Being an actor is a religious calling because you've been given the ability, the gift to inspire humanity. Think about that on… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share Image
I actually grew up seeing a lot of classical theater - a lot of Shakespeare - but I have such a passion… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
I let my youth be led by this want to be an actor, for good and bad. Regardless of whether your parents… — Naomi Ackie Copy Share Image
You'd need to polish your skills as you only get one chance. In cinema, retakes are possible but in theatre, there are… — Asrani Copy Share Image
I've taken [acting] class with Larry Moss, who's more kind of in the theater world, so he's really educated me about playwrights. — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
My mum put me in drama classes when I was about 14. I'd been going on about it for some time, so… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
I think the only thing I've got going for me as an actor specifically is the fact that I can change. — Rufus Sewell Copy Share Image
I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again. — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Sometimes you go into a film and you have no time to prepare and have to compress the details into a few… — Sally Hawkins Copy Share Image
What character actors want to do is investigate new types of people and present them in all their idiosyncrasies, psychological complexities, and… — Timothy Spall Copy Share Image
In Hollywood, you tend to get pigeonholed to certain genres, and then when you try to do something different, it's not always… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
Film is mostly a visual medium, and so the director has much more control in terms of painting pictures and painting a… — David Lindsay-Abaire Copy Share Image
After I graduated college, I moved to L.A. I started working for the Garry Marshall Theatre in Toluca Lake and did theater… — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
I have been fully involved in designing my stage shows; it's important to me to do something really unique and almost off-the-wall… — Afrojack Copy Share Image
You can write ten versions of a scene, and then, on the day, discover that something in the original scene worked. It's… — Bennett Miller Copy Share Image
In movies, you have a production assistant carrying your chair around and getting you coffee. In theater, no one carries your chair,… — Rosie Perez Copy Share Image
“If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Cricket is first and foremost a dramatic spectacle. It belongs with theatre, ballet, opera and the dance. — C. L. R. James Copy Share Image
In Sweden, stardom is looked upon as phony. You walk to the theater every day like everybody else. — Lena Olin Copy Share Image
Uncle Junior is a criminal, which makes him a villain, so it makes people want to watch him. My whole life as… — Dominic Chianese Copy Share Image
I'd never done any film or television. Well, I'd done one little stupid commercial in Boston when I was doing theater, but… — David Morse Copy Share Image
I love theater, I love live. I just love the whole thing, the live audience. There. Breathing. Being into the show. You… — Leslie Uggams Copy Share Image
Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all. — Imelda Staunton Copy Share Image
I've been lucky enough to do theatre, film, and television for a career. Unless I get offered a job as an astronaut,… — Dexter Fletcher Copy Share Image
You get to a stage where you replay every scenario in your head, but you have to stop; otherwise, you drive yourself… — Millie Bright Copy Share Image
Whether you want to be a good actor or singer, you need to be responsible and professional - and you have to… — Lee Min-ho Copy Share Image
Akshay sir is truly a producer's actor and it has been a privilege to work with him. He is constantly thinking about… — Jackky Bhagnani Copy Share Image
I like going into a school matinee. I like to be behind the stage because there's a spy-hole and what you see… — Susan Hill Copy Share Image
Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
Walter Matthau made all the big money and he was wonderful as Oscar Madison on the stage. You couldn't beat him. I… — Jack Klugman Copy Share Image
I did theater for fun, and I didn't really think it was anything serious. I met a lot of kids through it,… — David Lambert Copy Share Image
The cheap drama brings cause and effect, will power and action, once more into relation and gives a man the thrilling conviction… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, I was a very shy and quiet person growing up, so it was just really difficult getting up on a stage.… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
A lot of young actors will do a scene and then run off and look at themselves. I don't believe in that… — Charlotte Rampling Copy Share Image
In England, theater auditions are gentler experiences. You sit down with the director and talk about the play. — Tom Sturridge Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I had ambitions to act and, in 1984, filmed a drama called 'The Price'. I played the daughter… — Susanna Reid Copy Share Image
I am essentially someone who comes from the theatre. I love the theatre. Unfortunately, theatre doesn't pay the bills. Only in theatre… — Kabir Bedi Copy Share Image
Before I ever did a stage concert, I'd done hundreds of living-room concerts, which helped a lot. — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
When I became an actor, it was disappointing to show up on set and be handed a coffee. You know. I'd pick… — David Hewlett Copy Share Image
It's a strange thing we do as actors. I'm walking out the door, and I'll say, 'O.K., honey, I'm off to take… — Teddy Sears Copy Share Image
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