The biggest challenge for me, as an actor, is to be informed, prepared and focused, at the same time. I had to… — Hugo Weaving Copy Share Image
Im one of those weird people where I get more star struck by directors and directors of photography and things like that… — Matthew Bomer Copy Share Image
For me, there's nothing more valuable as an actor, or better way to learn, than getting to perform in front of a… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
I think, for an actor, the whole world is a place of work because if you focus on characters and on stories,… — Edgar Ramirez Copy Share Image
I used to search and search for that actor or actress who's exactly what's in my head. But you have to realize… — Billy Lawrence Copy Share Image
I've met actors where you think, if only you could just clean up your act and get it together, people would want… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
Playing a show is a monumental hassle. You've got to schlep all your heavy equipment into the van, then you've got to… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, most actors are so insecure that to build a friendship on that kind of foundation is very difficult. So I definitely… — Shamita Shetty Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate to have gone to drama school in London for three years, and that was classical training in the… — Rose Leslie Copy Share Image
So you might say, 'Why do you end up making theatre in a world in which there is already too much of… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting… — Alessandro Nivola Copy Share Image
The biggest audience for Off Broadway is mostly coming in on a train - either Upper East Siders or Metro-North. I go… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
I'm not necessarily a good actor, but once people start saying you are, you are. And I know that that's a truism,… — Alexander Siddig Copy Share Image
Even hidden in the most squalid Parisian halls, wrestling partakes of the nature of the great solar spectacles, Greek drama and bullfights:… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
If youre carrying the weight of a production on your shoulders, you can tend to get a little serious. I had a… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
In terms of trying to improve as an actor, for me it's always important to return to the stage. After doing a… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
It used to be that you kind of got pigeonholed into one thing - you're either a stage actor or a TV… — Aaron Tveit Copy Share Image
Until a character becomes a personality it cannot be believed. Without personality, the character may do funny or interesting things, but unless… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
When I first did 'The Lord of the Rings,' I was acting on the set with the other actors, but then I… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I know how I felt when I saw things like 'Fame' on television when I was growing up and how that was… — Brian d'Arcy James Copy Share Image
After college, I went to Alley Theatre in Houston to work in their apprentice actor program. I thought I was gonna get… — Chris Parnell Copy Share Image
I just saw dialogue, in the audition, and had no backstory. I was like, "I'm just going to be myself because I… — Giles Matthey Copy Share Image
The role that theater has placed in enhancing consciousness and moving systems ahead. I think of what South African theater meant for… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
First we pre-visualized it [the flying fish scene in 'Life of Pi'] so the actors could act. It took a long time… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like -… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Comedy is serious - deadly serious. Never, never try to be funny! The actors must be serious. Only the situation must be… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I decided to become an actor at five. I saw the most gorgeous woman that I had ever seen in my five… — Niecy Nash Copy Share Image
After 30 years in the theater, I'm used to having a great amount of control over what I do. But with '24',… — Cherry Jones Copy Share Image
The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
“The guitar. Rubbing the gentle polish On Every smooth contour. On the lap. Knowing every curve As the light shines from it.… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except… — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
Even in the early '90s, I was already starting to mix professional actors with non-actors. I always enjoyed working with non-professionals, because… — Tsai Ming-liang Copy Share Image
It's hard enough to just be a good actor. When you're on set, there's everything going against you. There are walkie talkies… — James Marsden Copy Share Image
I love actors. I enjoy their company, and I get excited each and every time they bring a character I've written to… — Christopher Durang Copy Share Image
I really feel that acting for film and acting for the stage are two different crafts. I think that they share things… — Jordan Bridges Copy Share Image
Theatre can entertain, provoke, challenge, investigate, comfort and educate. It's arrogant of a playwright to think education is more important than anything… — Alistair Beaton Copy Share Image
I grew up poor, financially lower class. Worked in restaurants for 17 years while going to acting school and trying to become… — Asia Kate Dillon Copy Share Image
I wasn't running toward the theater but running away from the sporting goods store. Of course now that I'm selling spaghetti sauce… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
I think more obvious to others, is that I'm most vulnerable on stage. Even though I know which songs I'm going to… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I remember my first agent telling me - because they found me as an actor, but I was probably more interested in… — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
![“First we pre-visualized it [the flying fish scene in 'Life of Pi'] so the actors could act. It took a long time to get that to come to life and to design those coming out of the screen. We had great fun with that. It takes a long time, a year maybe.” quote by Ang Lee](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/017/ang-lee-2496_actors_first-we-pre-visualized-it-the-flying-fi_538534.png)
