Even when I was doing well in acting, my dad would say, 'You can still go back to dental school.' But since… — Michael Steger Copy Share Image
It's very difficult being an actor and being away for a lot of time, but my sons haven't complained too much too… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
I think at some point every actor has practiced their acceptance speech while they're having a shower. It's fun. — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
The only other thing that interested me as a kid was being a bricklayer. So if I hadn't become an actress, I… — Nikki Cox Copy Share Image
The great thing about being an actor is things happen to you very quickly. I like to put myself in the way… — David Morrissey Copy Share Image
Action is pretty boring to do as an actor. Action and sex scenes are silly because it's all faking. — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
By being an actor, one can explore various personalities of a human being, be that person, behave and live that person's life,… — Terence Lewis Copy Share Image
For me, it was much more important to continue to learn my craft as an actor and get a bit of flesh… — Sarah Lancashire Copy Share Image
When you're doing that TV thing, you're doing the same thing for years and years. You can fall into bad habits as… — Rory Cochrane Copy Share Image
It's really kind of a luxury for an actor to have the opportunity to show such different types of characters. I actually… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
Sometimes I say I feel more like a dancer than an actor, because there are things implied about being an actor that… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I start with actors that I know personally or I know their work, and there are things about their work or their… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I'm a New Zealand actor, and I really want to be doing our stuff here, and our stuff includes plays from overseas.… — Peter Hambleton Copy Share Image
The knights of the theater represented to me not only the pinnacle of the profession but the esteem in which the profession… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
In Bombay, people usually tend to cast you in roles that you've played before. Even though they may consider you to be… — Rasika Dugal Copy Share Image
You really need to decide, if you're an actor in Hollywood, whether you want to be faithful to the Lord or you… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
I like to take chances. The actors I admire are the ones who aren't afraid to make themselves nasty, bad or even… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
All you've got to do is turn up and have a few facial tics and be a lunatic and throw someone around… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
This is one of the reasons I like to act - it's because acting forces you into situations you don't know. — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
Why should I write a play? I don't have to write a play, do I? But somehow, I think that's what I'm… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
There isn't an actor alive who hasn't been turned down, and I promise you I have taken a hell of a lot… — Tom Bateman Copy Share Image
Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that character's motives… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
If I'm bringing joy to people and entertaining people as an actor, then I should be grateful for that and act accordingly,… — Ellen Pompeo Copy Share Image
The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
I played the Piccadilly Theater with "Gypsy" and also the Old Vic, and I've done other shows in London, but not for… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
Acting, it's the disappearance of self, disappearance of your own needs and your own wants and the kind of embracing of the… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
My father is an actor and I have always been surrounded by actors and actresses and to be quite honest I have… — Alice Eve Copy Share Image
Being relaxed, at peace with yourself, confident, emotionally neutral loose, and free-floating - these are the keys to successful performance in almost… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Acting comes naturally to me as I have seeing and learning from my parents right from my childhood. — Kalyani Priyadarshan Copy Share Image
Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships. — Natalie Wood Copy Share Image
I'm a very practical actor, and having an artistic triumph that's a commercial flop doesn't do you any good, in any phase… — Van Heflin Copy Share Image
Danny Chung in 'Veep' is a really unique, very anti-stereotypical role for an Asian-American actor, and being able to play that has… — Randall Park Copy Share Image
To see a hacker actually hacking is not the most interesting thing visually, and it's pretty boring as an actor: a hacker… — Finn Wolfhard Copy Share Image
While some entertainment executives understand the power of having someone else speak for you, most Hollywood publicists don't. — Richard Grenell Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an actor. My dad was an actor, and he never brought joy home, so I didn't view… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
There's part of me that's grateful for the delusion, because it takes a very hard shell to get started as an actor,… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
As an actor, I don't want to talk too much about my future films because this industry is such that even after… — Suniel Shetty Copy Share Image
I love movie musicals because I think there is an amount of emotional honesty that's needed to portray someone who feels so… — Jessica Rothe Copy Share Image
Hopefully, I'm not stealing scenes from other actors, because then they won't want to work with me. — Rob Riggle Copy Share Image
