I have a sixth sense for casting. I just have to see and talk to the actors. I never make tests. I… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
I've never traveled to promote anything I've been in. I've only been to about two or three premieres. The way I work,… — Ciaran Hinds Copy Share Image
The contentious issue of pay parity between male and female actors is easily resolvable if a number of big actresses decide to… — Swara Bhaskar Copy Share Image
Once you look past the hype, actors are nothing more than fugitives from reality who specialize in contradiction: we are both children… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I started off with films similar to 'Blood Money' - intense, emotional dramas. But as is often the case, the industry and… — Kunal Khemu Copy Share Image
What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what… — Edith Head Copy Share Image
As much as I'd like to pretend that I'm not performing, I think any actor sometimes has themselves outside of themselves and… — Patrick Fabian Copy Share Image
I would fail if I had to work with stars. And I also can't afford to work that way. I can't afford… — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
If you believe that how you do your work is as influential as the work you do, then a theatre rehearsal, which… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
The first state an actor experiences onstage is the one he just experienced in life. One needs great courage not to portray… — Yevgeny Vakhtangov Copy Share Image
I feel like this is the way I was meant to interact with acting. Which is as a director, and helping, working… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
My favorite thing to hear from people is, 'I left the theater and couldn't stop thinking about it.' You want your work… — Marin Ireland Copy Share Image
I wouldn't have thought for one minute I'd be doing British wildlife presenting when I started out in my career after stage… — Michaela Strachan Copy Share Image
I long for the simplicity of theatre. I want lessons learned, comeuppances delivered, people sorted out, all before your bladder gets distractingly… — John M. Ford Copy Share Image
I knew that I wanted to be an actor; how to go about it was the question. I went to Australia for… — Randeep Hooda Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor ever since I was five. My grandparents - my mom's parents in New York - were… — Lydia Wilson Copy Share Image
I wanted to be just a normal girl flirting with a normal guy. It's like, you meet people, and they know this… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
I didn't really want to be an actor when I was growing up - I wanted to be whatever I was reading… — Jason Sudeikis Copy Share Image
The thing is, that great actors are everywhere. They're everywhere. They're doing good parts on television. They're doing television commercials. They're doing… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
Hiding my migraines on the set may have been my toughest challenge as an actor. There were times when the pain from… — Morgan Fairchild Copy Share Image
In a lot of ways being actor is like with any job, at first it's sort of like alien to you a… — Edward Furlong Copy Share Image
I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft.… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
The role of a comedian is to go in and make something funny. That might be a situation where I'm writing, a… — Wyatt Cenac Copy Share Image
Life as a performance is just a way to look at life choices as character choices. Every morning you choose what to… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I just felt like actors - I watched a lot of 'SNL,' and those guys just seemed like they were superheroes -… — Max Greenfield Copy Share Image
And Paul Moravec, not being a theater person, would always trust me when I said things that I am like, "you're going… — Terry Teachout Copy Share Image
For me, it was a wonderful surprise because I saw wonderful actors being very professional working in front of me [on Chicken… — Vincent Paronnaud Copy Share Image
Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart. Those people's… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
I probably prefer comedy. Why? I'm not sure. I feel like the energy of a comedy is a better fit for me.… — Cameron Mathison Copy Share Image
There was no real fringe theatre in London until way after the war, so either a play was done secretly with a… — Timothy West Copy Share Image
I happen to love working in cinema, but the theater is always there... you know, and I would never shut the door… — Michael York Copy Share Image
Being an actor, you know what it feels like to be directed, so when the chance comes for you to direct someone… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
That's the thing - you do a job like 'Shameless,' and suddenly that's why you can get a job like 'The Virgin… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
1971-79 was when I shared the stage with my father. We did more than 500 plays together. He was a hard worker,… — Radha Ravi Copy Share Image
I'm not a trained actor, so there was always going to be a certain amount of bringing my own... I was going… — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
When I first got to New York, all I did was musicals. After a few years I had to make a conscious… — Tamara Tunie Copy Share Image
I know that actors and actresses have a great reputation for being very, very selfish, and in some cases, that's very true.… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
One big power of an actor is knowing when to say no to something. It can be very tempting to say yes… — Alex Lawther Copy Share Image
I don't have a philosophy for choosing roles. Sometimes, it's just, 'This might be interesting; that might be fun to do.' There… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
I went to the University/Resident Theatre Association auditions. Deans come and watch you in this theater. You have three minutes, and you… — Kunal Nayyar Copy Share Image
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