The actor always must be in the scene, not above the scene. To communicate any larger ideas is my problem; it's how… — James Gray Copy Share Image
The Actors Studio continues to open its doors to any artist in search for growth. I would especially like to see more… — Teresa Ruiz Copy Share Image
I made the decision to go on stage after my father died. And he would have wanted me to. But I won't… — Les Dennis Copy Share Image
There's certain tools in an actor's toolbox that you use and one is personal experience. Another is imagination. — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
Being an actor in movies is a lot about the power of your imagination and making the circumstance real to you so… — Joel Kinnaman Copy Share Image
I grew up doing theater. I came to New York and studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner. I was this… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
I come from a theatre group called Drama Tech in Delhi. When its founder Mr. Chopra called me and appreciated my work,… — Aparshakti Khurana Copy Share Image
An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me… — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
I just love doing broader work - I always get asked to do fairly heavy-duty, intense dramas and interesting, psychologically intense characters.… — Julian Sands Copy Share Image
I think the idea now of being a performer in this era of social media saturation means that you have to be… — Robbie Rist Copy Share Image
No one is banging my door down to be a superhero. I don't know how good I would be. I have low… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
For movies, you need to come up with a movie that is only possible to screen in the theater, which legitimizes the… — Fedor Bondarchuk Copy Share Image
When an actor gets a role, especially in series television where he really is the part, the audience never thinks of another… — Robert Picardo Copy Share Image
I think that actors are terrible communicators as people by and large. I think our tendency is to kind of be self-centered… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
I have this sensation of being in flight all the time, but being on stage is like creating a sanctuary in which… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
Television can become a bit of a treadmill for directors. You come in, nobody knows you, the actors are already doing what… — Michael J. Bassett Copy Share Image
We don't really have a movie industry; we have a trailer industry. The movie guys make five minutes worth of stuff to… — Jessica Zafra Copy Share Image
I'd always gone to the theater as a child every month to see whatever was on. I think that's where the passion… — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
“The theatre of the world is stocked with fewer settings than actors, and with fewer actors than situations.” — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art because it was the only drama school the social worker had ever heard… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
When I saw Spencer Tracy in 'The Old Man and the Sea,' I realised the distinction between being an actor and a… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
I never imagined myself as an actor who would be in films. I always only thought of myself being in a play… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
It's like having children. You give birth, but then they take on a life of their own. That's what actors do for… — Kelly Masterson Copy Share Image
There is no racial or religious prejudice among people in the theater. The only prejudice is against bad actors, especially successful ones. — Helen Hayes Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're listening to the other person and always trying to be present and take everything they're giving you, but… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
You act with your soul. That's why you all want to be actors, because your souls are not used up by life. — Stella Adler Copy Share Image
I've always paid a lot of attention to the way that different kinds of media affect how we see the world, probably… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
An actor can never plan. You never know what can work in your favour or not and then maybe the whole dynamics… — Gautam Rode Copy Share Image
I think that all actors just want to continue acting, so if you get the opportunity to go out and do something… — Erica Durance Copy Share Image
A worldly actor is a better actor. It sounds pretentious, but I think having these experiences can translate back into your work. — Nick Robinson Copy Share Image
I do not care to be esthetically tickled in a fancy theater surrounded by an audience drenched in the confident perfume of… — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
I think when you're an actor and you're drawing on your emotions all the time, you need to be quite steady. — Kelly Reilly Copy Share Image
It's interesting - years ago, I had such bad stage fright during musical theater auditions that I just gave up. And now… — Tom Lenk Copy Share Image
And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts. — James Broughton Copy Share Image
I can't really attribute my success onscreen to any formula and suggest you "do this or that" to make it as an… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
Some actors merely have to appear before the camera and they are able to convey exactly what the director wants. — Sharat Saxena Copy Share Image
I didn't know if I could be funny on stage or write a joke. But I saw that there are no rules.… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
I teach theatre in Mumbai and at the National School of Drama, as I want to remain connected with it. — Himani Shivpuri Copy Share Image
You write some material, go up on stage and try it out; go back home and throw it in the trash can.… — Felipe Esparza Copy Share Image
I always find with dramas that the more that's left to the imagination of the audience, the better. — Jodie Comer Copy Share Image
