Helen Lawson: They drummed you out of Hollywood, so you…

“They drummed you out of Hollywood, so you come crawling back to Broadway. But Broadway doesn't go for booze and dope. Now get out…

— Jacqueline Susann

“Helen Lawson: The only hit that comes out of a Helen Lawson show is Helen Lawson, and that's ME, baby, remember?”

— Jacqueline Susann

Jackass millionaires, hey, hey, Hollywood, here we come.

— Brad Paisley

Usually, on Broadway or in Hollywood, you come up with a project, and you have to convince the producers that it's safe.

— Robert Lepage

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

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