As an actor, I'm my own worst critic, but after awhile, really, when you watch 'Moonrise Kingdom', it's such a fantastic film… — Kara Hayward Copy Share Image
There's a certain secret every actor must have in his work. If you reveal it, you're letting the audience in on the… — Frank Langella Copy Share Image
DYT, under the direction of Paula Garfield, was my first experience of deaf performing arts and I loved my time there. It… — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
Theatre is about the collective imagination... Everything I use on-stage is driven by the subject matter and what you might call the… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
What's interesting was with all the shows I did on Broadway, I was either the dance captain or the assistant choreographer -… — Rob Marshall Copy Share Image
I realized that there was something internal that I could gain from pursuing this career as an actor. However, once I got… — Sonja Sohn Copy Share Image
I'm 23, so I'm not done with my life. But acting, definitely, out of what I've done so far, makes me feel… — Grace Gummer Copy Share Image
I went to NYU Tisch for undergrad ,and it was amazing. My life then was extremely experimental with acting. I did crazy… — Katie Lowes Copy Share Image
An actor that tells you that they have real choices between material is, for the most part, lying. There are very few… — Walton Goggins Copy Share Image
I knew that I needed to do something that I desperately loved. There was a period where I did question if it… — Colin Hanks Copy Share Image
I don't think I could compare myself to Macaulay Culkin, because we're pretty much two different kinds of actors. He's done a… — Brian Bonsall Copy Share Image
As an actor, you have to just think about the truth of your character. You have to think about how to play… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
Filmmakers tell actors to adjust their body language, and the famous presence of the actor is his or her body language. That… — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
I had taken an acting class at Berkeley - I was on the track team, and a friend of mine on the… — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Copy Share Image
It's crazy, it's different. It's what I wanted, but it's different. It's not exactly what I wanted, you know what I mean?… — Donald Faison Copy Share Image
I was a 2-year-old baby on something, but it's not like I had lines. But I actually had my first lines when… — Troian Bellisario Copy Share Image
It's hard to be surprised by a film. It's hard to be surprised by another actor or by a director when you've… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
I like René Descartes' theory about a ball of wax. You can change its form from solid to liquid, but it's still… — Emmy Rossum Copy Share Image
“The more you practice sitting with the discomfort, the more you gently (and repeatedly) redirect your cast toward something new, the more… — Ronen Dancziger Copy Share Image
I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect.… — Tim Curry Copy Share Image
I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate.… — Walter Huston Copy Share Image
I've had such an amazing opportunity to work on so many different types of projects that continued on to Broadway. Unfortunately I… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
At 17 years old, STG took me under its wing and shared its resources and wisdom with me, even allowing me to… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
I always think that trying to push yourself as an actor in a direction that you've never been before, developing characters which… — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
I've been really lucky thus far with acting, in that I can do things I believe in and feel good about, and… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
When I finally decided to leave school and pursue acting, my parents didn't take it very lightly. My friends thought that it… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
Entertainment's hard on the ego. I see why actors are so psycho now. Because there's so much 'we don't want you' going… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Our job is to represent the truth of human nature, whether you're playing a tender love story that's set in a coffee… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
When I started off as an actress, I did at a play at the Taper Too Theatre here in Los Angeles, called… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grew up watching movies and television, and one day when I was really young I told my mom I wanted to… — Cameron Monaghan Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor. Maybe a comic actor, but an actor. That's what got me into acting was putting on… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
Stage is the ultimate test; I like watching established screen actors on stage to see if they can really do it. But… — Lesley Manville Copy Share Image
The first acting thing I ever did was my senior year I decided not to play a sport in the Spring and,… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
I direct with energy. I believe in energy. I think energy is an electric thing in actors. I try to inspire, encourage,… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
When someone pitches a joke for a character that is just perfect, and you can imagine that actor reading that line at… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor. That was my real goal. But I wasn't any good at it, so I wrote my… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I had a plot connection that nobody understood for this fourth character, and decided, Oh, nobody gets it, that's all. I'll write… — Richard Greenberg Copy Share Image
I told everyone I would never be an actor. People used to tell me, 'Hey, you got a good look. You should… — Terry Crews Copy Share Image
Acting is a way to escape who you are for a short period of time. It doesn't happen all the time ,… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
I don't think that anyone learns anything. Well, I mean, you do always learn something if you have your eyes and ears… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
