I became an actor because it was the only thing I could do. I didn't have any friends, I didn't fit in.… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
If you're working in close-ups, then an actor is only able to act with his head. I like an actor to act… — Sam Levinson Copy Share Image
I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions. — Lee Child Copy Share Image
I am definitely looking for a great film or theatre role that will really challenge me. I want to do something I… — Krysten Ritter Copy Share Image
After 'Peepshow,' I really don't know what my next project will be. But I would like to keep on doing theater. I… — Coco Austin Copy Share Image
It's bizarre, that feeling as an actor, at being in the mecca of the film world and seeing billboards for a TV… — Joe Dempsie Copy Share Image
After working in a number of films as a child actor, I took a break so that people could forget me as… — Kunal Khemu Copy Share Image
I watch the energy between the actors. That's the most thrilling and interesting thing to me about watching a movie, what the… — Barbara Crampton Copy Share Image
There's timing in drama. You have to have a sense of rhythm. But the real thing that lends yourself to drama as… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
Obviously I like to make sure that my life is separate, so as me as a person, I know that my fans… — Selena Gomez Copy Share Image
If you're a playwright, unless you're really lacking in get-up-and-go, you can always get your play up somewhere. You can't necessarily make… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
Somebody saw me on 'Cheers' and thought that I was an actor playing a part as opposed to a guy just doing… — Harry Anderson Copy Share Image
The avant-garde theater is fun; it is free-wheeling, bold, iconoclastic, and often wildly, wildly funny. If you will approach it with childlike… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I think what's different about working on stage is that you have another chance to portray it again. If you don't get… — Cynthia Erivo Copy Share Image
The theatre starts every night at half past seven, and I like the rhythm of going to the theatre, parking the car,… — Michael Gambon Copy Share Image
I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting roles for women, in TV or film… — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
As a child, acting just seemed like a natural extension of my love of play - and if you've forgotten how to… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
I did a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company. People say, 'Why aren't you doing theater anymore?' And I say, 'Look, my… — Liam Cunningham Copy Share Image
My whole background, my whole life was just lots and lots of theater, a lot of that being musical theater. — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
The fundamental job of the actor is to tell about the human condition, to be a voice for the truest ideas and… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
McLeod's Daughters' was my first regular job out of drama school, and my first full-time role. That was great because I learned… — Dustin Clare Copy Share Image
The theatre is not the place for the musician. When the curtain is up the music interrupts the actor, and when it… — Sir Arthur Sullivan Copy Share Image
“That´s the problem with planning a late night supper after the opera, not only does the hero or the heroine die singing,… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
I know actors who have had to turn down good roles because they just don't pay enough. It's hard. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I look for something that grabs me and that's heartfelt, and that's coming from a good place. I want to work with… — Harry Treadaway Copy Share Image
As an actor, of course it's exciting to go and explore characters. It's exciting to explore human psychology and relationships, and that's… — Stana Katic Copy Share Image
In a stage play, you kill the leads and they come out for a bow - in a movie, they don't come… — Frank Oz Copy Share Image
I have been in the business long enough to know what an intense amount of work it takes to operate a theater… — Demian Bichir Copy Share Image
I spent most of my 20s working as an actor. I started writing and directing because I was frustrated with the types… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
In a comedy, after the day is done, you can figure out ways of how to make it even funnier for the… — Gael Garcia Bernal Copy Share Image
As an actor if you're working you're usually in three places, you're either prepping something, you're shooting something, or you're post on… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
Every actor prepares differently and to different degrees of privacy. Some want to talk everything out. Others really don't want to talk… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I dropped out of my drama course at university after a year and just floated from rubbish job to rubbish job, with… — Gok Wan Copy Share Image
You know, whatever happens between the two of us that's created when we come together as actors is not something I think… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Trust me, there's not one night a week I'm not in a theater somewhere. I adore theater, and I go out with… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
As an actor, you never know where the work's going to come, so you have to be flexible about it. — Lesley Nicol Copy Share Image
It's better to find a stunt person who can act. It's easier to do that than to find an actor who can… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or… — Tahar Rahim Copy Share Image
If you stay cocooned in your own safety net, you cannot grow as an actor. You need to be socially engaged and… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
Dream Theater music, there's a lot of background and context to the songs, as far as the subject matter and the albums… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
