I started singing in my church choir, and then when I got to middle school, I had the coolest musical theatre director,… — Shanice Williams Copy Share Image
As an actor, you are used to portraying other characters. You can pick up any mannerism or body language that suits the… — Joy Mathew Copy Share Image
A British actor will savour every syllable of a Shakespearean line, while a French actor will drive to the end of a… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
In theater, you're allowed to take your time and sit in a role for a month before you have to share it… — Cory Michael Smith Copy Share Image
“This is a theater," Bertie, annoyed by the inquisition, dropped him onto stage. Several feet of slack cable landed atop the fairy… — Lisa Mantchev Copy Share Image
“INTERVIEWER Why don’t you write tragedy? BARTHELME I’m fated to deal in mixtures, slumgullions, which preclude tragedy, which require a pure line.… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
I had the kid [on "Fences" ] who understudied me so I could stand back and think about shots so he had… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
I had interest in acting. I started as a drama major in college. I got to school and said, "What am I… — Greg Kinnear Copy Share Image
As an actor, I look for the part itself. I look for the story and the role. If there's no money, but… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
One of the great perks of being an actor is you're only as smart as the job you're in, you know, and… — Amy Ryan Copy Share Image
This is the bud of being, the dim dawn, The twilight of our day, the vestibule; Life's theatre as yet is shut,… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
In the theatre we reach out and touch the past through literature, history and memory so that we might receive and relive… — Anne Bogart Copy Share Image
All of the actors that have served to me as inspiration over the years have been those more associated with dramatic work… — Adhir Kalyan Copy Share Image
I’ve broken a cardinal rule of art, music, and career paths: actors are supposed to act, and musicians are supposed to music.… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
I had never met an actress or an actor when I thought that I might like to be one. I had never… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
So as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve. I want to work with people that frighten me and excite… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
You never know when you're taking a job, ever... but you try to take good scripts. That's all you can do as… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really great script… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
Plays are literature: the word, the idea. Film is much more like the form in which we dream - in action and… — Israel Horovitz Copy Share Image
My sister happened to look at The Times, and there was advertised the Old Vic theatre school. I wrote, I suppose, and… — June Brown Copy Share Image
You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think when you're working with professional… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Foucault's genius is to go down to the little dramas, dress them in facts hardly anyone else has noticed, and turn these… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
I know that I'm an actor and I guess I could kind of put on an act, but it takes so much… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
When you're an actor, you're so busy: people are always coming up to you and pulling your collar, making sure that things… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
As a young actor, I played a lot of 'exotic' parts and was stuck with the tag 'sultry.' I had to refuse… — Diana Quick Copy Share Image
I had two starts, really. The first was going to the Italia Conti stage school, aged 15. I'd gone to sing, but… — Lesley Manville Copy Share Image
Once you're playing someone, you shouldn't be judging them in any way. That's what being an actor is - it's having empathy… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
When I was still young and living in Switzerland, I had auditioned in Munich for a German film and was rejected. So… — Bruno Ganz Copy Share Image
I had great faith in Irish actors, that they'd be hip to the whole theatre thing, and they are. I had no… — Christopher Meloni Copy Share Image
I know for a fact that a lot of actors are desperate and unhappy if their careers are not progressing at what… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
Acting is a trick word invented in the festival of Dionysus, before Christ, in Greece at a fertility festival. That's where theatre… — Gary Busey Copy Share Image
The lovely thing about being an actor is being anonymous, it's never having to explain yourself. And that's what I find interesting… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
I never look at myself as a closet actor wanting to make music or a closet musician wanting to act — I’m… — Jared Leto Copy Share Image
I first got into acting when I was 14, coming back from a junior high school basketball game. My mom picked me… — Skylar Astin Copy Share Image
I always made up my own acts; built them out of my knowledge and observation of real life. I'd had wonderful opportunities… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
When you want to put something into your part that is not in the play, you must ask the author-or some other… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The talking shows allow me to come out of my cave and that's why those shows go on for so long. I… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating. There… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
As actresses, our loyalties lie with the community. We work with so many different producers and companies, you can't really advocate for… — Carrie Hope Fletcher Copy Share Image
As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But there's also something about it that every time you really feel like… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
![“I had the kid [on "Fences" ] who understudied me so I could stand back and think about shots so he had to learn the blocking and everything. I'd come in early sometimes, and they 'd be in there rehearsing and working on their stuff. I didn't want them to feel like, "Oh these are people who can't…” quote by Denzel Washington](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/80b/denzel-washington-1345_actors_i-had-the-kid-on-fences-who-understudied_855342.jpg)
![“You never know when you're taking a job, ever... but you try to take good scripts. That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available. Even then, it's not [really] in your control. Certainly not in film and TV, because there are so many other elements. You just have to take control…” quote by Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3b4/damian-lewis-3773_actor_you-never-know-when-you-re-taking-a-job_1702940.jpg)
