“Outside much has changed. I don't know how. But inside and before you, O my God, inside before you, spectator, are we… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
I was not going to be an actor. I was an engineer in physics. That's what I did: I graduated with a… — Judd Hirsch Copy Share Image
I'm a complete control freak. We worked a lot on the pace and where to put the silences. We choreographed the gestures… — Eran Kolirin Copy Share Image
There's something to be said for going right into people's living rooms. I think actors have always loved that medium - you're… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
Any actor worth his salt is looking for truth, the core of truth of the particular situation he is portraying, of that… — Jason Robards Copy Share Image
It's very important for us because we are viewers, first and foremost. We view more than we make. For us, it's important… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
My belief about performance capture is that it's a technology which allows actors to play extraordinary characters. But from an acting perspective,… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
My work is very popular with performers, and there are theatre people who get what I'm doing and what tradition I'm working… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
I grew up doing musical theatre in L.A. at this sort of children's theatre/community that was kind of my escape from school… — Molly Gordon Copy Share Image
I have a very 'theatre' face. I have what they call a wide mask. I probably would have been a big film… — Faith Prince Copy Share Image
All the difference in the world between the movies and the thrill I get out of a play at the theater. Ay,… — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
If people offer me decent roles in good films, of course I'll take it. But I just didn't like the actor lifestyle.… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I don't think it's necessary to be an actor to get great performances out of an actor. But I do think it… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
I've always been terrified about being bored. I always think being bored is the worst thing. The only strategic decision I ever… — Alfred Molina Copy Share Image
I realized early on that if I became an actor, I could play a writer and a sculptor and a painter and… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
Acting doesn't have anything to do with listening to the words. We never really listen, in general conversation, to what the other… — Jack Lemmon Copy Share Image
I think there's this idea that the depth of an actor's performance is built on tough times or horrible events or isolation,… — Milo Ventimiglia Copy Share Image
I don't give a damn about any actors. What good will John Barrymore do you with the bases loaded and two down… — Babe Ruth Copy Share Image
My generation of playwrights have grown up writing for studio theatres, and so the task of writing for more than ten or… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
In senior year at college, Paula Vogel was my playwriting teacher; she is the first person to introduce me to the notion… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
The growing drama has outgrown such toys Of simulated stature, face, and speech: It also peradventure may outgrow The simulation of the… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
When you see bad acting, that's usually what it is - they're not listening to the other characters. It's always hard with… — Sean Baker Copy Share Image
I think that the more success you have as an actor, I think, the greatest advantage of being successful as an actor… — Catherine Zeta-Jones Copy Share Image
I don't really like directing. I've had a good relationship with actors, but I can do what I do and back off.… — Gordon Willis Copy Share Image
In Stage I, divorces were not allowed, so men's [sexual] affairs did not put women's economic security in jeopardy; in Stage II,… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
Acting has helped me understand people, not only because you are acting as a character, but also because you are watching other… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
The actors I was most impressed with and who were influencing my taste were all movie actors, so I always wanted to… — Gary Sinise Copy Share Image
It's exciting to do something like this because usually what happens in theater is that, after the first or second reading of… — Treat Williams Copy Share Image
I always looked up to great actors and great films. A lot of my family would be like, 'Come on, you should… — Jacob Latimore Copy Share Image
I started doing the big Hollywood stuff, and I realised, 'Oh, there's no rehearsal at all; you just turn up on the… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
Gareth [Edwards] was very much about including everyone in what we were making, so he would cut together different scenes to show… — Alan Tudyk Copy Share Image
Careers are funny things. They begin mysteriously and, just as mysteriously, they can end; and I am at just the very beginning… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
From musicals to plays, I was part of all things theatrical all through my school life in Chandigarh, and this helped me… — Ayushmann Khurrana Copy Share Image
“When you come into the theater, you have to be willing to say, "We're all here to undergo a communion, to find… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Movies, I don't really get the bad guys. In theater, I get more bad guys. Both audiences and directors are more willing...… — Campbell Scott Copy Share Image
The only way to really portray a character and tell a story well is to be flexible internally. And one of the… — Kristin Lehman Copy Share Image
One thing about being a stand-up is it's a one-man show. You gotta do everything. You're the producer, writer, director, and the… — Nick Cannon Copy Share Image
I personally take cues directly from the script, then I like to surprise the other actors. But you must maintain control on… — Lusia Strus Copy Share Image
I never intended to go to Broadway. I was very happy being in an Off Broadway theater and having an Off Broadway… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
I wish that there was a program in college that taught you what to do about getting head shots, how to get… — Mikaela Hoover Copy Share Image