If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
It is probable that television drama of high caliber and produced by first-rate artists will materially raise the level of dramatic taste… — David Sarnoff Copy Share Image
Television theatre, as is implied in its name, should rely on adaptations of scripts written for the theatre. — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
I've never been in jeopardy, but being an actor is a pretty shady place to be because you never know where your… — Kat Dennings Copy Share Image
As a writer, I haven't delved into dramatic writing. As an actor, I could always, even more so than comedy, do drama. — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
I think digital. I think digital and I was terrified about it for a long time. But I think digital because it… — Fredrik Bond Copy Share Image
Shakespeare has way too many lines. My ideal theatre piece is about 40 minutes long with no interval. — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take. — Fiona Shaw Copy Share Image
As an actor, when you're winning the moment over, there's a truth to your intention. You might laugh at it or you… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Copy Share Image
I actually run a non-profit where one of the main objectives is to branch out and get a new audience for the… — Adam Driver Copy Share Image
There's something really amazing about watching an actor like Michael C. Hall or Jennifer Carpenter, who are completely professional and do everything… — Brea Grant Copy Share Image
The actor's always as good as the stories are. And so many important things, there is the light, there is the costumes,… — Udo Kier Copy Share Image
I realized that acting is not all about receiving people's applause or cheer. It is about delivering the right character to the… — Liu Yifei Copy Share Image
I'm taking drama classes, they say I'm a natural actress. I think it's just because I talk a lot. I'm also learning… — Lindsay Pagano Copy Share Image
“The theatre is a machine of transformations: everything is transformed into another thing; a bald man has thick hair on his head;… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Against the background of this luminous and sparkling stage Bond stood in the sunshine and felt his mission to be incongruous and… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
From being a writer of plays, it was not that surprising that somebody thought of giving me a job as an actor.… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
The fact that I wound up doing television and film was just a thing that happened, but I was trained for the… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
My name is on the thing, but the reality of it is, when I get up there on stage, I'm part of… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actor, not a hero. I wanted to live the life of an actor and experience that. — Sanjay Mishra Copy Share Image
I never try to show an actor what to do or what to say. He has to find out for himself. The… — Nicholas Ray Copy Share Image
Actors are accustomed to doing exactly what the director or writer requests us to do, and rarely get involved in that part… — Catherine McCormack Copy Share Image
I think that much of the success of the Broadway mounting of 'Newsies' was due in no small part to the infectious… — Andrew Keenan-Bolger Copy Share Image
In the theatre, you are in love with what is on the stage, with the moment. You just don't get that with… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
When you are in a good theatre show, it is a wonderful and very fulfilling experience, entertaining a large audience and their… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
I'm really proud to be able to share the stage, not just with my siblings, but with incredible artists, probably the best… — Valentin Chmerkovskiy Copy Share Image
That's precisely what we do as actors: try to convince the audience we are somebody else. And if you can do that,… — Margot Robbie Copy Share Image
I also sort of find the idea that not only do actors want to please when they're onstage, I find actors really… — Jeffrey Combs Copy Share Image
The true meaning of an artist/actor is opening my heart to the audience and, at the same time, opening their heart. — Richard Cabral Copy Share Image
As a movie-goer, I really like to watch all different kinds of movies and, as an actor, I always feel like I… — Luke Wilson Copy Share Image
I don't care about the image I have. What matters to me is that with every film, I am growing more and… — Kirti Kulhari Copy Share Image
Acting had always been the social scene I'd fallen into. It was sort of a merry band of band geeks and theater… — Adam Baldwin Copy Share Image
Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
You cant be a casual observer of something humorous - you have to engage, you have to find it funny for the… — Brendan Coyle Copy Share Image
It's not easy making money as an actor. It's just not an easy thing to do. There's so many that want to… — Kurt Russell Copy Share Image
Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an actor, and then 'GH' was the first time where my managers were like, 'Quit your day… — Ryan Paevey Copy Share Image
I was into acting and wanted to make it as an actor but now I love direction. The hard work, sleepless nights… — Samuthirakani Copy Share Image
Rehearsals and screening rooms are often unreliable because they can't provide the chemistry between an audience and what appears on the stage… — Gene Tierney Copy Share Image
Actors have become much more savvy about the nature of television celebrity these days. We were not. The kind of celebrity culture… — John Nettles Copy Share Image
