In your actor's heart, you know when you're playing well. Others may not always agree with you, but I'm always aware of… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
I want brave people. Fearless ones. A good actor just goes out and leaps off the edge and develops wings on his… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
If you have a great part, you have the opportunity to give a good performance. The greatest actors get the best parts,… — Tom Hollander Copy Share Image
Because we grew up surrounded by big dramatic story arcs in books and movies, we think our lives are supposed to be… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Cinema is a composite art into which you can include all conceivable art or entertainment forms. In film, I can work with… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
Shyambazar evokes a strong sense of nostalgia in me. There's not a theatre in that area where I haven't watched a movie.… — Prosenjit Chatterjee Copy Share Image
My father started out as a riveter, but he had the soul of an artist. He worshiped Shakespeare and had aspirations to… — Christine Ebersole Copy Share Image
The strange power of art is sometimes it can show that what people have in common is more urgent than what differentiates… — John Berger Copy Share Image
I've always found it to be a privilege to make movies. It's a really expensive, creative medium. And people allow me to… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
It was really cool because you can tell that she directs in a way that she wants to be spoken to, as… — Laura Prepon Copy Share Image
I never pictured myself in California. I just thought I would be a character actress in New York on the stage. I… — Rhea Perlman Copy Share Image
The purpose of theatre is... making an event in which a group of fragments are sudde nly brought together... in a community… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
I choose my actors well and get to know the quirks of their personalities - and, most of all, I share humor… — George Cukor Copy Share Image
I still get excited performing live. When you see the immediate reaction from a crowd, its like being a theater performer, its… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
John Doyle just knows how to feed actors, and what comes out of us, good, bad, right, wrong, doesn't matter. There's no… — Patti LuPone Copy Share Image
My brother Robert wanted to act from a very early age, and there was always a part of me that said we… — Philip Glenister Copy Share Image
In Korea, when I started, there wasn't a trend where people chose to be both actors and singers. I was the first… — Rain Copy Share Image
To be able to actually sit in a theater and watch people get off on anything that I had a part in,… — Marti Noxon Copy Share Image
I earn a lot of money in England doing voice-overs, especially in documentaries. Turn on the Discovery Channel here, and you'll hear… — Tim Pigott-Smith Copy Share Image
Anarchy loves theatre. That's the whole point. People forget that. You have to laugh at the devil, not fight him. They'll always… — Melvin Burgess Copy Share Image
The strongest moments in my life are when I'm filming. It's an adventure. As an actor I try to seduce someone, try… — Jean-Pierre Leaud Copy Share Image
I'd like to be that chameleon. That's really ultimately what I want to hear from people eventually: 'I really love when I… — David Gallagher Copy Share Image
I began working on stage in Atlanta when I was 3, doing a dance act with the Ragamuffins of Rhythm. Later I… — Nipsey Russell Copy Share Image
I like to invest as a performer in the director's vision and then bring a sense of reality to whatever I'm doing,… — Amy Seimetz Copy Share Image
It's not that I wanted to be an actor; it's that I didn't want to be a dancer! I was trained in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Simply, if you're working with good material, then it's right there, and you don't have to try so hard as an actor;… — Dule Hill Copy Share Image
I think that when you are struggling as an actor, you imagine that if things were to pan out, everything in your… — Katherine Waterston Copy Share Image
There are several types of movie space, the three most important being: (1) the field of the screen, (2) the psychological space… — Manny Farber Copy Share Image
Learn as much as you can about performing. Live theater, improv classes, music, stand up comedy, dance, anything to make yourself confident… — Rob Paulsen Copy Share Image
Do remember, though, that unless you're a playwright, the result [dialogue] isn't what you want; it's only an element of what you… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
It's amazing that for actors mostly, it's a risk to attach yourself to a film that you don't know whether or not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Often, people ask if it's different doing live-action and voice-over, but the only thing that's different, really, is that we're in a… — Emmanuelle Chriqui Copy Share Image
Working with Robert, Robert [Elswit] is a storyteller. He's not a cinematographer, he's a storyteller. And to me, that's the graduation I… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I don't think most people decide to become an actor because they want to be followed around all the time... I see… — Luke Hemsworth Copy Share Image
None of my kids want to be actors. They are actually very interested in being musicians. I think they like the process… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Even though momentarily I thought about being a doctor, I was always involved in theatre and did a drama degree. I just… — Elliot Cowan Copy Share Image
Work wise, as a stunt woman, I enjoy telly - or TV - because - and, as an actor - I kind… — Zoe Bell Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about theater is that it has so many people involved in the creation of it. The worst thing about… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Everyone talks about reality TV and that there are no roles left. That's false. Years ago, there were three networks. Now there… — Corbin Bernsen Copy Share Image
I don't care if people perceive me as always selling out because I'm doing a studio picture. For me, the whole thing… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
![“Do remember, though, that unless you're a playwright, the result [dialogue] isn't what you want; it's only an element of what you want. Actors embody and re-create the words of drama. In fiction, a tremendous amount of story and character may be given through the dialogue, but the story-world and…” quote by Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/ccc/ursula-k-le-guin-138_actors_do-remember-though-that-unless-you-re-a_2836249.jpg)
![“Working with Robert, Robert [Elswit] is a storyteller. He's not a cinematographer, he's a storyteller. And to me, that's the graduation I hope to get to in my profession. That I'm not just an actor, I'm a storyteller. And I think that takes a long time in, when you have one job on a movie set…” quote by Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/b42/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_actors_working-with-robert-robert-elswit-is-a-s_3069036.jpg)
