I think I always knew I was going to somehow be on a stage. I was quite an extrovert, as a child.… — Eve Hewson Copy Share Image
The acting background helped a lot when I started writing. I was training for it. In acting class they teach you about… — Carol Higgins Clark Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in hiding from the fact that my parents are actors. I'm proud of them! It's very ordinary to pursue… — Maya Hawke Copy Share Image
I try not to limit myself. The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
Acting for screen is very different from acting on stage, and then obviously when you dance... everything is a physical embodiment. But… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
On television, you have an intimate moment with the camera. In theater, you are making something live with people there. My brain… — Kirsten Vangsness Copy Share Image
The writing is really hard. You're alone. It really pulls it out of you. You pull it out of your head. But… — Tony Gilroy Copy Share Image
Infinity is a way to describe the incomprehensible to the human mind. In a way it notates a mystery. That kind of… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to nudge my way into writing something scripted - maybe for other people, maybe a play - and I… — Ivo Graham Copy Share Image
Now that was one thing, but from an actor's point of view, this poor young man, crying from the moment I opened… — Rod Steiger Copy Share Image
When I [first] went to university, I was doing foreign languages, because I had done them since I was 13 years old.… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing… — Elaine Paige Copy Share Image
I think it's important to create an atmosphere where actors feel like they can try things out. It doesn't mean that I'll… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
I also think the reason I like to do a one-man show is you're not limited into the confines of a role.… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
No one is really a method actor, everyone has their way of going about it, preparing for it, but method is preparation,… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
So the real drama for me is balancing live performances and writing, and one of the ways I balance it is I… — Philip Glass Copy Share Image
On movies, I like to involve the cast in the writing of the script. I like to have a rehearsal period, after… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I'm one of relatively few stage-trained actors who doesn't much like acting on stage. It feels kind of like riding the Cyclone… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff… — Zach Gilford Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to be able to do comedies, dramas, completely different parts. At the beginning, when you start you have… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
I never studied anything about film technique in school. Eventually, I realized that cinema and theater are not so different: from the… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
As an actor you always want to be challenged and you always want to have someone tell you you can't do something,… — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
I want to keep doing interesting work with interesting people in whatever form that may take, but I want to play the… — Gwilym Lee Copy Share Image
I did an internship at the Ardent theatre company in Philly after dropping out of college. I was earning $165 a week… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Now of course like, you know fancy go to the opera and see drama and they regard them as high culture. And… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
For so many years, I've been an actor acting in other people's movies, and in 'Unstoppable,' I'm producing it, and I have… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a classical actress. I plodded along. I went to junior college in San Francisco, I was in a… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
Just coming to terms with the fact that I got to play April Wheeler [Revolutionary Road] and Hanna Schmitz [The Reader] in… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
The truth is that when writing a TV show or a film you are a part of a team. And though you… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
My mum, in 2007, was invited by some Australian friends in London to a fringe theatre play reading of an unrehearsed, unproduced… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
There's a lot of great stuff on television and that's very appealing to actors who want to work, who do good quality… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
I have a company in the U.K., a performance-capture studio. We're looking to push the boundaries of performance-capture technology in film and… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I think that of musicals - especially the big, splashy ones - require an actor that's also part cheerleader, too, and that's… — John Lloyd Young Copy Share Image
If the film isn't in some way going to study behavior then I'm not interested, but the reason why I'm not interested… — Bruce Dern Copy Share Image
Once you click into a character, to a certain degree, you can do a lot else. You can do other stuff, then… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
To be honest, I'm probably more of a comedy person, actually. I really enjoy the comedy stuff, and I've got some things… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
It's important that the actor doesn't feel like they're working in a vacuum. If the actor is told, 'Oh, it's a secret;… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
It was important for me as a theater artist to allow myself and my interests to evolve over time and allow my… — Allison Tolman Copy Share Image
There's just something about getting up, putting it out there, and getting this exchange of energy. Whether your audience is a camera… — Lauren Bowles Copy Share Image
I wasn't that great in sports. I started doing children's theater and loved it. I thought I had a great thing going… — George Newbern Copy Share Image
![“When I [first] went to university, I was doing foreign languages, because I had done them since I was 13 years old. I had done French and German. I picked up Italian, just sort of blasted through the exams, [and then] took off overseas, because I wanted to be an actor. I thought, "I'm just not…” quote by Nick Offerman](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/87b/nick-offerman-2326_academic_when-i-first-went-to-university-i-was-do_2190392.png)
![“Just coming to terms with the fact that I got to play April Wheeler [Revolutionary Road] and Hanna Schmitz [The Reader] in one year, let alone in my lifetime. I'm very, very aware of how rare that is as an opportunity for any one person. I can't tell you how much I've been able to take away from…” quote by Kate Winslet](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/f8f/kate-winslet-875_able_just-coming-to-terms-with-the-fact-that_2333637.jpg)
