I wanted to be a child actor so bad that every day I'd beg my parents if I could audition, but my… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Characterization in a play is like a blank check which the dramatist accords to the actor for him to fill in. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
It's more enjoyable to shoot in a studio on a single location with two actors... if they are good. — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
If you're a serious actor, it's when you know you're going to die tomorrow that you really start to feel it. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Some of the actors that I love most have challenged themselves throughout their entire career. That's my goal. — Taylor Lautner Copy Share Image
I was in eighth grade when I did my first Junior Theatre show. I was in 'Annie Get Your Gun' as a… — Casey Nicholaw Copy Share Image
“You broke through the humor of my little theater and tried to make a mess of it, stabbing with knives and spattering… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I'm very lucky to be on 'Melissa and Joey' because it's a multi-cam sitcom, and it was a nice transition from theatre… — Nick Robinson Copy Share Image
I've never been one for late nights, which is why I have always preferred making films to theatre. A play takes over… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
Science and technology were often used by [the magician of old], even before they came into the marketplace on a mass basis.… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I consider myself an actor that tries to have as many tools as possible in the bag. And I think that includes… — Gregg Henry Copy Share Image
I figured as I got older, the good roles for women would be in the theatre. So 15 years ago I started… — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
I'd always seen that people who had a piece of paper saying they were an actor as people who are definitely sort… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
Being at the Play House, the only way I could see my life was that I would be an actor in a… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
I was 11 when a teacher suggested to my parents that they should send me to drama classes to curb my disruptive… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
I love the company of actors, but the crazier it gets, the more I've come to realise how valuable my time is… — Andrea Riseborough Copy Share Image
The theatre is your pulpit - it is your church - and you want to be a priest in your church, and… — Steven Berkoff Copy Share Image
Fortunately and unfortunately, people don't see me as a character actor. They see me as a leading man or nothing, which makes… — Josh Holloway Copy Share Image
There's a desire now to have multi-ethnic casts in many, many things, even in costume drama, which I'm very, very pleased about. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
As an actor, my No. 1 focus was to be on the same page with the writer, director, and producers. — Haaz Sleiman Copy Share Image
During my adolescent years, I watched a lot of theatre. I had the habit of enacting every scene I saw in front… — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
As actors, you do have to be aware of your audience. You can't act in a vacuum, even if that audience isn't… — Tom Irwin Copy Share Image
The life of an actor is sort of abnormal in the sense where you never know what's going to happen, which I've… — Nick Gehlfuss Copy Share Image
Indeed, the actor's lot is a much harder one than that of the director's, from one simple standpoint: The actor has to… — Charles Keating Copy Share Image
As an actor, what I can do is tell the truth. At least, I hope I can tell the truth - a… — Larry Drake Copy Share Image
We actors feed off the energy of our fans and when we see them enjoying our dance so much, it gives us… — Daisy Shah Copy Share Image
I just like to keep things small and subtle and authentic, and ground everything in reality. So that is something that I… — Pamela Adlon Copy Share Image
You learn more discipline in the theatre than you do in movies or TV. You're on stage every night and you have… — Blythe Danner Copy Share Image
My first job after drama school was with Stanley Kubrick. It was only a few lines in 'A Clockwork Orange', but I… — Carol Drinkwater Copy Share Image
I go to the theater because I need help dealing with my life; I want to see the greatest questions addressed. I… — Ellen McLaughlin Copy Share Image
And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you… — Olivier Martinez Copy Share Image
When you feel good about the work you're doing, that's what's important, not the budget or anything like that. If you're happy… — Chazz Palminteri Copy Share Image
Actors have an innate sense of self and humanity, the good ones do, and of being generous of heart and generous of… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
Satire and comedy are really the only film mediums where you can get into ideas and have people leave the theater without… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I think actors always have that fear of unemployment so when the opportunities are there, you just jump on them. — Rosemarie DeWitt Copy Share Image
I think the public doesn't understand the rigors of shooting a show for an actor, much less when you're on location and… — Gina Torres Copy Share Image
Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I think it helps, as an actor, to never know when you're going to get that next script and you're done. — Jon Bernthal Copy Share Image
I began writing for theater, and maybe because of that I've always thought of myself as a theater writer who does work… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
As a boy, I was never interested in theater because I came from a working-class Scottish home. I thought, 'I want to… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
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