“All life is theatre,' he said. 'We are all actors, you and I, in a play which nobody wrote and which nobody… — Susan Cooper Copy Share Image
I started to study, because I knew I had to learn a lot about myself as an actor; you can't act the… — Roddy McDowall Copy Share Image
Actors travel a lot and work long hours, and sometimes you eat at odd hours, so I have to work out to… — Sibel Kekilli Copy Share Image
A lot of people say, 'What's the worst part about being an actor?' And the worst part is that you're not a… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
As much as I love to travel and be on stage and perform, I knew at a very young age that I… — Alyssa Edwards Copy Share Image
From politics to getting replaced by another actor or not getting references, I'm done with all of it. — Sana Khan Copy Share Image
When I graduated from college, I thought that I would probably never be an actor because it seemed like everyone was big… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
What changed after 'Scam' on a bigger level was the way the audience and the makers started looking at me as an… — Pratik Gandhi Copy Share Image
My parents would always take me to the theatre, and I was bored a lot of the time. Loads of Shakespeare, and… — Vanessa Kirby Copy Share Image
I can get dressed earlier in the evening with every intention of going to a dance at midnight, but somehow after the… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Every drama school in the country turned me down, and so I was lucky to study drama at all, even if it… — Tamsin Greig Copy Share Image
When you rehearse a play, you spend four weeks with one goal in mind - to wean the actor away from you.… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
My only qualifications to be an actor were that I'm daring, and I'm a quick learner. I've always learnt by watching what… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
You're following your track, the story, your only plan, your map for the audience, and all the other stuff is, like, the… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
“If you can get past those awful idiot faces on the bleachers outside the theater without a sense of the collapse of… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
And as a director, you constantly try to solve problems, so you have to focus on that. You take away all the… — Rodrigo Cortes Copy Share Image
As an actor, you think to yourself, 'I want to do good work,' but you also want the work that you do… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
Regardless of what level the actor's at, you always learn something. And you can learn something from bad actors as well, who… — Reece Thompson Copy Share Image
I've never gotten hired for drama because I'm a good improviser. I don't think people who write drama scripts want you playing… — Matt Walsh Copy Share Image
I've been an actor for 20 years, and I think the first 14 years, it was all struggling. At first, it was all gangsters. — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
We used to approach a small 400-person show like an arena show, as if I was a star and I was coming… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
Among the roles Ive played on stage, television and in films were politicos as diverse as Abe Lincoln, Juan Peron, Herman Goering,… — Bob Gunton Copy Share Image
People's relationship to what they want from theatre is changing. People, including me, are still looking for the next STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE.… — Austin Pendleton Copy Share Image
“Theater in America is a kind of weed sprouting up in the weirdest places. It's deeply democratic and deeply human, and I… — Mac Wellman Copy Share Image
A lot of scripts are written with an eye on what will be popular or what will titillate or what this actor… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
All that back-story stuff doesn't help. What you get paid for is to stand toe-to-toe with the other actor and get him… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
I do love my work. As an actor, you live from job to job, though, and you have to be prepared for… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be in movies. In a sense, I'm still a failure because I wanted to be a star on… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
Taught by actor parents never to leave an awkward gap in the conversation I gabble out unsolicited responses to fill the voids. — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
Regardless of the success of a drama or film, I will be satisfied if viewers say that my acting has progressed and… — Song Hye-kyo Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor. I was acting in all the school plays. I went to… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
I am, by nature, pretty reserved. It was after I became an actor that I started interacting more with people from different… — Nivin Pauly Copy Share Image
He's a fantastic actor, Kelsey Grammer. You don't have that kind of career without having a talent, without having something to say… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
I've always been pretty reserved, but after taking drama classes in middle school to get more comfortable performing in front of people,… — Stephan James Copy Share Image
In the theatre, once you've gone about eight rows back, everybody else is just listening to you. You're very small, and nobody… — Francesca Annis Copy Share Image
As an actor, you go in your own personal life and pull from your personal life, so that's what I do. — LaChanze Copy Share Image
I always believed that I never wanted to be an actor. I only did it because I was allowed to do it… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
Even writing a script which will be funny is not easy. To make the script come to life and make the audience… — Kirti Kulhari Copy Share Image
I wasn't a glamour-puss, and there were more interesting roles for an actress like me in the theater and in live television. — Nancy Marchand Copy Share Image
