I look at it like, I'm just a character actor. If I get cast as the stoned sidekick, fine. But I just… — Steve Zahn Copy Share Image
I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
I love the stage. It's terrifying in a way that film and television is not. When you're about to go out, and… — Stephen Lang Copy Share Image
It's heartbreaking to see theater people be forced to accept the business side of show business. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
The truth of the matter is that I have a lot to prove to myself still as an actor. And I still… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
Theatre is what I've always done, really, especially with the RSC, but I do bits and pieces on TV. — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
People think I'm a very serious actor, which I am. But you know, if you don't have a sense of humor doing… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I loved the theatre-my dad gave me many plays and books to read. The dramatic form just spoke to me. — Danny Burstein Copy Share Image
“I was struck by how life moved so fast, almost cruelly, on Broadway. Fiorello! had fled the Broadhurst to make way for… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
I'm proud to be making my Broadway debut in a production that is working to make theater more accessible, and I look… — Lauren Ridloff Copy Share Image
I have a theory that most people disagree with. I really feel that acting for film and acting for the stage are… — Jordan Bridges Copy Share Image
What's great about collaborating is getting to work with wonderful people. That's what theatre is about: other people getting you to give… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
I grew up in a theater family. My father was a regional theater classical repertory producer. He created Shakespeare festivals. He produced… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
I admire anyone who does stage all their life. It's so tough, and it also made me really appreciate how lucky I… — Ellie Bamber Copy Share Image
As a performer, once you've understood the genre of musical theatre, you can tire very quickly of the two-dimensional stuff. With Sondheim,… — Michael Ball Copy Share Image
I did an Off-Broadway show that was a comedy written by Ann Meara. We were like a family, and we did that… — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
As actors, we were fighting that tooth and nail because of fear, because language is a crutch and dialogue is a crutch,… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
I love actors and I love to create an environment where they feel safe to connect and thrive and try things, to… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
Jack Bender is a real actor's director. Because he was an actor, and because he directed theater, he really enjoys that process. — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake. — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
For me as an actor, it's absolutely so thrilling to hear anybody talk about the character that I play. — Jessica Pare Copy Share Image
An actor has to remember the primary reason why he chose the profession that he did. If every role that I do… — Sushant Singh Rajput Copy Share Image
It's a lot more fun for actors to cry and rant and rave, or have a drug problem or a drinking problem. — Jerry Orbach Copy Share Image
One of the most empowering things about being a self-employed actor is also one of the hardest things; I get to set… — Benjamin Stone Copy Share Image
I know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don't, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that's… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
We were quite a middle class family, but we had access to all the good things in life, be it books or… — Kiran Rao Copy Share Image
Actors are responsible to the people we play. I don't label or judge. I just play them as honestly and expressively and… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
If I go to a movie and it's particularly violent, and people are leaving the theatre ready to vomit, we're sitting there… — George A. Romero Copy Share Image
“Nobody wants to sit in a theatre and watch petty arguing and boring sex scenes (ahem, Jason Segal and Emily Blunt).” — Jodie Beau Copy Share Image
In subsidized theater, you are encouraged to take risks. It's about being imaginative and artistic. That's the priority. It might not be… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
I don't know why actors are just attracted to really messed up people, but it almost makes it more fun, in a… — Eliza Scanlen Copy Share Image
“You can choose to create a drama and get what you acted for or remain silent and get what you planned for.” — Gloria D. Gonsalves Copy Share Image
I love observing people. Each face tells so many stories. It lets me understand emotions, and that, in turn, helps me apply… — Nawazuddin Siddiqui Copy Share Image
In modern life, we hide behind ourselves. In Shakespeare, there's nowhere left to hide. It's life, larger than life, and every actor… — Ray Fearon Copy Share Image
I am not the kind of person who makes his bread and butter on how hyped I am. I am an actor,… — Barun Sobti Copy Share Image
Acting is a child's prerogative. Children are born to act. Usually, people grow up and out of it. Actors always seem to… — Joanne Woodward Copy Share Image
You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
What I immediately recognized about Wall Street in 1983 was that it was a continuation of my career in theater. Wall Street… — Max Keiser Copy Share Image
I'm grateful to be working. The most exciting thing for me is that I never get bored - I've done comedy, drama,… — Sheridan Smith Copy Share Image
It's great to work in film and TV, and I love it, but there's nothing that can replace that instantaneous storytelling you… — Pablo Schreiber Copy Share Image
