Whatever expectations I had for myself, none of them have come to pass. I grew up thinking I was going to be… — Michael Ian Black 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
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
If there are actors that are brilliant, people often wonder whether it's intimidating working alongside them, but it really isn't. It just… — Tom Mison 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
“point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician. From the point of view… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I had this health teacher who kept me after class one time, saying, ‘You’re missing a lot of class.’ I was like,… — Dane DeHaan Copy Share Image
When you're doing that TV thing, you're doing the same thing for years and years. You can fall into bad habits as… — Rory Cochrane Copy Share Image
The '80s were a time of technical wonder in filmmaking; unfortunately, some colleges didn't integrate their film and theater departments - so… — Eric Stoltz Copy Share Image
Each form of the acting is different. I think it keeps your mind active. TV, film and theater are different disciplines, as… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
I start with actors that I know personally or I know their work, and there are things about their work or their… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
The world is both big and small at the same time. So you really do need to know TV, film and theater.… — Julie Halston Copy Share Image
If my parents had plans, like going to a play, I would usually be included, and I didn't realize how special that… — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife,… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I've never taken a job as an actor that I wasn't 100-percent sure I wanted to do. I've never had to think… — Max Minghella Copy Share Image
“The ‘role of the theatre’ is much debated (by almost nobody, of course), but the thing defines itself in practice first and… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
It's a fun show, BoJack Horseman to do, and that gets around. It's easy, especially for a lot of actors who don't… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
Any good movie or script usually, if they're doing their job, gives the highest platform possible for an actor to leap off… — Justin Theroux Copy Share Image
I become a better actor after I step on a stage in front of, like, 500 people when it's just me, a… — Bryan Greenberg Copy Share Image
“This feeling of power, it's happiness to sit in a cottage by the Danube among six women who think I'm semi-idiot, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I take for granted that for the imaginative writer, the exercise of the imagination is part of the basic process of coping… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
I am pretty sure that all young human beings have, at one time or another in their growing-up, been actors. They have… — Tyne Daly Copy Share Image
Had I not been an actor, I would have been counting cash at my father's restaurant or supervising activities in the kitchen.… — Saqib Saleem Copy Share Image
Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes: Maybe… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“Then back to the stage, and the acting. The bright lights, the rehearsed lines. The applause, the falling curtain. Leaving who one… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I enjoy theater just for the sheer excitement of it and the immediate response that you get, and how every night the… — Dorian Missick Copy Share Image
I love actors; I love seeing great performances. I just love that, when I'm seeing a performance, that inside me, I just… — Sandra Oh Copy Share Image
I think the New York theater audience is very savvy. Sometimes you get newbies who think they're going to be watching Smash… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
And costume is so important for an actor. It absolutely helps to get into character; it's the closest thing to you, it… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I want to do more drama. Comedy is the path of least resistance for my company. People know we can do them.… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
The biggest concern for most actors has and always will be getting enough work - it's just part of our profession -… — Ken Howard 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
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
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
