What we're supposed to do as actors is be able to portray real human beings and emotions. And if you grow up… — Emily Browning Copy Share Image
A famous actor told me once - I don't want to name names, I hate that sort of thing - but I… — Sam Claflin Copy Share Image
When I was 8, my dad asked me if I wanted to audition, just for fun. I did just a little short… — Kodi Smit-McPhee Copy Share Image
In 'Jonaki,' it isn't about the individual actor. The actor is as important as the wall, or the water flowing down the… — Jim Sarbh Copy Share Image
What I've learnt being an actor is that you've got to be lucky. I got less lucky, and nobody was interested. If… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
Those two years at drama school were nutty and weird. I didn't love it at all - I loved my class; I… — Aisling Bea Copy Share Image
To me, acting is a matter of absolute concentration. You can laugh and giggle with your friends up to the minute the… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
For me, part of the joy of being an actor is thinking about what he would do in certain situations and how… — Caleb McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I remember being in college knowing I didn't want to go anymore. I wanted to try and become an actor. There is… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically,… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
The next time you watch a villain or an actor whom you know to be a non-native speaker of the language, watch… — Chinmayi Copy Share Image
Now, I don't know about my peers, but I get nervous - okay, I genuinely freak out - when an actor starts… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
When I decided that I might want to do acting for a living - I don't know where it really came from,… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
As an actor, I just made the most of the opportunities that came my way and I owe it to my directors… — Padmapriya Janakiraman Copy Share Image
A very dear friend of mine great actress named Wendy Rich Stetson was very active in the theater department at Amherst and… — John Cariani Copy Share Image
You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
That is a gift to have four weeks to rehearse something. But remember, when you're doing a play half of that time… — Jeff Fahey Copy Share Image
There's something strange about theater. My characters consistently demonize elitism, but of course it's taking place in a theater where only so… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
It is therapeutic for me to act, to be able to slip into somebody else's skin, and know it's not you, but… — Sarah Shahi Copy Share Image
“He’ll have a big house in a posh village. You see, Charlotte, how from up here, given the right clues, we can… — Mark Sennen Copy Share Image
I had been acting since I was seven years old, but I had a combination of things happen at about the same… — Seth Green Copy Share Image
I don't set out to write a play a year. Sometimes I've written two plays a year. There was a period of… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
As an actor, I started using dreams more, which is not mystical or anything like that. I just found that I've been… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
From the very start, if there was a spotlight, I would step into it. My parents wondered what to do with this… — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
I didn't particularly aim to be a Shakespeare actor, but I suppose I had a certain gift or it; I certainly got… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
I like it when actors get an opportunity to chew into something. They love scenes with beginnings, middles, and ends - scenes… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
What's great about the play 'Pygmalion' is that it's sort of two plays. It's the one simple trajectory of girl bettering herself.… — Harry Hadden-Paton Copy Share Image
Actors - we're selfish, but we can't think about the work in that kind of selfish manner. I think that you have… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
I had no idea what it took to be an actor. Then all of a sudden I found myself cast in a… — Lee Byung-hun Copy Share Image
I have, obviously, a very complex relationship with the more industrial side of filmmaking and the machinery that can take an actor… — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
I went to drama school so I had quite a regimented classical training, regimented process of analyzing a script. I'll go through… — Ncuti Gatwa Copy Share Image
It was really starting to get pathetic, everyday they would come in looking for one thing or another. 'Zach, can you give… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
“the theater is one of the few places left in the bright and noisy world where we sit in the quiet dark… — Sarah Ruhl Copy Share Image
I don't usually turn down work, it usually involves a very big debate with agents and family and your conscience and your… — Mark Bonnar Copy Share Image
There are many things, as an actor, where you find that a production just wants you for your name. I am not… — Udo Kier Copy Share Image
When I first started [taking acting classes] I sort of stuck my toes in but I was so nervous I didn't know… — Josh Duhamel Copy Share Image
You often hear that people go into show business to find the love they never had when they were children. Never believe… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Ive always loved the power of stories to transport me to another world, to imagine extraordinary possibilities, to experience things I may… — Kandyse McClure Copy Share Image
Michael [Douglas] is, I think, a great actor. He's made some very interesting pictures. When he was going to college, I was… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I've always been a sign language interpreter in the court system, and running out to do an audition so I could do… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
![“When I first started [taking acting classes] I sort of stuck my toes in but I was so nervous I didn't know if I could go all the way. I was so scared about it for some reason. The more confident I got with it, the more I just fell in love with it. I love going to work every day and trying to make…” quote by Josh Duhamel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/596/josh-duhamel-13511_acting_when-i-first-started-taking-acting-class_1739218.jpg)
![“Michael [Douglas] is, I think, a great actor. He's made some very interesting pictures. When he was going to college, I was very proud of him, but when he said, 'Dad, I want to be in a play,' he had a bit part. I went to see it and Michael said, 'Dad, how was I?' I said, 'You were terrible.' I…” quote by Kirk Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9a6/kirk-douglas-4420_actors_michael-douglas-is-i-think-a-great-actor_1153701.jpg)
