Religion is close to theatre; much of its power comes from the effects of staging and framing. — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul. — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security. — Hal Sparks Copy Share Image
When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I went to drama school in the U.K., where we did endless Chekov plays. — Joe Anderson Copy Share Image
I started to see acting as a real science. That really helped me grow as an actor. — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
I want to do entertaining films, where a woman gets the respect of being an actor. — Bipasha Basu Copy Share Image
The theater was the place where I felt my first crush, and it's where I got my first kiss. — Brad Hall Copy Share Image
When I was in college, the first thing we did in acting class was to observe an animal at the zoo and… — Claire Coffee Copy Share Image
A lot of actors try to sabotage other actors, and that's sad because then you're never going to get that beautiful scene. — Erica Durance Copy Share Image
'Fargo,' man, with so many actors playing so many great characters, and then they do another season, and it changes all over… — James L. Brooks Copy Share Image
Coming back to theatre is something I'm keen to do for the rest of my life. It recharges my batteries, so to… — Dan Stevens Copy Share Image
I guess my break in America came a little too early. It would've been nice to have a few more years to… — Brenton Thwaites Copy Share Image
If you do a scene and you really like a character in it or a premise in it to write it down… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
'GLOW' was the first time that, from head to toe, I was asked to use my body in a functional, powerful way… — Betty Gilpin Copy Share Image
A lot of my training is in classical theatre; I've done a lot of classical plays in New York and also at… — Laila Robins Copy Share Image
I think going into 'New Moon,' I knew the characters better. I knew the world better and I knew the actors who… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Doing 'Prometheus' was what you imagine being an actor is like when you're five. In a spacesuit, on another planet, getting killed… — Rafe Spall Copy Share Image
When actors have the opportunity to play a larger-than-life icon - my wife did it with Tina Turner, and Jamie Foxx did… — Courtney B. Vance Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a comedic actor - that's what I wanted from the job - to do comedy and to… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
“Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players. … I have 10 or so,… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Luckily, I was raised by a kind of gypsy family, which is why I always get along better with people who worked… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
Even as an actor, much before I turned director or producer, I was somebody who was very involved with every film I… — Prithviraj Sukumaran Copy Share Image
Theatre is more exciting in the sense that you can actually see the audience in the eye. You know there are no… — Christine Lahti Copy Share Image
One of the greatest things I've learned, as an actor, was how to talk to actors. — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
I've never formally trained in acting, so I'm very instinctual and visceral with decisions. — Brittany Murphy Copy Share Image
I am a natural actor. I try to keep it spontaneous as far as possible. That is my mantra. — Rishi Kapoor Copy Share Image
It is so interesting when you meet an actor in real life and they look completely different. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
The play is so close to the reality. . . . It comes out of the heart. — Barbara Williams Copy Share Image
If I hadn't been an actor, I probably would have been a social worker. — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
When you are an actor you are a very small part of a very large scheme of things. — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
I had a grandmother who would always encourage me to learn about theater and film. — Romany Malco Copy Share Image
For the working actor, there's nothing more stable than a network television show. — Reggie Lee Copy Share Image
