When I was little it was a great time for film-making, with stuff like Mike Nichols' 'Silkwood.' The films you see in… — Saffron Burrows Copy Share Image
If you're doing a drama that has some comedic elements you can't forget that it's primarily a very serious film that has… — Robert Downey, Jr Copy Share Image
In the theater, everything is ephemeral. Everything is almost weightless and without a very clear definition of how you made it. — Rafael Vinoly Copy Share Image
My father's parents were carpenters. They were also builders partly. They were painters. And several of them were very, active in the… — Josef Albers Copy Share Image
I could feel the real interaction between directing and acting, when an actor or an actress really suggests very interesting things. — Alejandro Amenabar Copy Share Image
I realized that I didn't think I could stand the psychological battering that actors have to withstand. I just felt I wasn't… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
The thing that inspired me to become an actor was to work on stage three hours a night in a play, sleep… — Joe Don Baker Copy Share Image
I love to be in the position of not knowing what I'm gonna do, but having rehearsed all of those so when… — Wayne Rogers Copy Share Image
I'm doing The Physicists, which is great, and I do have my agent to thank for that because a lot of agents… — Miranda Raison Copy Share Image
The magic in performing as an entertaining ventriloquist happens when the characters come to life and the interaction between the separate personalities… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
It wasn't until many years after 'The Waltons' when I had gone back to theater that I had the opportunity to take… — Judy Norton Copy Share Image
I love when actors can let go of where and how they have to do it, and just that we do it.… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
Any good director creates a playground. That's what they do. They hire the right actor, open the door and let them play… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
The cast, staff, and crew of a live theater work together toward a common goal: a good performance. Thus, theater is necessarily… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
I have always wanted to work in the theater. I've always felt the glamour of being backstage and that excitement, but I've… — Wes Anderson Copy Share Image
I've worked on shows where the actors don't talk to each other, and if they want to talk to each other, they… — Rocky Carroll Copy Share Image
Maybe because I am an actor-casting director, I always felt that we need good actors in the industry and we need to… — Abhishek Banerjee Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do television at all. I really didn't want to do it. I really thought I was just going… — David Morse Copy Share Image
Doing 'EastEnders' wasn't exactly suffering, but my soul's not in quick-fix TV. Theatre doesn't pay like TV work pays, though. We all… — Phil Daniels Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, in the theatre, and in the cinema, the contemporary reality of Poland has been represented only to a minuscule degree in… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
I like working on stage because there's something very immediate about it, that interaction with an audience where you immediately hear their… — Saffron Burrows Copy Share Image
It's an absolute blast to be a voice actor, but also kinda scary that the vocal baby you just birthed out at… — Roger Craig Smith Copy Share Image
I treasure the dark hours in a theatre. But I don't think that, if a film does not reach the theatre, it… — Dede Gardner Copy Share Image
As a young actor, I found myself in all these movies at once, with two big trilogies and a Cameron Crowe film… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
People keep trying to make me a movie star but they just don't understand. I'm not a movie star, I'm an actor. — Ryan Phillippe Copy Share Image
I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actors always an actor until he does… — Lynda Obst Copy Share Image
There was laughter in the back of the theater, leading to the belief that someone was telling jokes back there. — George S. Kaufman Copy Share Image
When you do a television series like 'Upstairs, Downstairs' - it took five years - you want to go back to the… — Jean Marsh Copy Share Image
I'd like to see myself married with a child and hopefully still involved in the entertainment business as an actor who is… — Fred Savage Copy Share Image
Just listening to Pac, ain't gon' make it stop A rebel in your thoughts, ain't gon' make it halt If you don't… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
I like to do a wide variety of things, and acting, particularly in the theatre, has given me that opportunity. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
On the one hand, young theatre directors were coming to television theatre, because they wanted to get closer to the cinema, despite… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
Some actors are brilliant in David Mamet, but they would crash and burn in my plays and visa-versa. You either have my… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly. — Howard Barker Copy Share Image
New York, with its stage musicals and night club shows, is the place to go. Success there will open the doors of… — Vera-Ellen Copy Share Image
I'm always at my fittest when I'm doing a show - even when you're not on stage, you are running around backstage… — Samantha Barks Copy Share Image
People who say they dont like drama are usually the ones dragging it out, if you hate drama then fix the problem. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The weird thing about drama school is that you train for three years for one thing and then more often than not,… — Tom Ellis Copy Share Image
When you're younger, the mental strain of being a successful actor, jumping from role to role, and trying to have some kind… — Kathy Baker Copy Share Image
As an actor, I don't have an agenda. I don't have to prove a point; I am not a bastion of a… — Huma Qureshi Copy Share Image
