You have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story. — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks. — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
The acting stuff is more important to me than actually being a big star. — Dave Bautista Copy Share Image
Oliver Stone's strategy is to unnerve the actors so as to make them alert and alive. — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
It takes a lot out of you to do a one-hour episodic lead of a show. I don't think actors realize that… — Jane Krakowski Copy Share Image
I love people who go out and say, 'If cinema is God, then I'm the pope.' As an actor working with these… — Pilou Asbaek Copy Share Image
Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor. — Martin Donovan Copy Share Image
My interest in theatre started in high school, mostly because my dean forced me to do it. I was creating trouble in… — Michael Weston Copy Share Image
There's a huge raft of roles that actors in our culture perform, and you can see any one of about three Hamlets… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I think I arrived in this world to be creative: a performer, and an entertainer, and I channeled that through doing theater… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
I landed the role in 'Caddyshack' auditioning, like everybody else. It wasn't a role I thought I'd get, so I had nothing… — Cindy Morgan Copy Share Image
You have to be pretty tough to be an actor, and you have to be pretty certain what you want. You can't… — Anthony Hopkins 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
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
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
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 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 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
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
I was so lucky that I didn't have to audition. It's just such a grueling process, in itself. — Moon Bloodgood Copy Share Image
If you lost a major actor because of a broken jaw, the project collapses. — Everett McGill Copy Share Image
Actors are real egomaniacs. They get into a movie, they think the whole movie's about them. — Frank Vincent Copy Share Image
I'm a great company actor, a great supporting actor. I serve the piece. — Noma Dumezweni Copy Share Image
What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors. — Jack Davenport Copy Share Image
'Ramayan' was my first show which propelled me as an actor and helped me gain visibility. — Gurmeet Choudhary Copy Share Image
As an actor, you are either emulating someone else, or some version of yourself. — Dove Cameron Copy Share Image
I always get to try other things. I was never forced to pick up acting. — Akshara Haasan Copy Share Image
My tryst with theatre began in 1968, after the last day of school in that academic year. — Radha Ravi Copy Share Image
Why is it when a white actor or even a black actor does a British accent, it's considered art? — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image