I think the more people you add on stage, the more locked it things become. Whereas fewer members on stage gets the… — Chris Cain Copy Share Image
I don't really know Hollywood, but living and shooting in L.A. was very motivating, inspiring. The lights, the extras, their American faces,… — Jean Dujardin Copy Share Image
Same job, whether it's comedy or drama. Regardless of the weight of the role, I feel like the job is always kind… — Greg Kinnear Copy Share Image
Every now and then, when you're on stage, you hear the best sound a player can hear. It's a sound you can't… — Shelley Winters Copy Share Image
The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn and in terms of acting, there's… — Jacqueline Bisset Copy Share Image
My education was a huge influence. I trained at the Lee Strasberg Institute at Tisch, which is a huge foundation for young… — Roberto Aguire Copy Share Image
I'm the girl that waits for the director to say, 'I like that,' or 'Can you boost it up?,' or 'Can you… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Something I've always known about the screen is that if it's anything in the world, it's literal. It's so literal that there's… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and… — William Blake Copy Share Image
I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
I was my class playwright and I wrote plays set in villages with kings and chiefs.My plays were about treason and betrayals.… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
I'm trained in the theater, and acting, for me, is about the imaginative life I create for myself, not about basing it… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
When I choose projects, I don't stipulate between film or theatre or television. I receive scripts and I read scripts - and… — Dominic Monaghan Copy Share Image
It's like a Master Class in Acting for three hours. I go to work and I learn so much and do so… — Sean Mahon Copy Share Image
“To Mrs Belton’s relief the lights in the hall were now put out and the curtains drawn apart. As all amateur theatricals… — Angela Thirkell Copy Share Image
My theater nerd world and my comic friend world are colliding... That's the thing that I was nerdy about, was theatre. I… — Tom Lenk Copy Share Image
I'm an actor and I am looking for roles where I can continue to evolve, and things that are challenging. I gravitate… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I'm a right pain in the hole for my agent. I won't take certain parts if I think they're offensive or banal.… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
I would love to direct but I feel like directing is a whole separate craft and so I tend to respect it… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
I went to a lot of theatre. My parents were very involved with the performing arts. I went to nightclub shows when… — Lainie Kazan Copy Share Image
Being an actor is definitely not the hardest job in the world - it's definitely a first-world problem to have, but I'm… — Aya Cash Copy Share Image
Politics is terrifying, very masculine, and not particularly encouraging to young blonde women - as a career, that is - and it… — Emily Berrington Copy Share Image
What I love about the theatre is that it's always metaphorical. It's like going back to being a kid again, and we're… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
In the case of 'Game Of Thrones,' I've been to set a couple of times, and it's really exciting and inspiring for… — Ramin Djawadi Copy Share Image
I think most of the time with independent films, you don't know where it's gonna end up. I've done a number of… — Alison Brie Copy Share Image
No matter what you do, if you're on a stage constantly speaking to people, you need to make sure that you have… — Colton Dixon Copy Share Image
I've lived on my own since I was 13 and not been to school and brought a son up who's now 18… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
I don't think leave the Harry Potter franchise. Not wanting to act, yes. I think it was that stage of rebellion, really.… — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
I used to do a lot of serious theatre during my school and college days. Comedy was only reserved for youth festival… — Kapil Sharma Copy Share Image
Bill [Condon] is such a great actor's director. He cares about what you're thinking. And, he's very open. Even though he was… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
As an actor, I don't know what I'm doing. I've never known what I was doing. I show up the first day,… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the… — William Friedkin Copy Share Image
When somebody can't reveal what they're after - whether by word or by how the camera is set up, lighting, etcetera -… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
I've been making music for a long time, but I've been waiting to do it right, because I don't want people to… — Evan Ross Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm doing a big movie, or sometimes I'm doing a TV show, but as an actor, it's almost the same thing… — Hiroyuki Sanada Copy Share Image
Especially with a comedy, you've got the clear cut goal of trying to make a scene funny. It's not like drama where… — Luke Wilson Copy Share Image
I come from a tradition where the writer writes a play for the actors, rather than for himself, and the dialogue is… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
I wanted to become a director before I wanted to become a writer. When I was 10, people would ask me what… — Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
There's no way that anyone can know the ebb and flow of one's career. You can't know that. You can tell young… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
I liked being on stage because it gave me a reason to be around people. The other great thing about acting is… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image