As an actor, it easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself, 'Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
Even if I'm not vocally my best, if I have a head cold, as an actor, I cannot give anything less than… — Ruthie Ann Miles Copy Share Image
The first Broadway play I ever saw was 'The Bad Seed' by Maxwell Anderson and with Patty McCormack. 'The Bad Seed' was… — Valerie Harper Copy Share Image
Pransaab was a great character actor. What he has achieved as an actor, I cannot think of achieving even a part of… — Rishi Kapoor Copy Share Image
What we really have to do is stop the adjective before the job title - whether it's 'black actor,' a 'gay actor'… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
You cannot sit at home at act. You need a story, a director, you need people to believe in you, to put… — Janhvi Kapoor Copy Share Image
I took a drama class in elementary school, and I just remember having so much fun with it. From there, I just… — Sinqua Walls Copy Share Image
I like to do research. It gives me a sense of ownership. That's very powerful for me as an actor to just… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
If there are actors that are brilliant, people often wonder whether it's intimidating working alongside them, but it really isn't. It just… — Tom Mison Copy Share Image
“There is a theory that watching unbearable stories about other people lost in grief and rage is good for you—may cleanse you… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
I chose the actors that I was in love with. I cannot work with people that I don't personally like a lot.… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
At best, the relationship between drama critic and playwright is a pretty twiggy affair. When I'm asked whom I write for, after… — Lanford Wilson Copy Share Image
I've never encountered homophobia in casting from the studios or networks - not once, not ever. Where you encounter it is with… — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
If I didn't get joy from acting, I wouldn't do it. My passion for acting is growing and I love telling good… — AnnaSophia Robb Copy Share Image
There is a temptation for an actor to editorialize what they're doing. And you can't do that with Pinter. It's almost like… — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
Every audition, I walk out the door and throw the sides away immediately. You did it, now go home. And to me,… — Michael Mosley Copy Share Image
In drama school, I learned I wasn't as good as I thought I was. But I loved stage combat, and I knew… — Philip Winchester Copy Share Image
In England or America, actors do not have to cater to an image. In India, it is almost demanded of us. Very… — Abhishek Bachchan Copy Share Image
I think you have to have a little bit of a screw loose to think that you can [become an actor] because… — Linda Cardellini Copy Share Image
Lasse [Hallström] is really good at emotionally engaging an audience without hitting them over the face with it. — David Lyons Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional… — Mira Sorvino Copy Share Image
For me as an actor, daring is to tell the truth - to be yourself, no matter how the world interacts with… — Taylor Schilling Copy Share Image
That's one of the really cool things about being an actor. You get to explore all different parts of yourself. — Danielle Macdonald Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself much of an actor. I have a face and a voice that allows me to do certain things,… — Adrian Pasdar Copy Share Image
I've been a professional actor now for 38 years. A long time. And it's wonderful to earn your living doing something that… — Derek Jacobi Copy Share Image
Everyone would like to be on Broadway, cause if a show works, you make a great deal of money and it allows… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
You know, when I was little, I actually did want to be an actor. But I only wanted to play myself. So… — Caroline Calloway Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I saw James Dean that I began to think that maybe I could actually do this. Movies didn't have… — Terence Stamp Copy Share Image
When you feel betrayed by someone that you trust the most... As an actor, you look for something that's going to let… — Terrence Howard Copy Share Image
I gotta make a living. I make no bones about that. Most actors do. But within that context, I've never not tried… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
What was weird, as a 12-year-old actor, was being expected to behave like an adult while still being treated as a kid… — Kelvin Fletcher Copy Share Image
The trademark Joseph Abboud style is the man first and the clothes second. The guy's the star. Everything else is a supporting… — Joseph Abboud Copy Share Image
Initially I started in theatre as a Shakespearean actress before film and television. I've always been an artistic child growing up and… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
Actors need to know why they're saying what they're saying, more than just learning their lines. — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
Sightseeing was ... based on imaginative invention, like rehearsing your own play in stage sets from which all the actors had fled. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
A lot of movie stars don't want to go to TV because of how hard you have to work. You have to… — George Eads Copy Share Image
Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core. — Anthony Rapp Copy Share Image
That has been one of the best, most rewarding things about being an actor - traveling throughout the world, meeting all kinds… — Michael Ansara Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, in particular, that likes to have a mask or something that can help me distance myself from the character.… — Corey Stoll Copy Share Image
I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image