I mean, I always think when you're an actor you have to be the guy running into the burning building rather than… — Dylan McDermott Copy Share Image
“And in this role (the Stage Manager) I could speak from my heart, you know!…provided I can memorize the lines.” — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
As a young Maori actor, I don't want to be seen as a child star; I want to be seen as a… — Julian Dennison Copy Share Image
Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in… — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
That's the beauty of student comedy: you can get all your grotesque, rubbish little ideas on stage. By the time you've left… — Jamie Demetriou Copy Share Image
So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the… — George Jean Nathan Copy Share Image
“The theatre is an attack on mankind carried on by magic: to victimize an audience every night, to make them laugh and… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
Theatre is, at its roots, some very brave people mutually consenting to a make believe world, with nothing but language to rest… — Sarah Ruhl Copy Share Image
It's nice to know that if you've worked really hard at something, it gets recognised with a tick in the success column… — Brendan Fraser Copy Share Image
I'll always be an actor first. I grew up doing musical theater, so music and acting, to me, have always gone hand… — Jon Huertas Copy Share Image
The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he… — Nancy Allen Copy Share Image
I design for the movie and the character as well as the person wearing the costume. I show the ideas to the… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
I'm certainly not your typical front-man material. Some people love being on stage and really open up, and I'm sort of the… — Dan Auerbach Copy Share Image
It might be odd for people to hear this, but honestly, you know, when you're on stage, I don't think people realize… — Will Chase Copy Share Image
Every character lives in ever actor and if you're doing your job right, you're just accessing that part of your fantasy life.… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
Creating my own roles, as an actor, is great. You're so at the mercy of other people, and you're waiting for a… — Catherine Bell Copy Share Image
The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor. — Tom Courtenay Copy Share Image
I have boxes full of stuff. Most actors do have a trunk full of stuff, paintings or scripts. It never comes to… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience. I played a character on Oz and people still approach me… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
Growing up in Malaysia and England, there wasn't an obvious route into the comics world, so my creative energy went into theatre… — Arvind Ethan David Copy Share Image
“the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet.” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
People say they don't see it but when I was little in junior college, I was a drama queen. I just demanded… — Cordarrelle Patterson Copy Share Image
In high school, I would classify myself as a theatre nerd. Always studying, reading and attending plays! — Meaghan Jette Martin Copy Share Image
I love working with actors who will just go, 'Oh O.K., let's try it and see where it goes,' and 'Let's see… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
With supporting roles, you just want really good actors that can make it bigger than what's there. — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
I have to say, speaking from experience, just because an actor starts out in a role in the workshop, they won't necessarily… — Megan Hilty Copy Share Image
When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave. — Vincent D'Onofrio Copy Share Image
I'm a practical actor and work keeps me occupied. It takes care of my bills, so there are many reasons for which… — Arbaaz Khan Copy Share Image
The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film. — Nawazuddin Siddiqui Copy Share Image
Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention. — Sam Kinison Copy Share Image
My mom was a great influence on my life. A real encourager in terms of acting because she was an avid reader… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I was doing musical theatre 'til I was, like, 17, and then I started realising I could use my voice in a… — Anne-Marie Copy Share Image
The best conversation with Stanley Kubrick is a silent one: you sit in a theatre and watch his films and you learn… — Peter Weir Copy Share Image
It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit and listen and think about life. It can be almost… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
A lot of shows are more script-driven, like a prose script. As an actor, you never see a storyboard. — Tom Kenny Copy Share Image
Oh yes. I'm an actor, so I just learn my lines, and show up and do it. I gave it a little… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I can't think of a better bonding experience than to be able to sit on stage and to watch your fellow performers… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
I like to think of myself as a fairly educated human being, but I'm a very uneducated actor when it comes to… — Shailene Woodley Copy Share Image
Once you've been booked, people in Hollywood say, 'Oh he must be good.' All the while you're the same actor. — Joel McHale Copy Share Image
The theatre, for all its artifices, depicts life in a sense more truly than history, because the medium has a kindred movement… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
