In the summer after sixth grade, I took a class at St. Robert Bellarmine. My first role, I was the villain in… — Nicholas D'Agosto Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't realize, when you are acting in a martial arts film, you're not just performing martial arts. You're… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
I grew up in the middle of dairy country in Wisconsin, about as far from any major metropolitan area as you can… — David Wroblewski Copy Share Image
Prior to Elephant I'd taken about six years of acting classes in Portland, but there's not a huge market there. The only… — John Robinson Copy Share Image
Eventually, this is how I would like to be remembered at the end of my career: He was never the best in… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
If I had done some of the movies that I was offered as an actor - and very good movies, by the… — Warren Beatty Copy Share Image
I want to make activism a bigger part of my life, while hopefully maintaining the opportunity to help out causes that I… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
To be honest with you, there's nothing that bores me more than sitting around with a bunch of actors talking shop. I… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
People have come to me for my opinion since 'October Baby.' But, hey, look, I'm an actor who is very fortunate to… — John Schneider Copy Share Image
We met Ben Mendelsohn, who had acted with Ryan Gosling in 'A Place Beyond the Pines,' and that's the first place where… — Anna Boden Copy Share Image
I think it's a real danger, as an actor, when you try to make some statement through your career about what the… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
Given the weight of an Oscar statuette, one made out of solid gold would be worth $219,000. That twinkle in a winner's… — Kyle Hill Copy Share Image
I think that of musicals - especially the big, splashy ones - require an actor that's also part cheerleader, too, and that's… — John Lloyd Young Copy Share Image
I have a company in the U.K., a performance-capture studio. We're looking to push the boundaries of performance-capture technology in film and… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
My childhood was really nice. My parents never forced me to do anything; it was always, "If you want to do that,… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
It's important that the actor doesn't feel like they're working in a vacuum. If the actor is told, 'Oh, it's a secret;… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like 'Guard 17' -… — Jack Whitehall Copy Share Image
Confidence. That's huge as an actor. Confidence can get you a long way. Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my… — Steven Yeun Copy Share Image
I think that kids need to grow up watching what I grew up watching - great entertainment; you know, Judy Garland and… — Tammy Blanchard Copy Share Image
True, I don't begin with an idea for a play - a thesis, in other words, to construct the play around. But… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
You really have to act on the force, too. You're involved in a hundred things a day, and you have to react… — Dennis Farina Copy Share Image
I want to keep doing interesting work with interesting people in whatever form that may take, but I want to play the… — Gwilym Lee Copy Share Image
As an actor you always want to be challenged and you always want to have someone tell you you can't do something,… — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to be able to do comedies, dramas, completely different parts. At the beginning, when you start you have… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
There is nothing like understanding that your work has touched somebody. That is the sole purpose of acting. To be able to… — Scott Cohen Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff… — Zach Gilford Copy Share Image
I never met Peter O'Toole, but he one was of those rare actors whose success was defined by a single role. His… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
For so many years, I've been an actor acting in other people's movies, and in 'Unstoppable,' I'm producing it, and I have… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately… — Malcolm D. Lee Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do as a comedy director is be on set and think of something ridiculous, or an actor… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
“The next few auditions were just as rough. It didn’t help that Tommy had placed a bed in the audition room—the same… — Greg Sestero Copy Share Image
Of course, every actor wants to play as many roles on the Richter scale as they can, and Rachel Koresh certainly is… — Melissa Benoist Copy Share Image
As a younger actor, I had delusions. I would dream of Scorsese and De Niro; I would meet people, and it would… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
I try not to limit myself. The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
I think you're lucky if you discover what you really love at a young age. College wasn't something I was going to… — Gary Sinise Copy Share Image
I think it's important to create an atmosphere where actors feel like they can try things out. It doesn't mean that I'll… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
Now that was one thing, but from an actor's point of view, this poor young man, crying from the moment I opened… — Rod Steiger Copy Share Image
My theater professor once said to me 'Leslie, you are capable of genuine artistry but you're the laziest actor I know. And… — Leslie Jordan Copy Share Image
As an actor, doing animation is definitely on the list of most actors because it is such a freeing, fun, different experience… — Eric Stonestreet Copy Share Image
There's a tacit belief that actors shouldn't write books, they're sort of allowed to direct movies but there will be a lot… — James Franco Copy Share Image
