I was born in the theatre. My father was a small time impresario on the West Coast and I was acting from… — Anita Loos Copy Share Image
“Truth in theatre is always on the move. As you read this book, it is already moving out of date. it is… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
I find that in the United States, there's more rules and people are more afraid of actors getting hurt. In Mexico, I… — Melissa Barrera Copy Share Image
You had actors that came from live theatre and it felt like you're doing a play. Every time we did a three… — Richard Schiff Copy Share Image
I figured most of the best actors around 20 years old would all be at drama school, where they're tied up and… — Matt Milne Copy Share Image
As someone who's been doing a lot of classical theater recently, I loved the idea of getting to run around in Steven… — Lily Rabe Copy Share Image
I'm a little less hungry as an actor than I used to be. When you're a director, you're the conductor of the… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
Being an actor is wonderful and it's a lot of fun, but eventually you look old and you can't fit this or… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I'm a bigger fan of my directing than in acting. Acting is just harder. You know, not harder, per se, because directing… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
As far as the creative side, the more I do this, the more I know that it's all about the writing. We… — Wes Bentley Copy Share Image
Monroe, the consummate sexual doll, is empowered to act but afraid to act, perhaps because no amount of acting, however inspired, can… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
I'm new to this TV thing, at least as an actor. It's a challenge. The thing I have to adjust to is… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
I was doing the work I was capable of doing with my own native talent, but when I looked at actors like… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share Image
The reason I made my stage name Kali Uchis is because it's still me in the sense that, my dad called me… — Kali Uchis Copy Share Image
I'm doing this play right now, the new David Mamet play. It's called 'Race,' and it's very interesting how people really leave… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I read 'Backstage' a lot when I first was unleashed into the world from drama school. And what was great about it… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
It's very difficult for me to do fund raising for my own organization if I'm working for other companies because sponsors will… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I actually envy actors who have a persona: 'This is the way I am. This is the part I play.' And do… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
The less people that are on the stage, there's more drama. You start living the music with each individual. When you see… — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
As an actor, I think you can get really bad habits, if you do the same thing, every day. You can get… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
On a lot of shows that I've done, we had the same directors, which was cool. But then, it's also great to… — Laura Prepon Copy Share Image
Eventually, if your career goes higher and higher, that's just how it is, but it's a little frightening. When I was younger… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
Being a dancer I've got the idea that through discipline and hard work, you can develop the ability to be in a… — Thierry Mugler Copy Share Image
Sarah Paulson is the most prepared and professional actor I've had the privilege of working with. I learned so much about preparation… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
I am not a star. I am an actor. I have been fighting for years to make people forget that I am… — Alain Delon Copy Share Image
I find it rather tedious working with some actors who have to go into a corner and bounce up and down, shake… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
I love the theater, and I did tons of theater before I ever did anything in front of the camera, but I… — Jean Smart Copy Share Image
I think that among my friends I'm known as being a hard worker; I think if you want to be an actor,… — Jeremy Irvine Copy Share Image
The hardest thing for a film actor, especially if you are in a lot of the film, is sustaining energy for the… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I want to keep doing different things. I'd like to do a more personal, dramatic movie next, I think. But as long… — Tony Goldwyn Copy Share Image
After all these years, I'm starting to learn what a good director does, and I know what a good one does with… — Brian Geraghty Copy Share Image
When you look at the piece of paper, and there's just words on there, you interpret it as the actor to whatever… — James Hong Copy Share Image
My primary instinct as an actor is not the big transformation. It's thrilling if a performer can do that well, but that's… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Some people manage to make that transition from child actor to adult actor seamlessly. But I felt that if I spent my… — Anna Popplewell Copy Share Image
Everybody has to make his own place by his talent and hard work in the industry. There is no short cut and… — Raza Murad Copy Share Image
I know that applause is food for the arts, but it ceases to be wholesome if administered indiscriminately; and the nutrition is… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
I'm much more interested in what an actor has to say about something substantial and important than who they're dating or what… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
I don't know how other people perceive the lives of actors, but my life is fairly ordinary. I go to work, I… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I studied voiceover, and I studied acting and I got my first series and my first agent a week out of high… — Bob Bergen Copy Share Image
This is advice I would give to any young actor - if you go into a room with anybody and you come… — Adam Baldwin Copy Share Image
