All great men are play actors of their own ideal.

Never meddle with play-actors, for they're a favoured race.

— Miguel de Cervantes

The movie truism is that stars play themselves, while actors play other people - troubled or toxic, and memorably strange. By that definition, Philip…

— Richard Corliss

My film school is making movies. But, I do think that being an actor has served me immensely, as both a writer and director,…

— Josh Radnor

You need three things in the theater - the play, the actors and the audience, - and each must give something

— Kenneth Haigh

I have heard stories of how the Malayali jury members trying to play down actors from our own state, stating various reasons.

— Salim Kumar

“Life is an intricate play with actors waiting for an explanation. Each added act confers a new interpretation of the story. ( "Waiting for…

— Erik Pevernagie

You need three things in the theatre - the play, the actors and the audience, and each must give something.

— Kenneth Haigh

That is a gift to have four weeks to rehearse something. But remember, when you're doing a play half of that time you're getting…

— Jeff Fahey

In a play, a few actors perform a few characters, and they need to perform those characters with a certain level of believability so…

— Pankaj Kapur

I come from a tradition where the writer writes a play for the actors, rather than for himself, and the dialogue is made to…

— Lee Hall

I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors.

— Mike Figgis

One of the good thing about theater in the states, is that the playwright we do have a say, especially in the beginning, when…

— Nilo Cruz

The process of finding an actor is always difficult and there's always so many variables that come into play. Also, actors sometimes carry baggage,…

— Franck Khalfoun

It is better for men to play around when they are young, if they do not, when they get older, they run the risk…

— Gintama

“Smart men play close to the line because they have to--some of them can't stand it, so they quit.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald