That's not part of me that I have to do something dark to prove to people that I'm an actor. The fuel… — Jerry Trainor Copy Share Image
It takes a long while for a director to cease thinking in terms of the result he desires and instead concentrate on… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
If I'm not directing it, I need to be right in the director's ear so we can be talking about this." You… — Jake M. Johnson Copy Share Image
As a jobbing actor, you can't afford to be choosy; if you're typed, you're generally working. I still feel that way, and… — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
I think movie making can sometimes make you lazy in your approach. Occasionally you'll be shooting a scene and it's not even… — Jamie Bell Copy Share Image
I've had some interesting roles along the way, but they tend to be cause-driven. They're always about something. There isn't time for… — Bonnie Bedelia Copy Share Image
I actually find in America, there's a slight snobbery about actors who go back and forth between big heavy dramas and popcorn… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
I changed my major to English and I went off to Fort Collins. And within the first couple of weeks, I noticed… — Keith Carradine Copy Share Image
I came up in comics doing lots of DIY self-published stuff, producing my own books, handling all the details of creation and… — Fred Van Lente Copy Share Image
I really need to work. People think that I'm no longer interested in acting and only interested in work-ing with the animals.… — Tippi Hedren Copy Share Image
When you're on stage, you're playing to whoever is in the back of the room, and TV and film is so much… — Shannon Purser Copy Share Image
Back in the '80s filmmakers would freeze moments when an action star would leap or jump from a tall building just to… — Mukul Dev Copy Share Image
The last major breakthrough for the theatre was electricity, and we have to push beyond that if we want to move beyond… — David Soul Copy Share Image
I don't know why director Priyadarshan is known for his comedy ventures, he is better in action. He's the kind of director… — Zayed Khan Copy Share Image
The world has never before had as much drama as today. Radio, films, television and video inundate us with drama. But while… — Girish Karnad Copy Share Image
As Uta Hagen would say, there's the representational actor and the presentational actor. My sister [Maggie Gyllenhaal] came up to me recently… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
People think that unless you become the de-glam girl, who has horrible things happening to her, you're not really acting; all it… — Taapsee Pannu Copy Share Image
I'd love to have written a film and it to be regarded as good. I'd just like to be doing things that… — James Corden Copy Share Image
The arts inform as well as stimulate; they challenge as well as satisfy. Their location is not limited to galleries, concert halls… — Elliot W. Eisner Copy Share Image
I went to college to study drama where I discovered I had no talent and after a period of dropping out majored… — Elizabeth Hand Copy Share Image
There should be room for everything in the West End, be that a blockbuster musical or a good straight play. I would… — Lee Evans Copy Share Image
I'd be lying if I said Hollywood wasn't still an ambition; it's everyone's, isn't it? You're getting paid very well, you're working… — Max Beesley Copy Share Image
Every other movie is one of those action things. I mean, 'Lost in Space'? A bunch of good actors running around shooting… — Tom Berenger Copy Share Image
There are certain people who I worked with, Pamela Anderson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, they are figures. And they know this. They don't pretend… — Udo Kier Copy Share Image
I find that the skills and the muscularity required to be on stage, you need to keep those up - I do,… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
When an actor comes to you and starts working with the script, the image of his character that you had in your… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
I don't think you should sit around and wait for people to give you an opportunity to express yourself or do your… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
No support of one star or one director or one producer can make any individual actor a star. You have to connect… — Katrina Kaif Copy Share Image
I used to be a bit obsessed by acting but not anymore. I do enjoy acting but I probably enjoy it more… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
Preparing a character is the opposite of building-it is a demolishing, removing brick by brick everything in the actor's muscles, ideas and… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
If I or any other black can deliver at the box office, I'll get a lot of work. Too many young actors,… — Mario Van Peebles Copy Share Image
I can't negotiate and collaborate with a character to create a distilled dramatic investigation of the raw material. I need to work… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people think that we [comedians] are nerveless people in the theatre, that we don't feel that kind… — Barry Humphries Copy Share Image
I've grown not only as an actor but as a young woman. I find myself to be more confident and being more… — Amybeth McNulty Copy Share Image
I think, in our life I think that when you are an actor, when you are a producer, you have to be… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
Interpreting gives me a chance to do what I do well and have done since I was a kid. At one time,… — Jack Jason Copy Share Image
Here's a certainty: When you play out your personal dramas, hurt and self-interest in the media, it's a confection. You say what… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're completely at the mercy of other people. You basically go begging for the opportunity to work. As a… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
If you want to be an actor or actress out of high school or college, just know what you're getting in for.… — Dylan Sprouse Copy Share Image
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