It's a weird profession, as I don't really consider myself an actor. I did at one point, and I went and started… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
What musical performers bring to straight characterizations is that physical flexibility that comes with knowing your body so well. A lot of… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
Good live theater disturbs molecules. You create an energy source around yourself and it alternates between you and the audience. Anybody who… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
I'm not in a position where I get to pick and choose roles. I usually go on auditions in long lines and… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I think what's dangerous about being an actor who does action movies is you think, 'Well, I can totally handle myself now.'… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
Places like the National Theatre or Sheffield, these great engines of theatre, make us cutting edge because they can be experimental. They… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
You have two kinds of shows on Broadway - revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles.… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I think the moment I discovered I definitely wanted to act was when I saw a play alone by myself when I… — Louis Garrel Copy Share Image
If I'm creating the composition, it's easier for me as an actor because I've just cut out the middle man. Because I've… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
I think part of becoming a wonderful actor and part of defining your craft is defining yourself and being confident in yourself,… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
It's a strange thing that we're actors, and we're always playing a character, and then suddenly we're at a place like Cannes,… — Rachel Brosnahan Copy Share Image
It's weird how an actor can read a script and think 'it's really good, it's really funny, that's going to be really… — Jamie Bell Copy Share Image
My dad worked at a mechanical factory for 35 years. I grew up in Union City, NJ. My mother is a social… — Bobby Cannavale Copy Share Image
I love my job, simply because we can keep things fresh, all the time. That's a luxury not all shows have. For… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
I'm afraid of being too sure, to just deliver. I think that's the biggest danger for actors - after a certain time,… — Catherine Deneuve Copy Share Image
I don't want to look old and worn, but what can you do? My real focus is being an actor. I care… — Sally Field Copy Share Image
I don't pay much attention to how the plays relate thematically to each other. I think that's very dangerous to do, because… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I really enjoy just being an actor. It's fun to be surprised by someone else's writing and to collaborate in creating a… — Andy Daly Copy Share Image
Stepping out of the director's chair completely and into a scene as an actor was weird. It was more excitement about directing… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
I think you have to be flexible above all as an actor; different characters have different demands, actors that you work with… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Look at the genres women like: a romantic comedy game doesn't exist. Few examples of a documentary game exist. What is the… — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
I think my film 'Laila Majnu' was in theatres for 7 days and I was very excited. I attended as many shows… — Tripti Dimri Copy Share Image
“The alienated audiences was one that was aware of the performance as an arbitrary construction of the real, of the difference between… — John Fiske Copy Share Image
Television is a completely different industry now. It's just extraordinary. It's so wonderful, because there's more interesting product. It attracts the best… — Jean Smart Copy Share Image
I loved the movie theater so I always saw a lot of movies. And then there was a play, I saw in… — Ed O'Neill Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I can name a kind of story that wouldn't work in comics form. It's words and images, and we've… — James Vance Copy Share Image
“Who can make sense of the roles we play? If I could draw any conclusion about the long, depressing slog of human… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
My mum is a theatrical person. I saw a tape of a theatre project she did when I was a kid. I… — Billy Howle Copy Share Image
Actors are a really funny bunch of people, especially the X-Men cast. They're super funny and super nice, and they like to… — Evan Peters Copy Share Image
'Quantum Leap' gave me a huge opportunity as an actor. The nature of the role and it's demands allowed people to perceive… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
An actor isn't someone who is voted in by the people, but just someone who is famous. I don't think we need… — Hyun Bin Copy Share Image
“Wanna go to the movies? They're showing It Happened One Night at Le Champo." Just because I haven't gone out doesn't mean… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
To be an actor or actress, you have to feel on a deep level and tap into emotions that you've never felt… — Elle Fanning Copy Share Image
What I always loved about theater is that that's an experience that a company of actors just sinks itself into for weeks,… — Zeljko Ivanek Copy Share Image
I did spend about 5 years in the Griffin Theatre Company in 1978 actually , and worked therefore about 5 years on… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
That's what I like about musical theater, is that it's very collaborative, not just with the writers, but with the director and… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
As an actor, the only thing we can do is play the truth at that moment. Because at any point in time… — Anthony Mackie Copy Share Image
All I know is that as an audience member, I am less and less inclined to go to the theater. But that… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
In the future, I'd like to break more into acting and stuff. I think that pro wrestling is a great springboard, really.… — Frank Mir Copy Share Image
People ask me if I ever feel outside the Hollywood loop, and I never do, because both of us do a lot… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
