The theatre has always been voraciously omnivorous. Dramatists have always raided every medium to find grist to their mill: myths, folk tales,… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
In America, they often don't know where I am from. The important point is the audience should not be able see through… — Sarita Choudhury Copy Share Image
For me, it's a voyage of self-discovery. I'm able to go on a set and to explore situations, personalities, people and characters… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
I'll just be the first to say that Ken [Watanabe] should be a national treasure in Japan, because he is an unbelievably… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
I suppose, when you start up in acting, you hope to be given challenges, and you always have dreams about the things… — John Noble Copy Share Image
We have actors from other films, from 'Baywatch,' and so on, and these people are looking exactly the opposite of what they… — Joe Viterelli Copy Share Image
When you come onto the set, everything should be focused around your character and you should stay in the pocket, as much… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
In the eighth grade I found I had a voice for opera, so I followed that path a little, but my impulse… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
The trick to acting is not to show off; it's to think the thoughts of the character. I was lucky because when… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
I love doing comedy. I find comedy quite hard work. Comedy's underrated, I think, by actors, you know? It's difficult to get… — Ralph Brown Copy Share Image
I wrote a play once called 'Lobby Hero,' which I thought turned out very well, but there's no final version of it.… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
There's editing, and scripts to read and edit, and casting, and all the elements of production that just sort of take up… — Richard Dean Anderson Copy Share Image
The Hollywood actor business can be a little shallow and can be a little more of a facade, and Nashville and the… — Sam Palladio Copy Share Image
My first job was playing 'Nurse 2' in a film by Ben Elton called 'Maybe Baby,' and the first actors I worked… — Shelley Conn Copy Share Image
Actors are part of a certain percentage of people on this planet who have an emotional vocabulary as a primary experience. It's… — Mary McDonnell Copy Share Image
I had gone to acting school for years. It was the kind of thing I had studied to do. I had worked… — Betty Buckley Copy Share Image
I think if people stick with 'The Leftovers,' it's a very rewarding viewing experience. I wanted to be part of that -… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
Well, I think probably when I first got in the business, I wasn't thinking of being strictly a character actor. But I… — Stephen Root Copy Share Image
Ordinarily during the stage of your life when you're going through your adolescence and you're completely awkward and uncomfortable, the rest of… — Tina Majorino Copy Share Image
I had to create a children's show, because we wanted the money - and it was, interestingly enough, the first project at… — Richard Cotovsky Copy Share Image
When you're an actor, seeing yourself for the first time, you spend all your time just watching yourself and hating yourself and… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have realized that there's more to a film's fate than just good acting and a solid script. It… — Randeep Hooda Copy Share Image
People say that artists come and go but let me tell you I am not an artist. I am first a human… — Dharmendra Copy Share Image
I tell young people, including my own kids, don't do this, it's too difficult. It's a career full of rejection, disappointment and… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
I think I probably think about myself as an actor, which is the way most people do. I think I'm good, I… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
I grew up doing musical theater. So, I was immediately attracted to the music and performance aspects of it. That fact that… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
I'm an old school actor in the sense. More and more now, I play myself as I get older. Even as a… — Jim Piddock Copy Share Image
Although I performed in high school, my first real experience with theater was performing with a student-run organization at Vanderbilt University called… — Nancy Allen Copy Share Image
I think my mom is the inspiration of me wanting to do film and TV and be an actor because she loved… — Rick Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I try and imagine myself in situations and figure out how I'd have reacted and responded to them, and then bring that… — Suriya Copy Share Image
I'm happy in a silent world - well, not a silent world but one that relies on - I'm in a pretty… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
If you want to be an actor, you must have total, ruthless commitment to your art. Don't be ambitious for fame or… — Steven Berkoff Copy Share Image
Actors spend most of their time out of work, so I actually spend more time making furniture. The thing about furniture that's… — Michael Schoeffling Copy Share Image
The poetics of the oppressed is essentially the poetics of liberation: the spectator no longer delegates power to the characters either to… — Augusto Boal Copy Share Image
You get into these executive offices, and people say, 'Oh, we have this project. Wait a minute, guys, we need diversity -… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
I think as an actor, you're constantly putting yourself out there, and a lot of times failing - and failing in front… — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
I didn't know what acting school was, so I went onto the computer and typed 'acting school.' I found one in Berlin,… — Vicky Krieps Copy Share Image
If you start acting and you start thinking about and worrying about what other people are going to say about it, you'll… — Ray Liotta Copy Share Image
A lot of times, people believe that until you're a certain-list actor, you say yes to everything; you're not allowed to say… — Cress Williams Copy Share Image
You don't learn charm. It's not something that you can acquire. I have used it much in my life with great success,… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image