A lot of really good actors are able to go straight from life to their work. They don't treat it as something… — Nicholas Gonzalez Copy Share Image
Theater is the best. That's where you get the work done. You just really get in there and figure something out about… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
To be an actor, it's really tough to find your own voice because you're always tied to other characters and going to… — Gavin Creel Copy Share Image
My parents are very proud of my success but still worry, as I'm in a profession where there is no guarantee of… — David Harewood Copy Share Image
For all of my class projects, I somehow turned it into a commercial parody or put on plays. My whole thing was… — Noel Wells Copy Share Image
I think I understand why most actors and actresses are insane, because having to go through an emotional roller coaster as your… — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
Some actors, and especially the younger actors, they come into the job with a lot of attention on how they behave and… — Beau Bridges Copy Share Image
I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
It's my goal to help actors achieve their best work, and I think I speak the same language as actors, so I… — Michael Arden Copy Share Image
I'm so excited about 'Shattered;' it's something I've really enjoyed working in, and it's very different from anything I've done before. I've… — Callum Keith Rennie Copy Share Image
I never understood who all those people are behind the actors! When you see them on the red carpet on TV, you… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Failure is always present as an actor. I make my living by taking chances. If I'm not risking something, then I'm not… — Damon Runyon Copy Share Image
I used to act in plays when I was in school and college, but you cannot say that I was passionate about… — Mohanlal Copy Share Image
The nature of the video camera really makes you focus on the present. Since I have always been a diarist filmmaker, not… — Jonas Mekas Copy Share Image
Being an actor is fantastic because you get to live your dreams and all of that, but I always think it's slightly… — Charlie Hunnam Copy Share Image
What I really mean is that actors do the interview process because they have to. It's a good bargain: If I can… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. If you had said to me before I started acting that I'd get two bites of the cherry -… — Colin Baker Copy Share Image
I'm not really sure if I have anything that inspires me. I think what goes into my work is everything beforehand that… — Kodi Smit-McPhee Copy Share Image
I did Alan Ball's 'Five Women Wearing the Same Dress,' and then he put me in 'American Beauty.' Everything started to happen… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
I vividly remember my first meeting with Farooque Shaikh. It was in 1975. I had just returned from New York after completing… — Deepti Naval Copy Share Image
The one piece of advice I would give to any actor is, if you want to go out on the street without… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I just wish I got a quarter every time someone clicks on 'Little Women, Big Cars.' We had a 125-page script for… — Julie Warner Copy Share Image
Competition [in a scene] is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They… — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
Being a writer is so great because you're literally not dependent on anybody. Whereas, as an actor, you have to audition or… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I think I'm becoming more relaxed in front of a camera. I suppose I'll always feel slightly more at home on stage.… — Michael Sheen Copy Share Image
I was applying to the art school, but there was a checklist that said I had to do either production design or… — James Pearse Connelly Copy Share Image
On the acting side, they actually tell us to lie about things that we don't know and later scramble to learn. "Do… — Yvette Nicole Brown Copy Share Image
I grew up with the great Sir Laurence Olivier, and I think it's fair to say that a lot of actors of… — Ian Holm Copy Share Image
I don't think RADA wanted me, actually. When I was at Oxford I had a boyfriend at Central [School of Speech and… — Rosamund Pike Copy Share Image
It's a tough business. To my parents or to their friends, I was not a success, but to me I was a… — Christina Hendricks Copy Share Image
I used to drive up from theatre in Michigan to Stratford, Ontario to watch every show. I idolized the actors from Stratford.… — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
I just wanted to be in show business. I didn't care if I was going to be an actor or a magician… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
The Crucible became by far my most frequently produced play, both abroad and at home. Its meaning is somewhat different in different… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
I think every actor tries to put a little bit of themselves into each character, and I think if you watch very… — Chris Demetral Copy Share Image
They're done by guys who have talked a good game and then have scrambled together the simulacrum of a drama, so actors… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
The casting is the most important thing. If you cast a picture really well a lot of things take care of themselves.… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Like many actors, I started off as a monkey. My first job ever was as an extra in Tim Burton's 'Planet of… — Kelly Stables Copy Share Image
Our job is to make manifest the story, to be it. In a sense, the theatre is such a big star itself,… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
I come from a family of actors. My grandfather was like a Laurence Olivier with the Comedie Francaise. Since I was four… — Emmanuelle Seigner Copy Share Image
When you're studying drama, when you're a young actor, there are simple rules about acting. "Why am I here? What prevents me… — Matthew Modine Copy Share Image
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