Makin' records is one art form and playin' live is another. It's like the difference between makin' a movie and doin' theatre. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Anyone who has that weird volition to become an actor probably has a weird volition to do lots of other creative things… — Minnie Driver Copy Share Image
There's a lot of young actors and people who have success very quickly who kind of expect it or don't have the… — David Walton Copy Share Image
My parents were really encouraging of me doing theater, but the one thing they did do was say, 'You're not allowed to… — Beanie Feldstein Copy Share Image
I'm always struck by the kids who turn up in New York and LA, and places in between. Chicago. Wanting to do… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
With 'Richard,' I was excited to make this film with such an amazing role for an actor. Play a wide range of… — Jack Reynor Copy Share Image
I like doing stand-up and I love putting out TV specials. I'm not an actor though, so I don't really have much… — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
“You are like the actor who, at the end of the play, with a final word, reveals that he is a different… — Édouard Levé Copy Share Image
With television, attention spans have been shortened. It's something we have to fight against: the dumbing down of the audience. To be… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
In fact, now for whatever reason, if we're recording in the same room, I get a little distracted because I'm watching the… — Adam Reed Copy Share Image
I come from a small village called Murud Janjira near Alibaug. I started doing theatre right from school days and later joined… — Nana Patekar Copy Share Image
Compare the cinema with theatre. Both are dramatic arts. Theatre brings actors before a public and every night during the season they… — John Berger Copy Share Image
I have to say it's better to be an actor, only because people worry about what time you go to sleep and… — Donald Glover Copy Share Image
Once I hit 25, I realized I had to do more than just be an actor. I love acting, but there's something… — Fisher Stevens Copy Share Image
Before I was an actor I was a break dancer, one of those street performers you see. I guess my introduction into… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Copy Share Image
There are the jobs you get that do something for your confidence, like, 'I can do this with my life' kind of… — Rosemarie DeWitt Copy Share Image
I was in a theater company in Houston, Theatre Under the Stars, and I was involved in about 10 of their productions. — Chandra Wilson Copy Share Image
Even great actors who transform who they are still go to a really honest place; I think that's sort of that special… — Sam Esmail Copy Share Image
It's like the high school production of something you saw at Steppenwolf, with the most gifted students in drama class playing the… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
We do not go to the theatre like our ancestors, to escape from the pressure of reality, so much as to confirm… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
If a musician wants to be an actor, everyone thinks that's pretty cool. But if an actor wants to play a song,… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I had done some acting at school, but I wasn't particularly good at it. What inspired me was going to the Old… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
When you're on tour too much or on stage too much, you feel like you have to deliver and get this super-hyped… — Dolores O'Riordan Copy Share Image
When I first started out in Houston, it was theater or bust. And I loved it. I still love it. And then… — Jim Parsons Copy Share Image
Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays… — David Schwimmer Copy Share Image
I realized that theater was the perfect thing for me, in short bursts of intense community building. — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
There would be a lot less drama if people learned how to talk to each other instead of talking about each other. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If we really exist merely to fulfill God’s plan: then life is a television drama; with God being the scriptwriter, the director,… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I've learned from every director I've worked with. Everybody's style is very different, and I always say that being an actor is… — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
When I entered college, I wasn't sure what I was going to do. My advisor happened to be from the theater department,… — David Selby Copy Share Image
Actors are not always the best judges. We have a peculiar idea of what we think we are, and sometimes it's best… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
As an actor, whether I'm playing Othello on stage or David Estes on 'Homeland,' that ability to give into your imagination is… — David Harewood Copy Share Image
“...if you're an actor, and you've thought your way into the part, then you're character portrayal will have authority...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In comedy there's a lot of drama, and in drama there's a lot of comedy. The two meet more than the word… — Ayo Edebiri Copy Share Image
There's some actors that go easily between drama and comedy because they play the naturalism of the role, and they just have… — Nahnatchka Khan Copy Share Image
I feel like I've finally made it as an actor. I've been doing this for years and you don't always make a… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
As an actor, one is always looking at doing interesting things... meatier roles... stories that turn out exactly the way on screen… — Neha Sharma Copy Share Image
I am the actor that I am. I do what I do. I've been a 'leading man' playing romantic leads for a… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
Acting for me is like a ping-pong game. That's the secret of acting. When you have a really good actor, I always… — Sibel Kekilli Copy Share Image
