I'm an actor.

I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have…

— Julianne Moore

I never planned to do female roles. It just happened. I was typecast.

— Divine

It was only when I went to acting school that I was like, "You are absolutely such a pigheaded freak show that you thought…

— Giles Matthey

Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid…

— Liv Hewson

I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in…

— Annie Potts

failure in the theater is more public, more brilliant, more unreal than in any other field.

— Lillian Hellman

If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And…

— Warwick Davis

When I was 13, I auditioned for the theater school, and I was there for four years. In the meantime, I did my first…

— Ana de Armas

I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor…

— Esai Morales

I'm an actor, so I'm never going to feel like I've done enough.

— Italia Ricci

I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to…

— David S. Goyer

There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as…

— Adeel Akhtar

I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since.

— Akshay Kumar

When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions…

— Kelli O'Hara

Once I committed to acting, this has been it.

— Ernie Hudson