I think the novel is essentially a comic form (tragedy is for the theatre), not meaning by that full of jokes, but… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I was worried about how others viewed me and if I was good enough. I realize now that… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
I've got to give my brother a lot of credit because he's always introduced me to a lot of things and those… — Ed Speleers Copy Share Image
Doing [a relationship comedy] with Sam [L. Jackson] was exciting. I've done a lot of comedies with a lot of comedy people.… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
Auditioning and actually acting on a set are two different things. When you audition, you're in a room and you don't have… — Adelaide Kane Copy Share Image
... the modern drama, operating through the double channel of dramatist and interpreter, affecting as it does both mind and heart,is the… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Something they taught us at drama school, and it's taken me a long time to realise it's true through practice, is that… — Karla Crome Copy Share Image
I don't really make a distinction because when I'm acting, I feel like an actor, and when I DJ, I feel like… — Kristian Nairn Copy Share Image
I thought I wanted to go to drama school or university, and that would have been a completely different life. But what… — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
The love, support, and respect the members of the theater community have for one another is unparalleled. Say what you want about… — Monica Raymund Copy Share Image
I suppose after 'Four Weddings' I was very busy for a bit, and I imagined that was my career, but I never… — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
While I feel that I have a great reservoir to draw from as an actor for lots of different roles, it is… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
“Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door. His name, as I ought to have told you before, Is really Asparagus. That's… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
It is obvious when an actor has put work into prep and research and understanding their character, and they're making choices, because… — Logan Lerman Copy Share Image
If an actor or actress is recognizable, that changes our perception of them. Sometimes you can play against type, or you can… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
“To quote a Shakespearean cliché, repeated to death because it is so stubbornly true: “All the world’s a stage.” Work is theater.… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
When I started thinking seriously about learning the rules of narrative, I thought, 'You've learned the rules of dancing from the ballet;… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
When I play live, it doesn't look like I'm interacting with the crowd that much because I'm looking at the controllers and… — Erik Wiegand Copy Share Image
Great actors can transform, but sometimes there's just this person who speaks right to the role. When they walk in the room,… — David Leitch Copy Share Image
For me, it's just acting. It's pretending. The best actors are children, and children don't do research. You never see a child… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
It's easier to be more vulnerable in a smaller environment. It's hard to expect your actors to be able to open up… — Sadie Calvano Copy Share Image
I don't think any actor can be satisfied. I am still in the learning phase and hope I am always in the… — Kajol Copy Share Image
Most people go on living their everyday life: half-frightened, half indifferent, they behold the ghostly tragic-comedy that is being performed on the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Working on a set and working with actors, that's all the same. The moment you're doing it and you're in the moment,… — Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr Copy Share Image
In L.A., everyone wants to be an actor. Everyone's putting on a front, it seems. It comes with Hollywood and the whole… — Larry Nance, Jr Copy Share Image
Comedy people are always present because they're always looking for the funniest version of whatever the line is. Sometimes theater people, where… — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
Whatever I do, it's crucial to me that I give it 100 per cent. It doesn't matter if it's a short film,… — Ewen Bremner Copy Share Image
My mother asks when I will do some theatre, and there is something about getting your 15 minute call. That is what… — Jonas Armstrong Copy Share Image
I have to say: We were looking at all of Native American actors, who mostly all work under one casting director. And… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
When I got into the film world, I got sucked into the secular aspect of the entertainment field and I really drifted… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
In movies, you get to explore parts of yourself that in real life, people shy away from, like looking stupid or embarrassing… — Jess Weixler Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to stories and telling them; whether it was through being a part of theater when I was a… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
I definitely wanted to be an actor. I didn't want to be on TV, I didn't want to be famous, I didn't… — Lauren Graham Copy Share Image
When you audition for shows in Hollywood, you go in, you do your scene, maybe you get an adjustment. It's sort of… — Ben Feldman Copy Share Image
When I do an action thing, it speaks louder than the things that I've done that are dramatic and comedy. Actually, if… — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
'Hamilton' is a game-changer for the musical theater genre. It's moved the art form forward so much and redefined so many things… — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
Trust is front and center in the working of this production, and it's conceivable there is a harder-working team of theater practitioners… — Jamie Parker Copy Share Image
The Miss America contest isthe most perfectly rendered theater in our culture, for it so perfectly captures what we yearn for: a… — Gerald Early Copy Share Image
I was a guy who needed to go to class, because I had some raw talent that I thought was identifiable, when… — Jon Voight Copy Share Image
When I was seven, I said, "I want to act." When I was 10, I realized that films exist, and I wanted… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
![“Doing [a relationship comedy] with Sam [L. Jackson] was exciting. I've done a lot of comedies with a lot of comedy people. My peers. I've never worked with anybody of the kind of dramatic caliber of movie actor that Sam is. It was a little bit intimidating for the first day. Or two... Or the first…” quote by Samuel L. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/1b7/samuel-l-jackson-3595_actors_doing-a-relationship-comedy-with-sam-l-j_2548724.jpg)
