The culturally specific, in particular, the American porch play that American writers have cherished and loved for many years in terms of… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
I've never been "celeb-y" actor. You know, you don't catch me falling out of nightclubs at three o'clock in the morning. Well,… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
I go to the gym a lot, and I see these guys, these young actors or models there, really punishing themselves -… — Bronson Pinchot Copy Share Image
I have been working as an actor for 16-17 years now. The funny thing is I still feel awkward in communicating with… — Gong Yoo Copy Share Image
What I believe will make my acting career successful going forward is hard work. I like to challenge myself. Then it's the… — Barkhad Abdi Copy Share Image
My best advice to actors is if you love acting, do it every chance you get. Success does not mean success. All… — Matthew Gray Gubler Copy Share Image
I like doing a lot of research, and then you get there, you're in wardrobe, and then you're just reacting to what… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
An actor cannot say no, it's against his job. If he wants the part he has to say yes. [But] it's very… — Olivier Martinez Copy Share Image
As actors, you like to think about the luxury of having choices in your career, but for the most part you kind… — Marin Ireland Copy Share Image
Once you walk off the set, if you're an actor, the rest isn't your responsibility, which I like a lot. I'm not… — Justin Kirk Copy Share Image
I always like auditioning because it's like, 'Oh, my God, I have an audition - yay!' It means opportunity for work, which… — Danielle Macdonald Copy Share Image
My mom always was like, 'Have multiple plates spinning. Don't wait around for people to give you opportunities.' I feel like I… — Molly Gordon Copy Share Image
I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me.… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself very brave in any sense. I'm interested in this kind of behavior. My job is to try to… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
As an actor, I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
When I was young and growing up in New York, my parents took me to children's theater quite often - elaborate presentations… — Peter Coyote Copy Share Image
Without discipline and detachment, an actor is an emotional slob, spilling his insides out. This abandonment is having an unfortunate vogue. It… — Bette Davis Copy Share Image
About Grade 9 and Grade 10, I had a fantastic drama teacher, and it was one of the first subjects I actually… — Deborah Mailman Copy Share Image
When you take this journey of becoming an actor, there are only destinations - one, where people give you that limelight and… — Vicky Kaushal Copy Share Image
Though all actors do not make good directors, Dhanush is really one of the finest. He knows exactly how to direct an… — Aditi Rao Hydari Copy Share Image
Actors in general have become very spoiled in the roles they choose these days. When I first started in this profession -… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
I have a tradition of working with actors, over and over again. I've worked with Jason Bateman, over and over again. You… — Peter Berg Copy Share Image
The reason it's important is that there was a point, earlier in my career, where I really worried that it wasn't possible… — Emma D'Arcy Copy Share Image
As an actor you have to bring to the table your creative input. But when a director like Ridley Scott says I… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Copy Share Image
As an actor, I just go off the director. I never ask how big the part is. I don't look at it… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I know too many playwrights, or would-be playwrights, or would-have-been playwrights, that are around my age, who were bitter or have gone… — Jennifer Tipton Copy Share Image
I've only ever played 'God of War' while we were shooting it. I've seen a lot of the videos, but while we… — Joseph Gatt Copy Share Image
But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you… — Dan Stevens Copy Share Image
The avant-garde theater is fun; it is free-swinging, bold, iconoclastic, and often wildly, wildly funny. If you will approach it with childlike… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I got my Actors' Equity card officially by playing Nana the dog in 'Peter Pan' at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. That was… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
I did school plays, and then, at the age of 18, I applied to drama school in London, and I got in.… — George Blagden Copy Share Image
I always say leave things at the door. Whether it's at your audition or at your house, leave the problems of the… — Jenna Ushkowitz Copy Share Image
As an actor, there are a lot of personas and personalities that you carry. Whatever you wear, you adapt to it, and… — Sonali Bendre Copy Share Image
No two dramatists think or write alike. Ten thousand playwrights can take the same premise, as they have done since Shakespeare, and… — Lajos Egri Copy Share Image
It's the idea that when you say 'actress', people think of an airy, floaty, no-brain person, which of course you can't be… — Miranda Richardson Copy Share Image
The heartthrob thing came in the late 1960s, and to be honest, it was fun! But I was very aware that well-known… — Robert Powell Copy Share Image
Most of actor's work is done at home, in your hotel room, in the wee hours of the morning thinking and reading… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
It's my life's aim to make people understand the job of an actor, what they go through, and why they are such… — Parineeti Chopra Copy Share Image
It's important for an actor to feel like they're really being watched and to receive feedback and encouragement about the aspects of… — Bennett Miller Copy Share Image
It's notoriously difficult to get actors to go on record speaking about other actors. Such requests are usually met with terse replies… — Nell Scovell Copy Share Image
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