I learned that the acting I really like is when the actors did a lot of bringing themselves, and where they're at… — Jordan Gavaris 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
“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
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
“They are, from this period, to be considered as Actors on a most conspicuous Theatre, which seems to be peculiarly designated by… — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
I really always wanted to be an actor, I guess, but I did enjoy being a disc jockey here in Los Angeles. — Bob Crane Copy Share Image
I was painfully shy, so my aunt suggested to my mum that me and my brother go to Stage 84, a performing… — Christian Cooke Copy Share Image
I saw several actresses play the part. I did not in fact, as far as I know, do anything that any of… — Polly Bergen Copy Share Image
Talent is an amalgam of high sensitivity; easy vulnerability; high sensory equipment (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting intensely); a vivid imagination as… — Uta Hagen Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, when you're working in film, it's this huge machine, and you've got to get everyone right there, so you get kind… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
In life, you're supposed to get wiser, so as an actor, even just through your own life experiences, you're already richer as… — Elaine Cassidy Copy Share Image
It sometimes feels like everything happenin around you is already decided. It feels like every moment was predetermined and there are actors… — Sreyesh Copy Share Image
I was always going to act, literally ever since I was tiny. In fact, I have Doctor Who to thank for that.… — David Tennant Copy Share Image
In America, they often don't know where I am from. The important point is the audience should not be able see through… — Sarita Choudhury Copy Share Image
The American actor is much more used to being physically relaxed and using their bodies better, and English actors are a little… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
When an actor decides to play a character, he must exude some sort of charisma and look relatable, even if he is… — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
“...the seaside life and the life of travel made me realise that the theatre of the world is stocked with fewer settings… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor in classics like Shaw and Shakespeare and Chekov and Ibsen. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
Part of an actor's job is to find correlations between your own life and the life of the person you are playing. — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
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
An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as… — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing. — John Mayer Copy Share Image
Young actors are serious about their work and don't take any time out from it. I'm very serious about my work; there… — Miranda Otto Copy Share Image
I grew up in the theater, my mother is an actress, I was always around the world of acting and theater. — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
The last thing I want in my life is drama. I've done a pretty good job at keeping my distance so far,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Really I'm just an actor. The only difference between me and those cats in Hollywood is that I write my own script. — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
When I go onstage and I play or I'm out meeting a lot of people, I've got to get my stuff together.… — Ryan Bingham Copy Share Image
Everybody, and that includes an actor, wants to go to work everyday. That said, it's better to sit at home than do… — Akshaye Khanna Copy Share Image
Television can be a little tricky in terms of finding roles that feel fully flushed out, which is why I love being… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
I went to an acting class for 3 years. But then I figured out that, since there were already 26,000 actors in… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
I love New York City. The energy, the theatre, the art, the food, the people, the parks and streets. But I could… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
I can imagine Dad joking about how hard it'd be to get an actor to give back when it's hard enough to… — Zelda Williams Copy Share Image
If I had had to struggle at the beginning like most actors... I'd never have stuck it out. But having such complete… — Harry Morgan Copy Share Image
A play for me never really takes on an aspect of reality until it has left the dryair of the study and… — Moss Hart Copy Share Image
In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels. — Lasse Hallstrom Copy Share Image
I had to decide if I wanted to be a singer or an actor. I was always singing. I thought if I… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor. — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
