In musical theater you have to be very big and very animated, while film and television are more toned down. — Kevin Richardson Copy Share Image
A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay. — Dirk Benedict Copy Share Image
If you're in a series, you can't quit, you can't work in the theatre and you can't do a movie when you… — Sarah Jessica Parker Copy Share Image
If I could earn the living that I earn in motion pictures and television in the theater, I'd be doing theater. But… — Robert Vaughn Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino… — Sam Rockwell Copy Share Image
As an actor, you are always looking for something different and challenging... 'High Priestess' gave me that rare opportunity. — Amala Akkineni Copy Share Image
Any actor will tell you, as soon as your ego and your vanity come into the mix, it destroys your work. Completely… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I love doing theater so much - being in front of an audience and seeing how a character grows and develops with… — Jerry Hall Copy Share Image
I think if I was going to be someone for a day, I would want to be a performer, someone big, like… — Hailey Baldwin Copy Share Image
At best, the relationship between drama critic and playwright is a pretty twiggy affair. When I'm asked whom I write for, after… — Lanford Wilson Copy Share Image
“There is a theory that watching unbearable stories about other people lost in grief and rage is good for you—may cleanse you… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
I was called to audition for a play when I was very young, following which I continued to act as well as… — Imtiaz Ali Copy Share Image
Peter Sarsgaard, he's an extraordinary actor, and I would say that Peter has really brought into my life and my sister's life… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
People are very uncomfortable when you call actors artists because there are a lot of actors out there that aren't artists -… — Jordan Gavaris Copy Share Image
I didn't go to film school. My Grampa always says just watch a lot of movies. He didn't go to film school;… — Gia Coppola Copy Share Image
An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to… — James Dean Copy Share Image
Some of the things I've been in are comedic, but I don't get considered for true comedies because I'm a 'dramatic' actor. — Noah Emmerich Copy Share Image
Having spent time on the Broadway stage definitely helps one's confidence in terms of feeling just validated in that world. Most people… — Jennifer Nettles Copy Share Image
I went to study in Spain for a year after school. It was either that or Russian, so I went for the… — Sarah Alexander Copy Share Image
Basically I was a theatre fanatic. I had a job with Home Box Office as a theatre consultant for a long time. — Rob Urbinati Copy Share Image
I do think that we are sometimes, as directors, guilty of portraying or asking our actors to behave in certain ways that… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Every animator is really an actor performing in slow motion, living the character a drawing at a time. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I try not to shoot unnecessarily or spend on extra expenses that normally happen on a film set - like actors' fees. — Shoojit Sircar Copy Share Image
I want my audience to be constantly captivated, bewitched, so that it leaves the theatre dazed, stunned to be back on the… — Francois Truffaut Copy Share Image
I was in the National Youth Theatre, too, but there was no dancing there. I was doing plays like 'Julius Caesar' and… — Robert Rinder Copy Share Image
Actors are excused from a lot of things, and we get away with a lot... I find it equally interesting and exciting… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
Everything has combined to make my life in New York an amazing experience. I told my manager a few years ago that… — Mariska Hargitay Copy Share Image
Any good actor has to have a good sense of humour, too; they have to be able to manipulate people. — Chevy Chase Copy Share Image
The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre. — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
If I was just considered a looker and wasn't considered an actor, where would I be in 10 or 20 years from now? — Heather Matarazzo Copy Share Image
I've ended up working with Disney a lot, which is kind of peculiar. In theater, I've done a couple of projects with… — James Lapine Copy Share Image
I just try to do things on stage that I think the audience would enjoy. And I try to draw on and… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're just brought on to fill one role, so it's nice to see what the entire journey is like.… — Shiri Appleby Copy Share Image
As an actor, you want to do the best job possible, and you want the best scripts possible because it makes life… — Mark Strickson Copy Share Image
Being an actor I believe in doing a variety of roles so that the audience gets to see different shades of me. — Gautam Rode Copy Share Image
When Im not working... Im an actor! Im auditioning! I like to hang out, have fun, drink, club, meet boys, look for… — Xosha Roquemore Copy Share Image
I think being an actor makes me a better writer and vice versa. I know the kinds of roles I would kill… — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre, and that's really where my training is. — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
the real stakes in the theater are high - they are life stakes. That's what I love about it. You gamble with… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
