Experience tells us that whereas that degree of recognition can happen for one or two actors, for the vast majority it doesn't,… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
Going out on a stage publicly and not knowing how people are going to react to you - once I experienced that,… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
A lot of actors are like, 'Why do I do this? My character wouldn't do this? This doesn't make sense.' And in… — Kathryn Hahn Copy Share Image
I feel more comfortable in drama. Comedy is a high-wire act. I find it stressful. It's a precision science in a way. — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged. — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I like to think of performance-wear just like theater: we're making a character come to life each night. — Doechii Copy Share Image
Every single time I step on stage or on screen, I am contributing to a culture in which there's a dearth of… — Rege-Jean Page Copy Share Image
I accepted that it would be very difficult to become an actor and it's even tougher once you become an actor. — Nidhhi Agerwal Copy Share Image
I write for an audience that likes what I like, reads what I read, thinks about the things I think about. In… — Eric Bogosian Copy Share Image
Film, for me, is in two stages. One is when I write the script more or less on my own - that's… — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Copy Share Image
“The Joke...Audience as reflexive cast; 35 mm. X2 cameras;variable length; black and white, silent. Parody of Hollis Frampton’s ‘audience-specific events,’ two Ikegami… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I feel like if I am physically and emotionally able to be at the theater, I will be there. I don't like… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
Now what else is the whole life of mortals, but a sort of comedy in which the various actors, disguised by various… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
There's a stigma attached to being an actor. People from 'Big Brother' call themselves actors. There's so much crap. It's not about… — Nathan Phillips Copy Share Image
I've never really understood those actors that don't want to play villains. Because if an audience leaves, you know, the theater or,… — Michelle Trachtenberg Copy Share Image
I remember Anthony Perkins saying, "Real is not necessarily interesting." So real is not enough. But what happens as an actor is… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
I was really surprised when I started working and realized that you're actually on your own, a lot of the time. It… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
There are two different kinds of actors. There are people who take it just so damn seriously. Then there are guys like… — Scott Baio Copy Share Image
Marathi film producers conveniently blame the audience. If there are 70-odd flops in a year, there are a few that are hit… — Mahesh Manjrekar Copy Share Image
As an actor myself, the opportunity to sing and dance and be dramatic and be funny - it's really irresistible to actors.… — Elizabeth Banks Copy Share Image
Such is an actor's life. We must ride the waves of every film, barfing occasionally, yet maintain our dignity, even as the… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
The nice thing about the theatre is you can always change it. With a movie, once it's there, you're stuck with it. — James Lapine Copy Share Image
If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it's just great fodder for you. It's wonderful source stuff that… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had. — Kit Harington Copy Share Image
TV writing is tricky to navigate because you have so many different personalities - the actors, multiple producers. — Roger Avary Copy Share Image
As for Bollywood, actors are no longer typecast there and I'm happy to be in that phase where the industry is evolving… — Abhimanyu Singh Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be an actor. I didn't get into this game to be the best improviser in the world. I… — Rob Corddry Copy Share Image
The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I… — Ed Speleers Copy Share Image
I dont like being classed as a celebrity. Im a normal actor whos survived. I find the people at those parties are… — Robson Green Copy Share Image
As an actor, if you're just sitting and staring and you don't know who you are in your own mind, it's vacant.… — Albert Brooks Copy Share Image
I am an actor, and that's the most important thing to me. I cannot imagine a life where I would be anything… — Karan Patel Copy Share Image
Back when I was in theater school, trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life, 'Sweeney Todd'… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
I'm a self-made actor in Bollywood. And when I see actors far more good-looking and talented than me struggling for a place,… — Vishwajeet Pradhan Copy Share Image
When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned… — Matt LeBlanc Copy Share Image
Everyone else went to drama school, and that teaches you how to dissociate from your character. I don't know any technique! I'm… — Esme Creed-Miles Copy Share Image
I think any performing artist can do films, or, as a matter of fact, anybody out there in the street can be… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
Maybe they say they do but I don't think many actors really enjoy trying to do a Shakespearean play. — Renee O'Connor Copy Share Image
I worked in the theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts for years and moved to New York and then to Los Angeles. — Tony Shalhoub Copy Share Image
Knowing about comedy has helped me with the drama. To see people laugh, it's like there are moments of catharsis in the… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
