I've wanted to be an actor since I was 6 years old. I was literally picked off the streets of Paris... while… — Tanit Phoenix Copy Share Image
“The thespian is an impostor, but the paying crowd colludes fully in the fraud as they seek to leave real problems behind… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
I love playing different characters and I love doing fun things and I love to entertain people, whether that be in a… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
Nobody ever starts out to make a mediocre, commercial film. You always think it's going to be something. And then, once you're… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
During my university years, I was doing a lot of theatre acting. I would be skipping school for rehearsal. We were rehearsing… — Ng Chin Han Copy Share Image
If I weren't a theatre designer, I wouldn't be any other kind of designer. Design is interesting to me as it relates… — Christine Jones Copy Share Image
Comedy prepared me for drama. There are a couple techniques you can think of. One of my acting teachers said that comedy… — Craig Robinson Copy Share Image
I never looked at my future as comedy. Even at Second City, I always thought of it as acting. I knew I… — Scott Adsit Copy Share Image
At 'The West Wing,' I cast newscasters, and when you put out a casting call for actors, half of the people who… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
When I go on the set, I'm so rushed. When I see the actors at rehearsal, when I love it, I want… — Andrew Lau Copy Share Image
My job, as an actor, is to entertain people. My contribution to society is to be a respite from everyday life. People… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, and the thing about an actor is that if you're fortunate enough and you have the ability, is you… — Jonathan Majors Copy Share Image
The second you become an actress, people take the licence to make many assumptions about you. You're in trouble if you interact… — Nithya Menen Copy Share Image
After all, the world is not a stage-not to me: nor a theatre: nor a show-house of any sort. And art, especially… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Suffice it to say, every actor works differently. Laurence Olivier would put on his costume and when the wardrobe was right, he… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
I love theater work because of the immediate effect your performance has on the audience. And I love the repetition; I love… — Alfred Molina Copy Share Image
Having started in theatre, for a long time I wanted to be a classical actress. But I've always loved making people laugh… — Sarah Alexander Copy Share Image
I'm not a hugely social person. Obviously there's a big part of the job that requires that as actors, but it's not… — Deborah Mailman Copy Share Image
I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without knowing it, and without being told by… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
It took me years to actually get comfortable on the stage. I prefer the intimacy of screen; it comes easier to me.… — Aileen Quinn Copy Share Image
I made my performance debut in New York City downtown on the Lower East Side in college doing awkward performance art as… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
When I decided to go to university I didn't know what I wanted to do. When I had an opportunity to take… — Kim Coates Copy Share Image
One of the coolest things about being an actor is growing, and changing with everything, and never making the same decision twice… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
Sometimes I've been more emotionally disturbed by the experience of shooting a comedy than a drama. After 'We're the Millers', I think… — Will Poulter Copy Share Image
I did community theater and kids programs at professional theaters and plays at school and voice lessons for seven years. I stopped… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
I strive for perfection, but of course it can never be perfect. I'm never satisfied at the end of a performance. But… — Anthony Warlow Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that I really have a feeling for the theater. These past few days it has occurred to me to… — Federico Garcia Lorca Copy Share Image
I was raised in the theater and I started acting when I was nine. To me, the idea of being an actor… — Robert Knepper Copy Share Image
I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have. I think if you're one of a… — Famke Janssen Copy Share Image
In drama school, they do these big shows and period dramas, and I felt that none of those shows were representing me… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
To pursue a career in Hollywood you have to have a personality bypass. Look at the top 20 stars in the world… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
One of the things I've learned over the years is that you only do what you can do as an actor. You… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
If every auditorium were razed to the ground, theatre would still survive, because the hunger in each of us to act and… — Declan Donnellan Copy Share Image
With drama, you know if you're having a true moment, but in comedy, if somebody doesn't laugh, then you know you're not… — Brooke Nevin Copy Share Image
I know there are different kinds of actors, but I tend to have less effective relationships with actors who have a very… — Joe Mantello Copy Share Image
As an actor and as a performer, I've felt that the education system has really helped me in a lot of ways...… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
No one guided me through it, but here is how it happened: I was in New York doing a play, and an… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
In high school, I was one of the cofounders of New Kids on the Block my freshman year in high school. But… — Donnie Wahlberg Copy Share Image
It's very embarrassing to talk of your own work before shooting for it and even before it is released. I have been… — R. Madhavan Copy Share Image
To be an actor is to be ambiguous in every form, which is a very hard way to live. You represent desire:… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
