A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. It… — Georges Clemenceau Copy Share Image
Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I've had a job since I was 11. I had a paper route, I worked at a video store, I was a… — Cara Buono Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid, my parents would show me Marx Brothers films and westerns and stuff like that. Thats where… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Elizabeth Taylor is pre-feminist woman. This is the source of her continuing greatness and relevance. She wields the sexual power that feminism… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
The great thing about acting is the longer you do it, the more you realize that all those realities are inside you.… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
We, as women, often believe that we have to endear ourselves by acting modestly. But that leads personnel directors to think: Anyone… — Kristina Schroder Copy Share Image
Professionals use 'Strictly' as a relaunch of flagging careers. In my year Kara Tointon won. She had been talking about giving up… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
Oddly enough, Dame Edna is not interested in show business. Her friends in Los Angeles are mostly in the world of petroleum.… — Barry Humphries Copy Share Image
I never watched Lost. I just thought it would be fun to be part of something that was such a big part… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
The truth is, anybody that becomes famous is an ass for a year and a half. You've got to give them a… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
I've never changed my approach to acting. I've always felt like I've gotten better. I think that all of us can get… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
As I got older, I went to school. I started doing plays, I learned about the craft of acting, and I started… — Sean Gunn Copy Share Image
My dad was really complex, and I was raised by that. My mom is really bright - very book bright - and… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
You know, women are acting the way they want to act now. Years ago they would hide it in the way they… — Andrew Dice Clay Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a jazz pianist, but I wasn't good enough. I got into city college because I didn't have the… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
I always say to every actor, and to people that want to get into this industry, to just try to be on… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
Chicago theater vs. New York theater. There's just nothing to say about it really. If you've seen Chicago theater, you know that… — Terry Kinney Copy Share Image
I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the Battle of Life,-The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who died… — William Wetmore Story Copy Share Image
There's no truth in acting, it's all a trick, because you go on stage in front of sets, you're on film -… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
For me, making a lot of dramas on one side it's a different sort of challenge, and on the other, it's not… — James Mangold Copy Share Image
I have the confidence that I can take anybody and have them give a good performance, because I don't think there's anything… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
Comedy today is not what it was years ago. It's always changing, in particular to female comics. No longer are certain subjects… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
I couldn't have asked for a better acting partner and a better human being to work with. We have to work very… — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
Stage charm guarantees in advance an actor's hold on the audience, it helps him to carry over to large numbers of people… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
“What a lot of failed and mediocre actors do not realize, probably because it is ironic, is that the key to being… — Jack Freestone Copy Share Image
Most actors don't know what they're going to do next, so you get into this thing where you have to force yourself… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
Acting became important. It became an art that belonged to the actor, not to the director or producer, or the man whose… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I love acting, but directing and writing have always been just as important. I started to write so many things when I… — Melanie Laurent Copy Share Image
I was trained classically in violin and voice, which led to musical theater. Then I left the music scene to chase acting,… — Jesse Spencer Copy Share Image
I've been acting since I was a little kid. It was my escape from my day which had to do with a… — Daphne Zuniga Copy Share Image
You put on a face for the public. The face isn't false; it's just another side of you. If it were false,… — James Garner Copy Share Image
It used to be that film stars didn't want to do TV, and actors weren't singing, and singers weren't acting. Everybody's kind… — Tika Sumpter Copy Share Image
I've always been a history buff. It was one of the few subjects at school that really, really caught me. I think… — Tom Mison Copy Share Image
A lot of the best acting training I had was in junior high and high school. We had very demanding directors and… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
Personally I like the slow burn; I don't think there is anything wrong with it. When I think about the movies that… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
I was 19 when I got my first passport as an adult. I had moved from California to New York City and… — Timothy Hutton Copy Share Image
Of course, you can never watch something like somebody else watches something like you, but nonetheless, you have to try. So I… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
During the era when women were burning their bras - which, by the way, they never actually did - but when women… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
Truths, no matter how momentous or enduring, are nothing to the individual until he appreciates them, and feels their force, and acknowledges… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
