I have tons of stuff that, you know, seems like it's a well-constructed sentence but it is not how people talk, it's… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
I think I had various performers, or actors, or invariably androgynous people who I found sort of captivating. But to be completely… — Emma D'Arcy Copy Share Image
As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To… — Kristin Scott Thomas Copy Share Image
The life of a play begins and ends in the moment of performance. This is where author, actors, and directors express all… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
I love actors, and I love the casting process. It's funny, like, some writers don't like actors because, I think, they are… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
I'm not a method actor per se, but if I'm playing a character that, at its core of its persona, has experiences… — Joel Kinnaman Copy Share Image
The stage is like an addiction. Since singing and dancing had been my dreams all this time, I fall even more into… — Minzy Copy Share Image
My first scene ever on camera was a dinner scene and I ate all the food. They yelled cut and the actor… — Phoebe Fox Copy Share Image
I can never remember a time when I didn't want to be an actress, to be honest. And so, all through high… — Mikaela Hoover Copy Share Image
I think my first bout of that was when I was doing me and My Girl, funnily enough. I really didn't change… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an actor. Because when you're an actor, you depend on other people to come to you with… — Vikram Bhatt Copy Share Image
What crushed my soul was hanging out with bitter, desperate comics backstage. They're a different breed than the bitter yet eager psyches… — Scott Adsit Copy Share Image
As an actor, you are always waiting for someone else to be able to tell you when it's okay to work, and… — Matt Letscher Copy Share Image
It's about storytelling. The story is told through images. So with the cast, I had to make sure that the emotions were… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
Everything in The Room, we did it the same way the big studios do it. The only difference is the budget and… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
Theatre has had a very important role in changing South Africa. There was a time when all other channels of expression were… — John Kani Copy Share Image
When I'm on stage, it's a little world I've created where I'm sort of the thing, so I have total control over… — Colin Mochrie Copy Share Image
What theatre people love about theatre - and I totally understand it, I just don't share it - is that they feel… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
“Literary figures have no pre-history. It is said that a theatre director who was staging one of Harold Pinter's plays asked the… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
I love the theatre and I love working in the theatre but I'm a big cinefile and I love the movies. I… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I think theatre is by far the most rewarding experience for an actor. You get 4 weeks to rehearse your character and… — Christopher Eccleston Copy Share Image
Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably.… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I would love to do anything involving a good strong character, whether it's in film, TV or theatre. My dream role's already… — Roxanne McKee Copy Share Image
There is some information that an actor doesn't need, and that's okay. I can't control everything. I don't want to control everything.… — Javier Camara Copy Share Image
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. No playwright, no stage director, no emperor,… — Joseph Weizenbaum Copy Share Image
I literally think that if you're in this business, it has to be the only thing you can and want to do,… — Lindy Booth Copy Share Image
I am capable of directing, and I am good at that. In order to have longevity as actors, you have to keep… — Kirsten Nelson Copy Share Image
I went to my school careers counselors and said I wanted to be an actor, and they didn't know what to do.… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I've made a career over the last seventeen years of mostly playing men in uniform, especially cops. The one thing for an… — Benjamin Bratt Copy Share Image
You really see life around the principals to be as important as the main, principal actors. That's what cinéma vérité taught me… — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
When I was around 13 or 14, there were visits to the theater, which really ignited my passion. Going to see live… — Genevieve O'Reilly Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer of the character. And that's what used to draw me to scripts...something in… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
I was raised to be in service to something larger than myself. A lot of actors concentrate on what they will get… — Tyne Daly Copy Share Image
The thing that you have in England that we don't have in the U.S. is state-supported theatre. We have not-for-profit in the… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
There wasn't anyone in my family who was involved in the theatre. I saw a few amateur plays when I was growing… — Garry Hynes Copy Share Image
I did all the musicals in high school, and I loved it. And then I got to theater school at college, and… — Timothy Omundson Copy Share Image
Broadway has the most savvy audience anywhere. They see everything and they know their theater. As sophisticated and subtle as you think… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share Image
I wound up auditioning, wound up getting in, and I was off to the races: I was putting in four more years… — Peter Jacobson Copy Share Image
I think there is a major difference between actors and actresses. All of the men I've worked with have been really difficult,… — Michelle Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
Everybody has a public life, and they have their own private life. Everybody has their secrets. Everybody has their own private, you… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
