I feel so fortunate to get paid to be an actor. I pinch myself. I get it from writing, I get it… — Lauren Bowles Copy Share Image
London has such an unbelievable respect for theater, where L.A. does not. You go to a play here, and the dude next… — Devin Kelley Copy Share Image
In prep school, I really learned to love the stage. When you step out from the wings and into the lights, there's… — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
You are only an actor if you absolutely love it and can not do anything else. Starving for your art is great… — James Avery Copy Share Image
“Sport, as I have discovered, fosters international hostility and leads the audience, no doubt from boredom, to assault and do grievous bodily… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
We work in this cave, and we speak to each other sort of subconsciously and with like, weird cues and tangential brother… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
When I write plays, I'm already seeing the shapes on stage, of the actors and their interaction, and so on and so… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
I have to entertain myself. An easy way to explain it is I worked in NY since I was five-years-old doing modeling… — Linda Blair Copy Share Image
“Some part of me knew that I could play this part well, or better than well. But I was almost afraid to… — J. B. Cheaney Copy Share Image
When I finished high school, I didn't have much direction - I was a Deadhead kid who ended up bumming around London… — Elizabeth Marvel Copy Share Image
Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a… — Grant Heslov Copy Share Image
There's this thing in TV that I find hysterical where the writers and creators will ask us if you want to know… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
I always call 'Billy Elliot' a fantasy autobiography because I never wanted to be a dancer, but I got a lot of… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
While nothing can ever replace the experience of seeing something in person, it has always boggled my mind as a theater producer… — Randi Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
Normally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in my way… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I started as a short filmmaker and found that one of the toughest challenges was getting your film to be watched. I… — Karthik Subbaraj Copy Share Image
I'm never in Hollywood! I'm a theatre actor that lives in New York. I'm very seldom in Los Angeles. I don't dislike… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I think that Tyler Perry's genius really has been to tap into the domestic market. He knows what his audience is based… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
Every day on the set, things change. You move things around. The actors are creating the roles and bringing them to life,… — Summer Glau Copy Share Image
We knew, very early on, that we had to be very, very clear that directors need to speak to actors and actresses… — Michael Sheen Copy Share Image
I consider myself as a character actor. I like the sports analogy, which I do all the time; I'm an avid sports… — Clint Howard Copy Share Image
An actor is here to perform. For example, if a character is a Punjabi or a Bihari, and the actor is not,… — Sunny Singh Copy Share Image
People never think of entertainers as being human. When you walk out on stage, the audience think, 'Nothing can go wrong with… — Karen Carpenter Copy Share Image
Theatre remains the only thing I understand. It is in the community of theatre that I have my being. In spite of… — Robert Helpmann Copy Share Image
When we look to cast somebody who hasn't had any acting experience before, it's really essential we find somebody who at some… — Anna Boden Copy Share Image
I think it's the same to be an actress anywhere because the profession is about attitudes towards events - it is a… — Zhou Xun Copy Share Image
In the first place, I'm pretty thorough about whom I choose. I instinctively look for the kind of actor who is going… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
On some level, some of the challenges end up being similar, which is when you have a very emotional scene to shoot.… — Miriam Shor Copy Share Image
Acting is a sport. On stage you must be ready to move like a tennis player on his toes. Your concentration must… — Clive Swift Copy Share Image
The world can make an actor feel overly important. What I do isn't hard work. It's not ditch digging - which I… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
It is in the irony of things that the theatre should be the most dangerous place for the actor. But, then, after… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
There are always discussions about casting stars in lead roles in theater - especially when you're working with commercial producers - and… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
It was in New York, and I've always wanted to film in New York. And the writer was a teenage friend of… — Rosamund Pike Copy Share Image
I really think music and movement - dance, you know - and literature inform my visuals. I think film is also based… — Christopher Doyle Copy Share Image
Fame is part of me and my life as an actor. I enjoy the creative aspects of my life as an actor.… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge kind of visual director. For me, it's all about the acting. There's no greater buzz than working with… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
Leave me to the thing I love. I love acting. But being called 'the greatest living actress' - a designation not even… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
If you go on stage, or on TV, then there is an impetus that comes about to be a persona. A completely… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
I schooled in Himachal Pradesh. I had taken up science and, initially, wanted to become a doctor. There are few career options… — Kangna Ranaut Copy Share Image
The best thing as an actor, the best tool you have is your imagination. That you kind of take things that have… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
