The Actor should make you forget the existence of author and director, and even forget the actor. — Paul Scofield Copy Share Image
I love actors, number one. There's probably nobody that you could name that I don't like, depending on what it is they're… — Mark Hamill Copy Share Image
I think it's easy for directors to stay fresh more than actors, especially once an actor becomes a star. It's hard for… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
There's nothing like the # buzz of live # theater . You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding. — Samantha Barks Copy Share Image
Your chemistry with your co-actors is more important in a comedy. You can't leave it to your performance alone. So many things… — Tabu Copy Share Image
I'm such a loser; I don't really go out. None of my friends are really actors, so in that regard, I still… — Carly Chaikin Copy Share Image
Acting, music, painting... it's very subjective. So what I might think is a great actor, you might think is not a very… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
It's funny how being an actor forces you to do things or go places that you wouldn't ordinarily. — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
I came out to Los Angeles for a couple of meetings in the summer of 2005, and I ended up getting a… — Teddy Sears Copy Share Image
When you're the guy behind the camera, you're aware of the reasons for the compromises or the changes that get made. As… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
I am honestly very intimidated when I meet new people and they expect me to be the onscreen Vir. On stage, I… — Vir Das Copy Share Image
When you're directing, you look around and you think, everything I see is my responsibility. From the catering being on time to… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned all theatre is physical. As Aristotle says, you know, theatre is an act and an action, and… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
“What then is the difference between film and theatre? Or should one not rather ask: what are the differences? Let us be… — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
Family seems so rich and complicated to me. There's meant to be this unfailing biological loyalty and yet at the same time… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
The two things that will defeat a lot of young actors are fear of failure and lack of preparation. With acting, I… — Tom Selleck Copy Share Image
I have a Tony Award now. It hasn't changed too much in the theater world, but it gives me entree for film… — Casey Nicholaw Copy Share Image
For me it would be unhealthy to be a method actor; I'm not mentally stable enough for that - I need to… — Emily Browning Copy Share Image
Doing films as an actor, you spend maybe 40 percent of the year doing your chosen profession. If you are on a… — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
We want to see drama told in a cathartic way, with power, with emotion where you empathize and then you're frightened. All… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I've been a stand-up now for over two decades and I am lucky enough to enjoy the privilege of being able to… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
My nomadic childhood dramatically fed my eventual decision to be an actor, but not in the way you might think — Josh Lucas Copy Share Image
I think actors are brave souls that have to use parts of themselves that I'm just not comfortable doing anymore. — Joe Mantello Copy Share Image
Telly and films has been my thing, not necessarily by choice, and if the right piece of theatre came along, I would… — Darren Boyd Copy Share Image
You have to make entertaining movies. But like a good meal, it's nice to have a little food for thought after you… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
An actor needs something to stabilize his personality, something to nail down what he really is, not what he is currently pretending… — Humphrey Bogart Copy Share Image
I suppose that I'm excited by exciting theater. It takes a risk to show us the world in a new way. — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
I definitely don't see myself as an actor. I don't even have it on my passport. I've got 'writer and electrician' on… — John Gordon Sinclair Copy Share Image
Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself. — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
Every actor strives to be in the moment, and when you're on a horse, you constantly have to communicate with it and… — Alexander Dreymon Copy Share Image
I recall the night that President McKinley died. I was working at the time at a theatre in St. Louis. The oppressive… — Al Jolson Copy Share Image
What's the classical moment that every actor or actress deals with? A tragic thing. They get that blank, faraway look in their… — Skeet Ulrich Copy Share Image
Ideally, for me, the power of appreciation lies in getting better roles and being given more responsibility as an actor. — Jim Sarbh Copy Share Image
When you go onstage, the process of getting you from the dressing room to the stage is all about ego. — Richard Ashcroft Copy Share Image
Everyone fails. Everyone is constantly failing. It is all part of life, and especially this job of being an actor. — Diego Klattenhoff Copy Share Image
What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an… — Charles S. Dutton Copy Share Image
I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that — Imelda Staunton Copy Share Image
There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is… — Laurence Fox Copy Share Image
I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan. — John Carney Copy Share Image
Even when I was doing theater it was more comedic. Don't get me wrong, I love doing the dramatic and heavy stuff,… — Megan Hilty Copy Share Image
