I've always worked with a team of actors and filmmakers ever since I was a kid in Michigan making Super-8 movies. — Sam Raimi Copy Share Image
Watching live actors onstage, in something that changes night by night, real people picking up cues from each other, it concentrates you… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
As an actor, it doesn't happen often that somebody sends you a script that is first of all that good. — Patrick Huard Copy Share Image
I'd love to perform with other actors and act with actors, true actors. I would like to be in a movie and… — Xavier Dolan Copy Share Image
In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors. — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ it to say: 'This moral truth can… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
In movies, you can basically buy the audience into the theater. If you spend enough money on visual effects, even if you… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
My whole game plan was to direct movies. I knew if I made a reputation in theater, I would get offers. — Michael Schultz Copy Share Image
There's a method to the madness in filmmaking, where everything's very specifically laid out, the shots and what they need - but… — Alexandra Daddario Copy Share Image
I think all actors, when they're not working, say, 'If I can get to this point where I'm working on a consistent… — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
I think there's an initial shedding of the skin of a character when you've played them for so long, almost like a… — Milo Ventimiglia Copy Share Image
People often say to me - how clever you are! How brilliant to be able to go from ballet to theatre as… — Robert Helpmann Copy Share Image
I'm not a movie guy. I don't know all this stuff that comes with celebrity. I don't know who the actors will… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Honestly, I think we in the WWE are very underrated as performers. What we do would be very difficult for even an… — Kane Copy Share Image
But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the… — Eric Stoltz Copy Share Image
I wound up getting my degree in sports medicine and nutrition because I wanted to work in the medical field. But I… — Derek Theler Copy Share Image
It's really a great luxury to have, to be able to go from big films to indie films, too. Because I'm on… — Dave Bautista Copy Share Image
Yes it was chaos, working through chaos, you never quite knew what you were going to do each day, but you knew… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama,… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
Every actor wants to show a good and deep range, so you look at all the elements here, and you make a… — Barry Keoghan Copy Share Image
If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and… — John Eaton Copy Share Image
I completely agree when there are actors who say, "Actors should stay out of politics. We're not politicians." — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
I don't like to do burnt material on stage. Even though my crowd loves to hear me do old stuff, I don't… — Ron White Copy Share Image
When you act with phenomenal actors, it makes your job much easier because all you have to do is react. — Nelsan Ellis Copy Share Image
Here's the thing about drama: once you stop caring what people say,it will all go away.It's that easy. — Abhishek Tiwari Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be a comedian. I wanted to be an actor - maybe a comic actor, but a real actor… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
It takes me some time to get into what I am doing - since I am not a trained actor, I don't… — Dimple Kapadia Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a rock star, not an actor. It means I can do what I… — Iwan Rheon Copy Share Image
Theatre was my first love. I can't take the theatre out of me. And I wouldn't want to. To me, it's home. — Jim Parsons Copy Share Image
When people leave the theatre, they should remember a line, a character, a sequence or emotion. With entertainment, I want to give… — Suriya Copy Share Image
The actor must use his imagination to be able to answer all questions (when, where, why, how). Make the make-believer existence more… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
I'd quite like to do a film but I'd also love to do more theatre. I want to keep challenging myself with… — Ruth Wilson Copy Share Image
If I'm watching a heavy drama and there's no moment of people laughing, I always think that's not realistic. — Brett Goldstein Copy Share Image
I guess the reason I wanted to be an actor was that it felt like it would offer something different all the… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
Normally, if I'm being acknowledged it is for something in front of the camera. This puts the spotlight on the fact that… — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
“I want to move to Hollywood and audition for parts just so I can say, “I’m not an actor. I just play… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I've really grown to love film, but I think occasionally you need to get up on a stage and see what's going… — Justin Kirk Copy Share Image
Actors have an unusual perspective on clothing. You've really got to know the impact of what you're wearing on the character you're… — Kyle MacLachlan Copy Share Image
If I was going to be broke I decided I might as well be with actors as anyone else. They were cheerful… — Peter Finch Copy Share Image
When I left Maine, I always wanted to be a working actor. I never cared too much about being the star. I… — Patrick Dempsey Copy Share Image
