I dont want fame. I dont want that for my life. I want to grow as a person and as an actor… — Leighton Meester Copy Share Image
I think there's a limited amount of planning you can do, at least in the position I'm in. Maybe more successful actors… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
Part of being an actor is almost self-hypnosis during those brief moments when the cameras are rolling. You want to actually believe… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
I've been acting since I was 9, but in college I entered the drama program, and I didn't excel at it at… — Anna Faris Copy Share Image
Whatever I am today is because of my directors. Without their sheer hard work on me, I wouldn't be an actor. — Madhura Naik Copy Share Image
Personally speaking there's only so long you can go from film to film to film. There's an inspiration an actor gets from… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
I think it's sad that movies and television have caused the theatre to fade as a popular art form. I hope to… — Kelly McGillis Copy Share Image
I remember going to the theatre when I was little and the lights going down and just getting really scared about what… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
I see myself touring internationally - everywhere, every theater, every arena - and putting out stand-up comedy specials until I can't even… — Jermaine Fowler Copy Share Image
The worst thing as an actor is when you're not getting opportunities to try and show what you can do; the best… — Domhnall Gleeson Copy Share Image
When I found out about being cast in 'Spider-Man,' it was like this bubble developed around me. I was floating in it… — Andrew Garfield Copy Share Image
Now I'm seen by more people in one episode than I was in 20 years of theatre and movies. It's gratifying to… — William Petersen Copy Share Image
I feel like, in acting classes, you'll get up sometimes; that's just the most vulnerable position you can be in. You're among… — Katie Cassidy Copy Share Image
There were certain young actors I had trained with at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art who had always got the big… — David Warner Copy Share Image
My first professional set was 2014, and it was for a show called 'Bob Servant' for BBC Scotland. I was working in… — Ncuti Gatwa Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have little movies that I've made that I wish would be seen by a larger audience. I have a horror… — Robert Picardo Copy Share Image
I had met a young lady who wanted to be in the theater. It was Judy Holliday. She had somehow fallen down… — Adolph Green Copy Share Image
One of the things I love about theater, one of the reasons I'll never give it up, is that it's fifty percent… — William Petersen Copy Share Image
One of the things that is always hard for actors on set - and it doesn't matter at what stage you're in… — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
Unless we build theater and performing arts, then we're not going to be creating future patrons. We need to make it accessible. — Michael Arden Copy Share Image
I went to drama school in Paris and started doing theatre with a friend. Then I moved into movies and slowly but… — Jean Reno Copy Share Image
I really never had any thought about being a legitimate actor, like a stage performer. I wanted to make movies. I wanted… — Sam Elliott Copy Share Image
Do you know what makes a movie work? Moments. Give the audience half a dozen moments they can remember, and they'll leave… — Rosalind Russell Copy Share Image
When I want to support a film starring actors I like, I purchase several tickets at the box office - even if… — Gayle King Copy Share Image
I think I'm a better collaborator, in seeing the bigger picture and trying to just help that, and not be so self-centered… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
It's like, to me, acting is like a child walking in the park, the better the actor, the greater the playground he… — Logan Lerman Copy Share Image
I don't think an actor should have any particular image, and that's the reason I would not ever take up a similar… — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
When we were in the studio working stuff out, and even when we were on stage, the music was a priority. — Michael Anthony Copy Share Image
There were no theatre facilities at the comp that I went to, but I did have amazing teachers who never stopped encouraging… — Faye Marsay Copy Share Image
I love actors who are wonderful - like John Cusack and Russell Crowe, and wouldn't it be a treat to eventually direct… — Renee O'Connor Copy Share Image
“All the world’s a stage, as they say, and I seem to have the only seat in the house with a view… — William Ritter Copy Share Image
There wasn't really anything I wanted to do other than acting, which is ridiculous because there were no actors in my family,… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
An actor is at his best a kind of unfrocked priest who, for an hour or two, can call on heaven and… — Alec Guinness Copy Share Image
Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people need to be told stories. That's all it… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
Sometimes surprising an actor in a good way like that can actually create a response you're not expecting. — David Nutter Copy Share Image
I was a housepainter and a landscape nursery man, and all these various odd jobs I had, and started doing community theater. — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
When an actor comes completely locked in to what a character should be, that's the hardest thing to undo. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
It was an outdoor Shakespeare theater that I grew up at. That feels like home, and the place I'm always trying to… — Hamish Linklater Copy Share Image
I think no actor should be ever satisfied because there is always something new to do, something fresh to get challenged by. — Amitabh Bachchan Copy Share Image
