I was brought to films at such a young age. And I would see my parents breaking down stories at the dinner… — Molly Gordon Copy Share Image
One of the greatest pleasures of working on shows is that I enjoy watching the actors - who are all younger than… — Kelly Bishop Copy Share Image
I went down to Chicago to try to go into a place called Second City. I auditioned for that and got in… — Chris Farley Copy Share Image
Comedy is more difficult. You can look at scenes when you're doing a drama like, Maybe it works, but in comedy, when… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
People just don't understand the art form of what we do. It's a mental and physical grind. You can't be a dolt… — Seth Rollins Copy Share Image
I always say to every actor, and to people that want to get into this industry, to just try to be on… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
For me, the political part of being an actor is very tough. To sit somewhere and tell somebody why you should feel… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
Once, a French journalist told me that all my films are the same. I said, 'Excuse me? I work hard to make… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Personally, when I'm not working, I like to do as many things outside of the industry as I can - other things… — Liam Hemsworth Copy Share Image
The grand scale and immersive nature of The IMAX Experience gives Spiderwick a brand new level of excitement. In IMAX theatres, fans… — Mark Canton Copy Share Image
It wasn't until 2013 that I even started working in film. It was always something I wanted to do from six, but… — Chris Wood Copy Share Image
Chicago theater vs. New York theater. There's just nothing to say about it really. If you've seen Chicago theater, you know that… — Terry Kinney Copy Share Image
I have never directed anything for the stage. I studied for three years in the theater, and it was a very, very… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
An actor and a [theatre] director are both what I would call interpreters of work. We interpret a work, just as a… — George Ogilvie Copy Share Image
I write R-rated action dramas, and every year that goes by, that gets to be a smaller and smaller world you have… — Brian Helgeland Copy Share Image
I feel very blessed in my career to have been able to bounce back and forth between different things, television and film,… — Geoff Stults Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid, my parents would show me Marx Brothers films and westerns and stuff like that. Thats where… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a part of an ensemble cast. It's such a wonderful, beautiful thing to be in a comedy where… — Danny Pudi Copy Share Image
Over time as an actor, your life with a project can be so short lived because you come on, you do it,… — Maggie Siff Copy Share Image
In the theater, when people hear that you're writing a play, they want to know what it's all about, whether there's a… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
It's easier to go from theatre to film than the other way round. In film you're absolutely loved and cossetted and cared… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting. They only think of stardom. If… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Before 1994, many South Africans used theater as a voice of protest against the government. But with the end of apartheid, like… — John Kani Copy Share Image
When I was coming up with the Hal Hartley films, I was cast as a no one. I had no name visibility.… — Martin Donovan Copy Share Image
If someone pulls me down, I pull them down, as I don't feel I should live my life in the way other… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
My dad was an actor, and he always said that work was work; you can't turn your nose up at it. We… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
You can feel yourself trying too hard, doing too much. Nobody wants to watch somebody when they're needy, and actors are in… — Jess Weixler Copy Share Image
When you're with another actor who's also been through five hours of prosthetic makeup, and you're eating another person's neck, and fake… — Alexandra Daddario Copy Share Image
I think there is no better training than being onstage because here's the thing: the theater requires you to act with your… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
Plays are frequently infected with ideas that came from actors or even sound engineers. Some Shakespeare scholars wonder whether some of the… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
There is no single approach that actors take to their craft. And the best thing you learn is that you have to… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
How you look is part of what acting is, but the way I look at it, every actor is a character actor.… — Santiago Cabrera Copy Share Image
“What silly little things sometimes take on meaning in life, suddenly, out of nowhere. And you know they're little nothings, and you… — Sarah Ruhl Copy Share Image
You've got to be like a fan at your show, just wild out. I make eye contact. I get in the crowd… — Schoolboy Q Copy Share Image
When you are in every scene of a movie - which I must say I really much prefer - you have more… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
When I first thought about wrestling, I thought about it as this foreign thing that I would have so much trouble accessing,… — Betty Gilpin Copy Share Image
I think casting is really important. Finding the right sensibility for the right part is an art in itself. If you're off… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
I look at some of the amazing actors that we celebrate today, who are leading their own shows and movies and writing… — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
I've always loved theatre because it's so immediate. The challenge of it is that, career wise, it's easier to get traction in… — Steven C. Harper Copy Share Image
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