We write and write and write until we think, 'If we have to shoot this script, we'll be happy, and it's going… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
I've never been a puppeteer, I conceive and I write and I design and I direct. And not just puppets. I direct… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
In terms of comedy, I never did five-minute sets or clubs or anything. I just started doing shows. Coming from that theater… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
When I'm on stage, I'm not me playing me. I'm somebody else doing me. I could never go on stage and be… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
One actor in my life is enough, and that's me. With actors, it's too easy to go into this world of complaining.… — Bojana Novakovic Copy Share Image
If you love acting and you've ever experienced theater, then you know that in a movie it's almost impossible to live out… — Scott Caan Copy Share Image
Beyond just the respect that you want to have, people just miss out on being in the moment when they have a… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
It's really nice to be able to do something that you've never done. I think that's the gift of being an actor… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
Acting is a difficult profession, it really is. It's different than singing. With singing you may have one song and four people… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
“The third floor was quieter still. For a few moments, I leaned against the railing surrounding the open center of the floor,… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in rehearsal and a big believer in the actors being able to find the material themselves and identify… — Dean Israelite Copy Share Image
Being a TV actor is quite different from being a movie star, and I always try and highlight my character. It is… — Divyanka Tripathi Copy Share Image
Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was… — F. Murray Abraham Copy Share Image
It's always hard as an actor I think to be just on the set and have the kind of confidence to be… — Noel Fisher Copy Share Image
I don't usually see what I've done. I don't often watch the film or watch the show. It's really about that experience… — Jennifer Beals Copy Share Image
It's very hard to become an actor in film and television, you have to have such perseverance and you have to really… — Renee O'Connor Copy Share Image
You're not directing an actor toward a thing they can't achieve. Because direction is elusive. When directors hold respect for the various… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
My part as an actor ends on the last working day. I think the success or failure only really matters to the… — Nithya Menen Copy Share Image
The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this - a movie star will say, 'How can I change… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
When I'm directing, I really try not to be tied to anything. I don't even have the sides in my hands. I… — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
I was supposed to go to drama school and then go to New York and do theatre. But I grew up on… — Delta Burke Copy Share Image
Actors tend to get in their own way, a lot. A lot of times you will do things that will screw up… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I'll tell you this: you cannot escape the impact of emotion, whether it's in a big theater or a tiny one. If… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share Image
People forget, most of the times we audition with people who aren't necessarily actors. So it doesn't matter who or what's in… — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
I think as an actress before I was on Twitter I thought, I'm only doing drama [and dramatic roles]... but then as… — Jenny Mollen Copy Share Image
Every director is always directing around the play. If you have an actor who really doesn't get the character well enough, you… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
Last House offended a lot of people. The results in the theaters, even in Boston, reminded me a bit of things from… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I thought I wanted to be an actor. I worked on an Indian soap opera that was… — Meera Menon Copy Share Image
I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play… — Samantha Barks Copy Share Image
If I was an actor, it would be like a part that was me. It has to be real to me. I… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
My first experience in a movie theater was Dick Tracy. There was a scene with a guy with a Tommy gun and… — Ari Aster Copy Share Image
When I was at drama school some of the teachers, who were very wise, said to me, 'You're going to be a… — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
In L.A., if you're in improv, and you're on those stages, all the big agents and managers and producers are watching those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am first, and foremost, an actor. That's what I am. To me, a song is a mini-drama. My musical ability informs… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
My way into everything was through the theater. There are so many plays that I saw growing up that just made me… — Pauline Chalamet Copy Share Image
I can pick up a screenplay and flip through the pages. If all I see is dialog, dialog, dialog, I won't even… — Robert Evans Copy Share Image
You go to the cinema and you realize you're watching the third act. There is no first or second act. There is… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think my best teacher and my best study was theater in general. It taught me a lot of patience and a… — Chelsea Kane Copy Share Image
Actors only have our bodies, voices, and the text. So I think actors need to have a fit and in-tune body. I… — T. J. Thyne Copy Share Image
'Yosemite' opened doors for me in the New York theater community in amazing ways. There's a whole world of fearless young theater… — Kathryn Erbe Copy Share Image
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