One of the things that's awesome about being an actor is that you get to do stories, live lives and have experiences… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is an actor, and my stepfather,… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
Ultimately what we actors are doing is communicating with people who are feeling alone or feeling different or confused or whatever and… — Mae Whitman Copy Share Image
A character on stage who can present no convincing argument or information as to his past experience, his present behaviour or his… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
I come from classical theater training and when I went to college it was a bunch of kids that were hand-picked from… — Joe Manganiello Copy Share Image
I wasn't sure how my dad would react. There was an agent sitting behind them and he told me he was embarrassed… — Shannon Elizabeth Copy Share Image
Acting is kind of difficult to intellectualize - it's a far more visceral experience. It's really hard to be able to think… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
The first role I ever played I had the lead and it's pretty much stayed that way, though people take great relish… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
The weird job of acting is that it is so simple. You just see the person in the situation. It is whatever… — Jason Isaacs Copy Share Image
Just as I was turning fifteen, in the spring of 1946, my parents took me to see 'The Glass Menagerie,' well into… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
For me to want to be an actor was an improbable idea. I wasn't beautiful or pretty in any conventional way. I… — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
In terms of actors and roles that I want to do in the future, most of those have been played by men.… — Esme Creed-Miles Copy Share Image
Voice actors I used to know who were starting out in comedy were guys who did a lot of voices. They were… — H. Jon Benjamin Copy Share Image
The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough to create new life: either as a… — Alfred Jarry Copy Share Image
I was always trying to perform, but never with some dream to be on the stage. The stage was wherever I was… — Jai Courtney Copy Share Image
Second only to a viable approach to acting, the most important thing an actor can find is a creative family. To have… — Jim Parrack Copy Share Image
I went to a masterclass with Jonathan Pryce who said that a successful actor is not a famous actor, it's an actor… — Tom Bateman Copy Share Image
“The whole world had become a stage, in which the props were continually shifting, four extras reprising the roles of twenty-four characters… — Chris Campanioni Copy Share Image
You've got to understand that in Bollywood, every actor is an instrument, and yet a human being. They come to the set… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
The other day, someone called me this generation's Bruce Dern - I'd never thought of that, and frankly, I don't know enough… — Garret Dillahunt Copy Share Image
People forget actors can adapt and change their appearance. In this industry, people sometimes cast to type, or as close to type… — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
The world of the stage and the performance on the stage usually does not tend to translate very well - it doesn't… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
Before me, the most famous person from the institute was of course Shah Rukh Khan. He didn't come to become a filmmaker,… — Kabir Khan Copy Share Image
I wasn't really driven to be an actor or anything, but in college I decided to study acting, much to my parents'… — Roger Bart Copy Share Image
As an actor, I have to kind of be careful not to sort of telegraph too much, because I'm then also then… — Jonathan Roumie Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the bottom line is that actors act. They take on roles that are outside of the scope of their… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
With any actor, rather than tips, I think when you enjoy working with somebody and you enjoy what they do, I think… — Luke Goss Copy Share Image
the audience is the controlling factor in the actor's life. It is practically infallible, since there is no appeal from its verdict.… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Of course, every actor has their box and you have to respect and play for it, but I do love challenging myself.… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
This whole notion of the acting career as a monopoly where you rise to power... it doesn't really work that way. I… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
“But I will relate what happened with absolute honesty; that, perhaps, will help me understand it. After all, when one confesses to… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I was 25 when I'd told my parents that I was giving up steady work as an electrician to become an actor.… — David Jason Copy Share Image
Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on… — Jerome Lawrence Copy Share Image
When I was in 'Billy,' I always knew that I wanted to do something in performing. I always knew that I wanted… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
The greatest gift an actor can have is not revealing who he is but through the parts he plays. Unfortunately, we live… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
I just read 'The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.' To be married 25 years, you have to put as much energy… — Terry Crews Copy Share Image
Everyone who comes to the entertainment industry wants to be a film actor. Who wants to be a television actor by choice?… — Gautam Rode Copy Share Image
Directing requires great discipline, that ability to be in and out at the same time. The great ones I've worked with are… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
As an actor there's a lot of scrutiny and, even when you've had success, it becomes about sustaining that success. A friend… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
