I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling people. People like being fooled by actors.… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
When you're acting, it's all about you and the person in front of you, and I think in life we forget to… — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
I had to think ahead. How much would I really enjoy committing five or seven years to working on this? When you're… — Gerald McRaney Copy Share Image
Every role is easy. As an actor it is my job to make my job easy. If I start hyperventilating about my… — Rani Mukerji Copy Share Image
There are a lot of actors in the world, there's a small number that actually get to work as actors, and there… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
Making art, being creative, is risky, especially for actors, but everybody on the set is being creative. You're putting yourself out there… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
Honestly, every person, every individual has a process, and my philosophy, whether it's an actor or an animator, is you try to… — Gore Verbinski Copy Share Image
When I was in school, I was always writing scripts and dressing up as characters. I'd constantly be that guy who'd get… — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
When I got the role in 'Homeland,' it really opened something up. Other people respected me more as an actor, doors were… — Zuleikha Robinson Copy Share Image
People work so hard, and I want to keep that energy up, and you can spread that if you're the actor. But… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
What draws me to theater and religion are these rituals made to make you feel emotion. It's so banal in an interesting… — Ragnar Kjartansson Copy Share Image
I just wanted to be a composer; I became an actor by default, really. I got a scholarship to a college of… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I acted professionally for about eight years, and I was writing all that time but never showed anybody any of it. There… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they're in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
I did my first show when I was five and I was the King of the Oompa Loompas in Charlie and the… — Max Schneider Copy Share Image
It was always acting for me, since I was about 15. My middle brother always wanted to be a news anchor, so… — Patrick Wilson Copy Share Image
Most good actors you work with, they actually bring something to the creative process and to the script. They help shape the… — Zoya Akhtar Copy Share Image
For an actor to be working at all is a kind of miracle, because most actors aren't. So it's just silly for… — Richard Chamberlain Copy Share Image
A couple years in [to acting], I recognized that I developed methods from being a stuntwoman for so long that worked for… — Zoe Bell Copy Share Image
To me, great writing - and when you can really make something wonderful out of it as an actor - is when… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
Doing 'Not Going Out' has been fantastic and it's a great job, but it is different because you turn up and you're… — Katy Wix Copy Share Image
I knew that my newfound activism and feminism was going to improve my acting, because I was seeing things not just in… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
Imagine if Lin-Manuel Miranda had tried to do 'Hamilton' first in Hollywood. They would have told him, 'The forefathers weren't Latino or… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I've learned more and more on each show that I've done. I've been blessed and I've gotten to work with some very… — Steven R. McQueen Copy Share Image
When I was 16 years old, I joined a drama group called North Queensland Academy of Dramatic Art under a woman called… — Brenton Thwaites Copy Share Image
Doing ensembles and shows is one thing, but being able to front a feature is totally different. You can be a great… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
If you're a musician, you can practice your guitar every day and write songs, but when you're an actor, you can't just… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
I'd started acting as a child. But I wanted to see if it was something my true personality was interested in. I… — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
I always did plays, and when I went to NYU - and I didn't go to Tisch, the theater school, because I… — Steve Zissis Copy Share Image
Because acting was my only professional outlet, I put a ton of pressure on the roles that I did. I overstepped my… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I think actors are getting so much more power these days, but I'm not. I stay very much away from the decisions,… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
Now and again, an actor will blow my mind by doing something really unexpected, like Mickey Rourke or Christopher Walken - you… — Jamie Dornan Copy Share Image
Hits, flops, and everything in between - I got to do a lot of different things as an actor, had a lot… — Anita Hassanandani Reddy Copy Share Image
It's really hard to find parts that challenge me as an actor these days. At this point in my career, I feel… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're lucky if you get a month before a project starts. There are times when you get a day… — Katie Aselton Copy Share Image
It's not that acting was something I'd always wanted to do. I had no formal training; I'd never really imagined I'd be… — Preity Zinta Copy Share Image
Being an actor is looked at like a prolonged game of dress-up. America puts movie stars on pedestals. In college, it's the… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
It is true that social media, nowadays, is important, but I don't understand everyone needing to know everything about an artist or… — Zoey Deutch Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, and I want to play flawed characters, and I'm a writer that wants to write flawed characters, trying to… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
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