An actor like me hardly ever sees a producer. My agent will say, how about Coogan for the part. The producer will… — Jackie Coogan Copy Share Image
I got into theatre very early, so yes I was surrounded by gay people quite early and frequently. — Judith Light Copy Share Image
When I left drama school I worked in children's theatre for six months, then went up to the Gateway to do my… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
Actors tend to not know how their performances are going to actually be used. Even though the script says one thing, in… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting. — Dougray Scott Copy Share Image
It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful. — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Being on stage, it's like, "Ooo-kay, now I remember why all this is going wrong or right!" It's very much my element. — Doseone Copy Share Image
I don't know which I like best. I love the applause on the stage. But pictures are so fascinating - you reach… — Ginger Rogers Copy Share Image
When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
Youth theatre isn't just about a precocious child that wants to sing and dance in front of people. It's for everyone; it's… — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
The essence of our profession is to give. What is it that we in the theater give? We give our body, voice,… — Michael Chekhov Copy Share Image
I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own… — Michael Gambon Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of horror because I feel like it is one of the last genres where you need to… — Kathryn Hahn Copy Share Image
It was a big step, to go from not talking to people to stepping on to a stage. That's when I felt… — Harry Shum, Jr Copy Share Image
In voicing so much is left to your imagination to create the world around you like that. It's really the essence of… — Jim Parsons Copy Share Image
It worries me a little bit the reach and power of TV. More people saw me in The Practice than will ever… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act — Chow Yun-Fat Copy Share Image
I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working… — Francesca Annis Copy Share Image
There are a lot of actors who wish there was a next play, a next musical. As an actor, I guess that's… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
I wasn't in the drama department, but I auditioned anyway and he not only cast me but also included a few sketches… — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
As an actor, those are the roles that you long for. You always want something that's going to kick your last role… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I really love being a character actor. I have to say I wish it were a little easier. There are still a… — Missi Pyle Copy Share Image
Well, I'm a character actor, and actually throughout my life I've... I have relatively speaking played few heroic leads, but I've done… — Rene Auberjonois Copy Share Image
The beautiful thing about theater is every night is an opportunity to incorporate what you discovered the night before. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner Copy Share Image
I want to be a professional. I want to be like my TV father, Bill Smitrovich. He's an easy, calm actor. I… — Chris Burke Copy Share Image
I don't know what it's like to be an actor, where if your show gets canceled, really you're just a bum. — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
Actors want to impress at the beginning, so you take advantage of that by suddenly saying, 'Right, you're here for two weeks.'… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
High-level actors can be all about their close-ups and the size of their trailers. I'd heard these horror stories of how a… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
Do you see what I mean?! About the theater?! I'm back here for three hours and I'm acting like a lunatic. I'll… — Ken Ludwig Copy Share Image
I never viewed screen drama as a vulgar form, or a lesser one, and I've never written it left-handed. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
I did theater before I got into TV and everything I did was serious, so it was definitely fun for me to… — Amanda Bynes Copy Share Image
It breaks my heart to hear of our theatres struggling to survive. As well as playing a vital role in community life,… — Prunella Scales Copy Share Image
With the theatre, your whole day is geared towards the evening's show, and that's the job. People usually go to work about… — Kristin Scott Thomas Copy Share Image
The script is so important... Even if you have a huge entourage or big lighting trucks, the most important thing is the… — Sebastian Koch Copy Share Image
'Slumdog' initiated a chain of events like going to Cannes and being invited to the Cairo Film Festival, which changed my perspective… — Arfi Lamba Copy Share Image
I think the whole world addicted to the drama. Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma. — Will I Am Copy Share Image
When I made my first decision, come hell or high water, that I would try to be a professional actor, I was… — David Jason Copy Share Image
I have to say my background was mostly theatre, which I love, and it took a long time to feel comfortable there.… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
My work in the theater began to shift more towards young audience type of work and education programs for children, arts education… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
