel, including the philosophers Adi Ophir and… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
When I create and write for TV, I build universes that will have arcs lasting seasons, whereas theatre allows me to explore… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
I met a wonderful girl and decided to get married. And when I married, being an actor I did not think I… — Rahul Roy Copy Share Image
There's a nimble quality to the way a television actor can work. When that muscle gets strong it's a very valuable thing. — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
An actor alone is a bit naked. Like when you do something in front of your mirror, you're usually really bad, because… — Clemence Poesy Copy Share Image
I majored in art history. But I took theater classes, and every semester I was in college productions. — Lucy DeVito Copy Share Image
I've been seeing a lot of theatre in New York, and I am sort of terribly jealous of everyone on stage but… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
Pictures are much harder to do than the theater... You're at the mercy of the camera angles and the piecemeal technique. — Sydney Greenstreet Copy Share Image
There's just so much experience that comes with being on set and working with good actors, and having bad days and good… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
I live in Minnesota. Lots of people assume that if you want to be an actor, you have to live in Hollywood,… — Chris Massoglia Copy Share Image
The drama is the looking-glass in which we see the hideousness of vice and the beauties of virtue. — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
Doing the big budget films really makes you appreciate doing movies like Shelter. It's because this is like doing theater, you just… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
The theater I got to do informs every move I make as an actor and will for the rest of my life.… — Jim Parsons Copy Share Image
You hear stories of intense actors who can't shed their character and who don't know who they are for a week or… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
I was in a movie called 'Flirting With Disaster' with Ben Stiller. I realized that I am really not a good actor… — Beth Ostrosky Stern Copy Share Image
Being an actor, in my case, any failure or success is extremely visible to a whole nation of movie-watchers. — Akshaye Khanna Copy Share Image
My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do.… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's… — T. R. Knight Copy Share Image
The most amazing thing you can ask for as an actor from a director is that you're being seen, that the choices… — Bertie Carvel Copy Share Image
I plan on having the credibility and integrity of being a part of an entertainment news program like 'E!,' in addition to… — Terrence J Copy Share Image
I feel much more comfortable as a writer than an actor. I feel like I am a much better writer than I… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
An actor doesn't change thought, theme, or mood unless the character does, and the character only does it within the words of… — Jason Robards Copy Share Image
“They were all employed full time as actors in a play they understood, that any human being anywhere could understand and applaud.”… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I never know what to call the subjects in my pictures because I'm uncomfortable with the word actor. I think maybe subjects… — Gregory Crewdson Copy Share Image
I love working with younger actors because they always come into the game full of energy and ideas that challenge me and… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
If you bring in actors right when you're breaking story, it has a 'too many cooks in the kitchen' effect. — Jes Macallan Copy Share Image
I was probably singing before I could talk. Musical theater is my passion. If I could afford it, I would just do… — Bethany Joy Lenz Copy Share Image
