I had grown up working in a video store, and I'd grown up more with film than I had with theater, so… — Timothy Simons Copy Share Image
Going out on a stage publicly and not knowing how people are going to react to you - once I experienced that,… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
Experience tells us that whereas that degree of recognition can happen for one or two actors, for the vast majority it doesn't,… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
Whenever I start an acting job and talk to my fellow actors, and I tell them I am from Nottingham, they guess… — Lucy Carless Copy Share Image
I feel more comfortable in drama. Comedy is a high-wire act. I find it stressful. It's a precision science in a way. — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
A lot of actors are like, 'Why do I do this? My character wouldn't do this? This doesn't make sense.' And in… — Kathryn Hahn Copy Share Image
As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged. — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I like to think of performance-wear just like theater: we're making a character come to life each night. — Doechii Copy Share Image
You really can't explain how you do the things you do. I can't, anyway. I love certain actors, but sometimes they say… — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
It's based not only on what it played like in the theater, but it's also knowing that certain things play differently in… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
My idea of an actor is to be different persons with different roles. Every time a script interests me, I look for… — Vidya Balan Copy Share Image
I studied cinema at the university so I had a very classical approach to it. I studied all those silent films, and… — Gaspard Ulliel Copy Share Image
I don't think I have reached that stage where I can evaluate my career. I still have a long way to go.… — Nivin Pauly Copy Share Image
I've been acting since I was 8 - I used to play hockey and there was a kids' theatre down the street… — Nico Tortorella Copy Share Image
You've got to remember that improvisers are writers and actors and directors all simultaneously. That's what's happening in real time because you're… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Once I went to film school, I realized that film directing was actually much better than theater directing, because you kind of… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
Every single time I step on stage or on screen, I am contributing to a culture in which there's a dearth of… — Rege-Jean Page Copy Share Image
Craig Nelson who is an actor and is in a show called Coach in the United States. We began to do some… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
I always loved theater, growing up, and I was always like, 'Wow, it would be so fun to be an actor.' But… — Nicole Maines Copy Share Image
Today we find many actors, they are Latin, they are Hispanic, they are living in the Unites States, they are American, but… — Sonia Braga Copy Share Image
Drama began as the act of a whole community. Ideally, there would be no speculators. In practice, every member of the audience… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
You're always looking to have a unique experience as an actor, and definitely, being punched by a puppet ranks as a singular… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
I think when I started out, when I was very young, I wanted to be an actor and do the great epic… — Anita Dobson Copy Share Image
The greatest gift that an actor can have is good scripts because then you're relieved of the responsibility of trying to elevate… — Holt McCallany Copy Share Image
I've done loads of things people have never seen - dramas on BBC4 and plays upstairs at the Royal Court and the… — Rafe Spall Copy Share Image
My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor.… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
It's difficult working with very rich actors, because inevitably they become a little spoilt, and the managers and agents tend to control… — Mike Figgis Copy Share Image
Of course, I love chats with various actors about the process and how they do it. To me, if it's not on… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
The worst thing to happen to Lincoln - aside from the unfortunate incident at Ford's theatre - was to fall into the… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Why do we have to pretend we're not in the sales game? I didn't sign on to be a salesman. I signed… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
What I love about working on 'Younger' is that it combines some of my favorite elements of both theatre and film. — Dan Amboyer Copy Share Image
The nice thing about animation, you don't even really have to account for yourself. All of the physical stuff that you work… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
I like a certain style of show, I like a certain pace, I like a rhythm, I like a lot of comedy… — Amy Sherman-Palladino Copy Share Image
The combination of popcorn, soda, and melted chocolate which covers the floors of movie theaters. — Rich Hall Copy Share Image
I am an actor first and foremost. Even without my involvement in politics, I was staying away from sub-standard work. — Paresh Rawal Copy Share Image
I'm like everyone else, on the stage it's good. Not too much fun in the hotel or the airplane or the bus,… — Ringo Starr Copy Share Image
At school, I was the classroom clown - I was always being thrown out for being naughty. Before I left, a teacher… — David Harewood Copy Share Image
It is possible to work out of New York on film and television and still not lose your connection to theater. — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
Actors tend to get better with age. You start cutting away the useless stuff and achieving a point of effortlessness and simplicity,… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
My career after 'Life Unexpected' took a really big dip, and I realized you have no control as an actor over the… — Shiri Appleby Copy Share Image
