I don't believe in having to show anybody anything. I just do my work. You know, making a living as an actor… — Steve Guttenberg Copy Share Image
The actors are in control, getting outrageous amounts of money. The reason they're getting this kind of money is because the studios… — Peter Bogdanovich Copy Share Image
Making a film or doing a play are completely different experiences and entirely fulfilling, but completely unique. I also think one complements… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
The smartest thing that an actor can do is embrace the thing that made them famous as opposed to run away from… — Sean Hayes Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy is a different game all together. You have to improvise on the spot if you feel that the audience isn't… — Johnny Lever Copy Share Image
Sometimes you read something, and there's a part of you that remains in an analytical actor place. Am I going to do… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
What could be more fitting - or more exciting - than to restage Shakespeare's plays on the very spot where they were… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
My preference is live performance. Because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I'm just thinking I'm just like a normal actor who gets scripts, and I read them, and... if I enjoy reading them,… — Alan Tudyk Copy Share Image
With digital space, the content has become accessible for the audience. So, they feel more connected to you as you are more… — Rasika Dugal Copy Share Image
As an actor, when you want to capture the spirit of the character, and the character exists in all of the iterations… — Ng Chin Han Copy Share Image
Theatre is different. We can spend two weeks around a table talking about subtext. In opera, there is a score, and people… — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
After working for a couple of years, I have realised how much hard work it takes to become an actor, and my… — Tiger Shroff Copy Share Image
I had to go in and do the work of toning [invented "historical" bits] down in order to make them fit [in… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Performance art can involve the audience with taste, smell and sounds not available with electronic media and not practical with conventional theater.… — Jack Bowman Copy Share Image
People assume because you're a comedian that you want to be an actor or that you want to be a writer too.… — Patti Harrison Copy Share Image
I would feel ill without theater. It's kind of a cliche, but every time you make a mistake, you really do have… — Nina Arianda Copy Share Image
My parents wanted me to be a doctor, and they weren't very happy at the idea of me choosing acting as a… — Caterina Murino Copy Share Image
I came from the stage so it was a different kind of acting, or a different arena of acting, and I just… — Freddy Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Julie Taymor. She is my gold standard of stage directors. I think she has a comprehensive knowledge of theatrical form, since she… — Harry Lennix Copy Share Image
I think I would love to do a role where I completely transform myself and look completely different, act completely different, and… — Skyler Samuels Copy Share Image
I think there's a tendency for actors like myself, and I don't mean to generalize myself, but I've played 'men's men,' if… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
When you first start out in stand-up and, probably, as any performer, you enjoy the attention so much, and even though that… — Tig Notaro Copy Share Image
I recently did a play, Athol Fugard's 'Coming Home' at Long Wharf Theatre, where I played one character throughout - I sat… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
You know, a lot of people have an instinct to downplay the fact that they are performing and be, like, 'There is… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
The main reason for the break was a combination of travel and going back to university, which drew me into theatre more… — Roy Montgomery Copy Share Image
Usually, in theatre, you're adapting existing material or creating an entirely new play. With the 'Cursed Child,' we have been given the… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
In film, the camera can get an array of shots so the audience can see the emotion the character is giving off.… — Alice Eve Copy Share Image
I think, like a lot of actors and people in the arts who are struggling to get where they want to be,… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
I just feel so blessed to be able to act, because it's unbelievable to work with these great actors that I have… — Dakota Fanning Copy Share Image
Being on a show with a female lead is amazing for me. I love that. I love the powerful woman who's complicated.… — Aja Naomi King Copy Share Image
The plan of 'be a bad actor and make a lot of money' is not actually a good plan, even if you're… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
I was a gay kid in high school in the late '90s, and I was in theater club. I was never a… — James Pearse Connelly Copy Share Image
I played a little basketball, but basketball interfered with theater season. That's when we did our term plays and did nutshell versions… — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
I was causing trouble in high school, and in order to get me to stop and to pass, they put me into… — Keala Settle Copy Share Image
I can't believe Tina Turner actually was on the same stage. I can't believe I set foot on the same stage, and… — Brandy Norwood Copy Share Image
Show-running is a very difficult job that includes so many responsibilities; I'm working with the actors, working with directors, writing, making decisions… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
My body is an object of work. That's why I think to be an actor is one of the most violent jobs.… — Monica Bellucci Copy Share Image
Ideally, you have a company of actors who care more about the product than they do about themselves. In my experience, actors… — Christopher Timothy Copy Share Image
You become a character in a meta-drama into which your own dramatizing has pitched you. The rewards can be fantastic, the punishments… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
![“I had to go in and do the work of toning [invented "historical" bits] down in order to make them fit [in Lincoln in the Bardo]. It's like if you're an actor and you're always overacting, well, you're a bad actor. But if you're an actor who subdues yourself to the extent that's necessary, then…” quote by George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/04f/george-saunders-317_acting_i-had-to-go-in-and-do-the-work-of-toning_347664.jpg)
