My preference is live performance, because you get the…

My preference is live performance. Because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like that. You…

— Robin Williams

I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so…

— Naturi Naughton

The way I see the job, my definition of it, is to create characters to the best of your ability and then fit into…

— Anton Yelchin

You want people to think. You want people to be emotionally moved. And there's a theory behind that in terms of storytelling. It has…

— George Lucas

Learn as much as you can about performing. Live theater, improv classes, music, stand up comedy, dance, anything to make yourself confident and comfortable…

— Rob Paulsen

It's a nice challenge to escape your reality. I think that's why actors do what we do. We like to play other people. It's…

— Stella Maeve

To me, I think of my actors like they're my spouse. You chose them, and you love them, and you know them so intimately…

— Celine Song

I think most actors like to be liked.

— Anjelica Huston

I think actors always like to think they don't bring the character home, and then their family all laugh and tell you otherwise.

— Kate Beckinsale

I think actors like to be directed. Actors like to know where they're headed and what they want, so I'm very encouraging.

— Dan Mazer

I think most actors like to do things that are right outside of their comfort zone.

— Stephanie Beatriz

On the whole, British actors star in theater, and I think there's something quite grounding about that.

— Jeremy Irvine

I love the power of theater. I think it's an experience you never forget.

— John Leguizamo

It's a certain kind of human compact that obviously you lose as soon as there is a screen and a camera there, so I…

— John Buffalo Mailer

All directors are different. Certainly, the directors that I respond to the most are guys that figure it out by doing it, not by…

— Michael Pitt