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
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
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
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
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
I love acting. I had a backup option in writing or direction. But I have gone on to become an actor. — Vijay Deverakonda Copy Share Image
I went to NYU drama school, so I was a very serious actress. I used to do monologues with a Southern accent,… — Molly Shannon Copy Share Image
To be an actor in the society in Israel, you have to be ten times better than the Israeli Jews. To get… — Ali Suliman Copy Share Image
Seeing what the film becomes, out of your hands - you never know, you know? I'm always rather anxious. It's not like… — Eva Green Copy Share Image
I think a lot of audience members don't realize the part that they play in live theatre. The audience actually has a… — LaChanze Copy Share Image
“Violent actors act violently not because they are mentally ill or come from violent subcultures or are brain damaged or have low… — Richard Rhodes Copy Share Image
I suddenly became an unprofessional tantrum queen but people tend to forget that we associate these terms only with actresses. So many… — Tanushree Dutta Copy Share Image
I don't think it's a prize when actors and directors or writers and actors work together more than once. You have a… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
You face challenges and you have to make choices. You're weighing the necessary responsibility toward reality and authenticity and of course the… — Paul Greengrass Copy Share Image
I was studying musical theatre at the ArtsEd school in London and got picked to join a dance troupe called Wacky Feet,… — Michaela Strachan Copy Share Image
Life of an actor is not his or hers: it's everyone's life. Nothing is private; nothing is personal. If you're doing great… — Kartik Aaryan Copy Share Image
I've played some gangster roles, but that's obviously not me. When you're an Italian-American New York actor, it's just an easy way… — Michael Imperioli Copy Share Image
I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be an actor. It has just always been an inevitability on some… — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
Being just an actor, sometimes people are like, "Hey, man, we don't wanna see you no more, in front of the camera,"… — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
Supporting actors are the support. You can't make a building without support. You can't buy dinner without support. — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
My dad was a theater actor, so I would follow him backstage. And my mom was a casting director. The moment I… — Christian Slater Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to write, I've always wanted to direct. The conscious decision was always to not be an actor. — Sam Levinson Copy Share Image
I think a lot of actors, especially actors with a theater background, have a musical ear. A lot of actors just want… — Cedric Yarbrough Copy Share Image
A young Brit girl with no theatre experience decided to take on an iconic American role on Broadway. Maybe I should have… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo. — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
If you decide to become a political actor, then the things that you say and you do become subject of public scrutiny… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
I came to Mozambique in 1986, when I first became involved with Teatro Avenida - a theatre company that stages plays concerned… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
I just wanted to be an actor. I was hoping for opportunities to unveil, and I wanted to make the most of… — Mithila Palkar Copy Share Image
I think with the live shows it's giving you that opportunity to do something on stage that you don't normally do. — Matt Shultz Copy Share Image
I came to New York to study theater and stayed and was doing exactly what I wanted to do. It's because of… — Michael Stuhlbarg Copy Share Image
I love comedy and drama equally and music too. I just sort of follow my nose to whatever seems really exciting at… — Jack Black Copy Share Image
They say that theater is the actor's medium, television is the writer's medium and film is the director's medium, and it's really… — Charlie Hunnam Copy Share Image
There isn't really a theatre culture in L.A., which is odd when there are so many brilliant actors there. — Raza Jaffrey Copy Share Image
I think there's true drama in the formation of everything that we know and are standing on the shoulders of. — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
I have to be invested spiritually, emotionally, and psychologically to do theater. I can't do it to make a living. I have… — Ruben Santiago-Hudson Copy Share Image
I've directed a couple of times in the theater, but I wouldn't make a habit of it because it's too consuming. — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
I feel like people want there to be this mystery between film and theater, but I just kind of went where I… — Anna Kendrick Copy Share Image
Keats himself spoke about how Shakespeare was capable of erasing himself completely from the characters he had created. As an actor, that… — Ben Whishaw Copy Share Image
