I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
Working on 'Downton Abbey' is amazing, but there's an ensemble cast of between 18 and 21 actors. With 'Love Life,' there are… — Rob James-Collier Copy Share Image
I didn't start acting until I was 27, and that was just through Gary Shandling and Ben Stiller who I knew through… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
I just want to continue to grow, as an actor, and dig. Hopefully, one day, I'll lose myself in a role. My… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I'm the chairman of the board of the Actor's Fund. It's an incredible organization. It helps anybody that has made their living… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
I think, in Australia, it's kind of a crazy thing to say, 'I want to be an actor.' People look at you… — Danielle Macdonald Copy Share Image
When I talk to younger actors, and young people in general, who are holding off having children because they think they cannot… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
Clark Gregg and I are around the same age. He has been an actor and is a writer. But with a first-time… — Sam Rockwell Copy Share Image
Every human being has a plethora of emotions. As an actor, we are lucky to take them out and portray onscreen. But… — Kay Kay Menon Copy Share Image
As a child, I was fascinated by the stories of Dickens acting out everything in front of the mirror as he wrote… — Harry Lloyd Copy Share Image
Whenever I was alone while modeling overseas, I would always think about who I was and what it meant to be a… — HoYeon Jung Copy Share Image
New platforms are emerging: Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Xbox. And film actors are gravitating towards television, because there are basically better roles… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
I think the sense of performance and theatre was in my blood very early - but my father was more involved in… — Carol Drinkwater Copy Share Image
As a writer, I've always believed that while my work and I myself are embedded in whatever period I am writing about,… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
I always try and find a place for Guy Pearce. The great thing about him is he's so versatile, and I wouldn't… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show. Things you wouldn't do… — Heavy D Copy Share Image
As an actor, I've been all over the map, but since I've moved to Hollywood, people tend to cast me in these… — Kevin Durand Copy Share Image
I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in… — Samantha Morton Copy Share Image
What I normally do as an actor in playing different roles, I just have to do in a span of three seconds… — Evan Rachel Wood Copy Share Image
What Mr. Kaufman and his team are after is less a portrait of any one person than one of the ethos of… — Ben Brantley Copy Share Image
“On his early decision to become an actor: "I was very small, about 3 or 4 I think, and just wanted to… — David Tennant Copy Share Image
I feel like it's really important for an actor to play different roles so people can see, "Oh, he can play that… — Scott Eastwood Copy Share Image
They all matter to me, whether I'm working on a Sam Jackson film for a week or I'm the star of my… — Anthony Michael Hall Copy Share Image
If you focus on what you want and you persevere, chances are you succeed. You know, that's what I found. It might… — Cory Monteith Copy Share Image
I grew up in Georgia, and I started acting in plays when I was like eight years old, and I always memorized… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor,… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
I am not an actor. Yes, every so often I appear on talk shows to promote something I've written, and I enjoy… — Alan Zweibel Copy Share Image
Once you see the entertainment world from both sides, you really get a greater understanding of how it all operates. As an… — John Francis Daley Copy Share Image
Even the way Mamet describes silences within his plays is different. There are pauses; there are pauses within parentheses; there are pauses… — Tom Sturridge Copy Share Image
Directing non-actors is difficult. Directing actors in a foreign language is even more difficult. Directing non-actors in a language that you yourself… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
When I moved to Los Angeles, I was straight out of grad school, and I didn't have a single credit to my… — Darby Stanchfield Copy Share Image
If you are only getting two takes and you are on a crazy set where there is a lot of noise and… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
As an actor, you generally don't get to choose what projects you are part of, so I've been very fortunate that 'The… — Andrew Rannells Copy Share Image
One of the great, truly extraordinary privileges of being an actor is to interact with individuals from all walks of life, you… — Matt Lauria Copy Share Image
I have grown up watching Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Dev Anand, Amitabh Bachchan and the likes. These are actors who have changed… — Arjun Rampal Copy Share Image
I was a magazine illustrator for many years before I became an actor, and I used to think, 'Oh, God, all those… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan's legacy is deeply misunderstood because there are political actors in America who, for several reasons, have privately held agendas that… — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
I can't imagine that anyone in Hollywood is sitting around trying to decide what actor is good or right or qualified for… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
I think one of the main differences between being an English actor and being an American actor is that we have things… — Rafe Spall Copy Share Image
'Tommy' was my first Broadway show. Long Pause. I don't know how you can surpass the excitement or get more excited or… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
