Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
I've always done method acting. I'm a method actor, and I've done that for years. I never did acting and decided to… — Jessica White Copy Share Image
In the courtroom, it's where a lawyer really becomes an actor. There's a very fine line between delivering a monologue in a… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
I think you have to be schizoid three different ways to be an actor ... You have to be a human being.… — George C. Scott Copy Share Image
If the play works in an emotional and engaging way purely from what's on the page, then what's on the stage will… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
“Acting is not as difficult as you may think. People are born natural actors and play many parts on the stage of… — Bryan Michael Stoller Copy Share Image
I insist that they do what they became actors to do. I want them to create something and not just hit marks… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
Whether I'm directing live action or animation, my responsibility is the same. I have an audience sitting in a theater with their… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
I think that music is crucially important in Shakespeare - and, clearly, was an important part of the Elizabethan theatre. And, it's… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
As an actor, I'm allowed - encouraged! - to explore emotions that have been basically unacceptable in my life. I have a… — Andre Braugher Copy Share Image
As an actor, your life is constant ups and downs. My friends and I joke that when a job ends and nothing… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
There's a certain rhythm to comedy that is almost like you're dancing and you just go on autopilot, so to speak. There's… — James Wolk Copy Share Image
“It’s like a pistol in a stage play: when someone waves a pistol during the first act, you can bet your bottom… — Herman Koch Copy Share Image
There have been ups and downs like there are in every actor's career. There have been some great opportunities and then there… — Kunal Kapoor Copy Share Image
Whenever I've been asked to be in a film, directors only want me to play myself... I'm fascinated by the thought of… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
In film, it's up to the director to tell the story in whatever way he sees fit, and however you fit into… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
It's funny, when people want things to be very truthful and you're dealing with an inexperienced actor. I'm of the school that… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
I am so far as I am aware not at all influenced by dramatists, expect for Shakespeare, who I have to say,… — Howard Barker Copy Share Image
I never imagined I'd go into acting, but I always loved drama, and when I was 16, I discovered the Library Theatre… — Lesley Nicol Copy Share Image
I was really bored in school because I couldn't do what I wanted to do, which was act. And then when I… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
The very first things that I did, even in theater, were bad guys. They are meaty roles for the most part. With… — Benicio Del Toro Copy Share Image
I hate talking about class, but the truth is as an actor you're only going to be doing some really great work… — Zawe Ashton Copy Share Image
I stayed a year in the sixth form and there was talk of Cambridge, but I wanted to go to drama school.… — Prunella Scales Copy Share Image
As actors, we have a philosophy, which is this: great fun. That has transmitted itself into the dwarf philosophy of life. We're… — John Callen Copy Share Image
When I was doing Shakespeare and I had spent a lot of time and effort in trying to become a great Shakespearean… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
When you're doing physical comedy, everybody's involved, not just the actors. Everybody's behind the scenes following them, and we've got Jillian the… — J. Robert Spencer Copy Share Image
TV is very much a producer and writer or creator-driven machine in the States. And I'm the kind of actor that needs… — Rose Byrne Copy Share Image
Conflict acting on intelligence creates imagination. Faced with conflict, creatures are forced to imagine what will happen, where the next threat will… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
I want to do a movie, but it has to be the right movie, whether it's independent or a studio movie. I'm… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I'd like to work more as a director. It's distracting being an actor, because - there's a lot of reasons. You find… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Some people think that there aren't many Aboriginal actors around, and if there are, they're not that good. It's stupid. There's such… — Deborah Mailman Copy Share Image
Theatre is real-time - you get that real-time audience reaction, which is fantastic. And with art pieces, people don't ever have to… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
We need to realise that not everyone can take the path to overnight success. Take actors such as Rajkummar Rao and Vicky… — Shriya Pilgaonkar Copy Share Image
I don't see a difference between playing a performance capture role and a live action role, they're just characters to me at… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I did a lot of theater in college, and I knew that not many people make it, but I just figured, 'Well,… — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
In the theater one must sit in such a way that one sees the audience as a dark mass. Then it cannot… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Knowing that my granddad was a highly respected actor wasn't necessarily intimidating, but it definitely meant there was always a pressure to… — Steven R. McQueen Copy Share Image
The meaning of a theater event is that none of us could see something so clearly as with the new energy that… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
I only tend to think of the week ahead, to keep my eye on the ball and question whether a full stop… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
I had a high school girlfriend whose mother gave us theater tickets, so I saw the second night performance of 'A Streetcar… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
