Acting has always been something I've wanted to get into. I think the best models are actors; you're taking on a character.… — Liberty Ross Copy Share Image
So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I thought I would enjoy, which was acting.… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
The terrain of the face is the most dynamic thing you can point the camera at, to me. I love production design… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I didn't become an actor for the money, so I can't stay with a job for that reason. I did too many… — Jean Smart Copy Share Image
First, I started with music singing, writing songs, playing music. Later, I got into acting. I'm not a brilliant musician or a… — Murray Head Copy Share Image
I decided in my late teens that I wanted to be an actor, and my dad and I agreed that films were… — Tadanobu Asano Copy Share Image
I feel it's so hard for young actors; It's a different world that they're coming up in; there's so much money to… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
I think being an actor in general is acknowledging that we are constantly playing different roles, that we have all these different… — David Hyde Pierce Copy Share Image
I don't want to be some actor talking about how he wants to be a musician. It's something I'm really passionate about… — Jared Leto Copy Share Image
I've been for 10 years trying to make something out of my life as an actor. I've learned a lot but I… — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
My first tour I did was The Warped Tour, and I was likening myself to the bearded lady at the circus because… — Juliette Lewis Copy Share Image
As an actor, you can't think about the end result or the fame; you just have to focus on the day you're… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
When I'm on stage, I know exactly where I am. It's not an ego thing or anything like that, but I am… — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
I guess I did a couple of things when I was a kid, but they weren't really acting - I think I… — A Fine Frenzy Copy Share Image
I've always had a flare for the dramatic. I thought about being an actor and I thought about directing, but writing truly… — Marti Noxon Copy Share Image
Some of us are interested in directors, but really the vast majority of us are interested in actors. You experience the films… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I played a lot of serious parts in a lot of TV movies and early miniseries but what happens is that you… — Barry Bostwick Copy Share Image
Only in the theatre was it possible to see the performers and to be warmed by their personal charm, to respond to… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I see my music as a visual thing. When I'm on stage I am very expressive with my face and through my… — Netta Barzilai Copy Share Image
My favorite term for a new kind of performance is "security theater." In this genre, we watch as ritualized inspections and patdowns… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
There are the obstacles of your position as an actor, not being a commodity enough to be hired by the big directors… — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be… — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
Dissent in art is a fundamental right. But if it is dissent about a book, a piece of art, and if you… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
I would be an actress for the rest of my life just because it's really relaxing. Writing is hard work, and stand-up… — Kristen Schaal Copy Share Image
After I left Yale, we were all doing these mad plays off - off Broadway. And I got back to that feeling… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater,… — T. J. Miller Copy Share Image
First and foremost, I'd say my father, Bert Lahr ... gave me a love of theatre--its kinetic and emotional potential and its… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
If you represent a fantasy for the people who actually go to the cinema, they grab that and go with it; therefore,… — Amitabh Bachchan Copy Share Image
You can play yourself and make a very good career out of it. Do the same type of role, the daring, good-looking,… — Rocky Carroll Copy Share Image
What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
It's something that I think I'm going to have to fight against for most of my career, for people to take me… — Armie Hammer Copy Share Image
We are all from different cultures. Heath's [Ledger] Australian, really. I'm from here. Ang's [Lee] from China. But I think Ang gets… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
There's a tricky tone where you try to get some humor into a movie that's also a tough tale of murder and… — Walter Hill Copy Share Image
It's a controlling thing on stage - you're directing the action, getting people to play their role. In real life, I take… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Very occasionally I hire an actor and get it wrong. The actor just doesn't trust the process or me as fully as… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
Wanting to be on television is a mental illness. Wanting to be president of the United States, wanting to be an actor… — Keith Olbermann Copy Share Image
In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
Cinema is a wonderful art form for talking about loneliness. We can experience films together with other people. It can be a… — Joachim Trier Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a journeyman actor. I wanted to be able to do comedy and drama, classical and contemporary. I… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
It never occurred to me that I was a leading man until I was 19 years old. I had been acting since… — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
![“We are all from different cultures. Heath's [Ledger] Australian, really. I'm from here. Ang's [Lee] from China. But I think Ang gets very close in preproduction and rehearsals. And then he allows his actors - I don't think scared of actors, but I think he's scared of getting in on the scenes he's…” quote by Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/25f/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_actors_we-are-all-from-different-cultures-heath_299966.jpg)
