I'd studied theater growing up and loved that, but didn't have many examples of artists around me. — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very small town and didn't realise till later that I had an adventurous side. When I went… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
I look forward to the day when indigenous actors can play Hamlet and Ophelia and not just Othello and Desdemona. — Shari Sebbens Copy Share Image
I have been that actor who's watched peers and thought, 'God, they're doing well. I'll never get there.' — Noma Dumezweni Copy Share Image
I worked hard all these years with my career to finally be on 'Love & Hip Hop' and I never got a… — Erica Mena Copy Share Image
The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
I read about some movie where they did everything on blue screen, and the actors were not even connecting to each other. — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
I will accept anything in the theatre . . . provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does neither, I… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
“Eight people show up. The emcee is warm, friendly, and about as funny as Shoah . I take the stage to the… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
When you go on a stage, before you go on a stage you're really scared and you're really frightened. You don't know… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
“What I know now is that I would be a different person, or at the least a better version of myself, more… — Michael Sokolove Copy Share Image
My first time performing was in the black box theater of my high school's basement as a member of 'Clownaz,' the school's… — Joe Mande Copy Share Image
I just realized that I need to be a director - for two reasons. One, directors were already my heroes at this… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the… — Franka Potente Copy Share Image
I went whole hog at the actor's lifestyle - really embraced it. I had by then known how much I loved acting… — Peter Jurasik Copy Share Image
I dress according to the requirement of the film, as a true actor. Off the camera, I'm just me. I have my… — Vidya Balan Copy Share Image
I haven't really written my plays and books - I've heard them. The stories are there already, singing in your genes and… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
After filming I like to go home and lie down with my daughter and have a glass of wine so I don't… — Izabella Scorupco Copy Share Image
The hardest thing in the world to do is to have someone in a seat in a theater laughing so hard that… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
There are so many stage actors on TV but you wouldn't know they were stage actors. And film and TV actors are… — Matthew Morrison Copy Share Image
I know my talent when it comes to acting. But will I get the opportunity to showcase? That fear seeps in when… — Kartik Aaryan Copy Share Image
I had this alter ego where I would go to the theater with mom. I wasn't embarrassed by it; it was separate… — Jai Courtney Copy Share Image
It's weird talking about projects as an actor because you're so in them. I would prefer to write a paper and deliver… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
No matter how beautiful actors are, it is not easy to look drop-dead gorgeous in every shot in a commercial film. To… — Taapsee Pannu Copy Share Image
If you're a boy, you always want to be in a western; and any actor I know would like to be in… — Timothy Dalton Copy Share Image
I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
As an actor, there was that freedom of not having to worry about lights or marks or other people. It was just… — Jeff Foxworthy Copy Share Image
There are two sides to a coin. My real persona is laidback. But when I get on stage, I am completely different. — KK Copy Share Image
That's the main lesson I've learned from working in the theater: respect the dramaturgy. I don't want to overwhelm everything with music. — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
Are you genuine? Or just an actor? A representative? Or what it is that is represented?In the end, you might merely be… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I think drama and comedy are pretty much all the same, and the issue is whether or not you have a sense… — Valerie Harper Copy Share Image
Acting is a very weird job. But if you know you're an actor, you just have to do it. You can't do… — Vanessa Kirby Copy Share Image
It's so funny because, here in Hollywood, an actor who really is versatile and who has the ability to transform between comedy… — Rocky Carroll Copy Share Image
Acting requires absorption, but not self-absorption and, in the actor's mind, the question must always be 'Why am I doing this?,' not… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are. — Will Smith Copy Share Image
You should always challenge yourself, as an actor, to find the connection between you and the character. — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
I think that I just need to work with great directors and actors, people who are better than me, so that I… — Paul Walker Copy Share Image
I can tell you that from the director's chair, young actors love to be challenged, to be given killer lines that take… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
We studied so much Shakespeare in drama school and I'd like to go back to that. I'd really throw myself into something… — Sophie Cookson Copy Share Image
Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our age; he's like Olivier. He's one of those people who can take… — Sam Taylor-Wood Copy Share Image
