The art of persuasion. The actor persuades himself, first, and through himself, the audience. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors. — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
Music is my breath , blood and food - without music I would perish; the actor in me would die. — Dhanush Copy Share Image
I don't like acting and I never have liked acting and I never wanted to be an actress. — Elsa Lanchester Copy Share Image
Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's great to play a strong leader with a heart of gold. — John C. McGinley Copy Share Image
I'm not into dragon chasing - trying to become Bradley Cooper. I want to be a New York actor. I want to… — Steven Pasquale Copy Share Image
Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments we had made without a plan. Improvisation… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
As a child I was given the freedom to explore my passion for acting, but I also grew up in a home… — Emmanuelle Chriqui Copy Share Image
We allow the actors to do whatever they need to do or say to accomplish the goals that they want to accomplish. — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance. — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
I've spent my entire career on horseback or on a motorcycle. It boxes you in, the way people perceive you. I read… — Sam Elliott Copy Share Image
I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to… — Kevin Kline Copy Share Image
I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
It's such hard work doing a musical. I did my first musical last year, performing in The Producers, and it was a… — Reece Shearsmith Copy Share Image
From university, I tried to get into the profession almost immediately, and just got kind of kicked back in London, by lots… — James Callis Copy Share Image
It's more than usually possible that I won't do a play again. But Skylight is one of the great plays in the… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
Still, on 'Friends', we had some guest-stars who were less than spectacular, not the stunt-casting, but just regular guest-stars, and they weren't… — Matt LeBlanc Copy Share Image
I hate the word "method acting." It's just so silly. You hear people going, "Yeah I'm a method actor." I'm like, "So… — Jeremy Irvine Copy Share Image
After all these years in the business, I really feel that actors are used. People treat actors worse than they treat children.… — Diane Ladd Copy Share Image
I wouldn't have been able to go to drama school when I was 19. I don't think I was even conscious of… — Claire Foy Copy Share Image
When 'Newsies' first came out, it just crash-landed with a thud; it won a Razzie for worst song of the year, and… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
