I feel like there's a dangerous culture among young actors of going to posey joints and socialising - not doing hard work.… — Will Poulter Copy Share Image
My criteria for doing theater has always been slightly different than my criteria with movies, in that there are a lot of… — Stephen Lang Copy Share Image
I had a great drama teacher, and he sort of made out drama school as this incredibly difficult thing to get into:… — Jeremy Irvine Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be an actor for a long time, but I was based out of Chicago and then I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
On stage, I'm this figure, this actor, who does things that people aren't used to seeing and I relish in that reaction.… — Alice Cooper Copy Share Image
Playing a robot is possibly the most difficult role you can have as an actor, because you have to take all your… — Kristanna Loken Copy Share Image
I had done some community theater plays and I just had so much fun doing it. I was a really shy kid… — Charlie Plummer Copy Share Image
I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead… — Amy Lee Copy Share Image
I enjoy all forms of writing, but playwrighting is what made me what I am. Not only working with the ghosts of… — John Logan Copy Share Image
Instead of books, art, theatre, and music being consigned to specialized niches, we might have a criticism that better reflects the eclecticism… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
I was in college, I thought I was going to be a lawyer, I met this girl named Laura who was the… — Kurt Fuller Copy Share Image
You say a line and you wait for them to laugh, then you say another line and you wait... It felt weird… — Sherilyn Fenn Copy Share Image
There was a point a few years ago where I realized I started out playing boys on camera and stage, and then… — Pamela Adlon Copy Share Image
I hate going to L.A. and dealing with the contempt people have for television and television actors. Its unbelievable the kind of… — Michael Moriarty Copy Share Image
When you're on stage performing stand-up, things only happen one time. I've done bits where I improv a joke, and people are… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
People are in denial all the time, hiding things. If I tell you a racist or dirty joke and you laugh, you're… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I feel it's easier to sit in the backseat and go, "Oh, yeah, let's go there." You're not worried about getting to… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
Im obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think thats extremely… — Sami Gayle Copy Share Image
I started acting when I was 13, but it really wasn't my plan. The actual decision to become an actor was when… — Meital Dohan Copy Share Image
Coming from the theater, you know what your given circumstances are every night and who your character is. You're reenacting this one… — Andrew Rannells Copy Share Image
I definitely knew I wanted to be an actor in high school. I was doing plays and musicals, and I loved 'Saturday… — Jerry Trainor Copy Share Image
I know what my limitations are as an actor, but my strength is putting myself into a well-written part. When I get… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Once after Barefoot In the Park had been playing for about a week I went back to see it, watching the audience,… — Simon Neil Copy Share Image
Each actor, every single time you work with an actor, you have to come up with the language that's going to serve… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
“...definitely dramadies [are out], too. To me, if the writer can’t make up his mind if he’s doing drama or comedy, then… — Jutta Profijt Copy Share Image
I start at square one with every role. If I let myself feel pressure, it would crush me. The truth is that… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
The rush into scripted video by tech giants is going to accelerate an evolution of entertainment that's already underway. We're already moving… — Steven Levy Copy Share Image
What career? A man's got a body of film of about four movies in about 10 years or something. I do it… — Paul Hogan Copy Share Image
My parents wanted to be actors. They tried for years but didn't get anywhere. Then Mum got pregnant with me and they… — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
I think that's why I gravitated toward slightly broader... ummm, more conceptual kinds of movies, Underworld and Van Helsing. That was as… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You… — Olivia Thirlby Copy Share Image
What I learned growing up in Red Mountain Theatre Company is real power and time management and how to represent myself well.… — Jordan Fisher Copy Share Image
I played in front of every conceivable audience you could face: an all-black audience, all-white, firemen's fairs, policemen's balls, in front of… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself… — Derek Magyar Copy Share Image
When playing a role, I would feel more comfortable, as you're given a prescribed way of behaving. So, both Facebook and theatre… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
Not long ago a friend asked me what was the greatest pleasure I got from spending my whole life as an actor.… — Buster Keaton Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor from a young age, but actually becoming one and seen the ugly side of the world… — Fran Kranz Copy Share Image
My passion lies in amazing, complex characters and really well-written stuff - not to say I wouldn't want to do a comedy… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
We all have loads of information. What an actor does is bring it to the surface. I jump without a net because… — Charlotte Rampling Copy Share Image
Actors! The mechanics of cheap melodrama! That isn't death! You scream and choke and sink to your knees but it doesn't bring… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image