There are certain sacrifices that you make, and you feel like the only compensation you have as an actor is financial. — David Schwimmer Copy Share Image
I was never tortured over whether I wanted to become an actor. There was never another option in my mind. — Stephanie Courtney Copy Share Image
I'm not turning my back on classical theater. It's all about opportunities and timing a lot of the time when things come… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
A lot of actors give a performance that many people connect with and they end up talking about it a lot of… — Charlie Plummer Copy Share Image
It can be tough to turn things down, but as an actor, being in demand is a nice problem to have. — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent. — Robert Brustein Copy Share Image
For an actor, playing one character and transitioning to a completely different one is a dream come true. — Dean Norris Copy Share Image
Acting is all about creative ideas and sharing, so the more places those ideas come from, the better. — George MacKay Copy Share Image
The child--a skilled actor with a hundred masks: a different one for his mother, father, grandmother or grandfather, for a stern or… — Janusz Korczak Copy Share Image
I'm only interested in being a good actor and in being remembered for my best films, not for the way I look.… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
People often say that you should never work with child actors. I think that's all wrong. Children have not had the imagination… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Star Wars was one of the first movies that ever made me want to be an actor. Hanging with Wookies, getting to… — Donald Faison Copy Share Image
My mum tells me, 'I always thought you were going to be an actor because you always wanted to dress up as… — Harris Dickinson Copy Share Image
I have done some wonderful television, but you know, there's not as much exceptional material as there is in the theatre. So… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share Image
I guess if there's one thing that might surprise people about me, it's that I'm very obedient. I'm kind of like a… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
A lot of people will say, "Oh, I got into acting because I wanted to explore my craft." They're a bunch of… — Charlie Sheen Copy Share Image
When you age, you can do all kinds of roles. You don't have to look great. You can be the mom, the… — Valerie Harper Copy Share Image
Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
I think in theater the playwright is king. Those words are unchangeable. They are the reason that everything else flows from. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I actually think actors both are drawn to playing real-life historical people and are terrified. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
The first play I wrote was called 'Twenty-five.' It was played by our company in Dublin and London, and was adapted and… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
There wasn't much for me to do after school except the drama club, so when I kind of started doing drama club,… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to… — Ginger Rogers Copy Share Image
As an actor, your job is half done when your co-star becomes your friend, especially when it's Judi Dench. — Ali Fazal Copy Share Image
Before shooting, I prepare with the actors much more like it's a theater play than a movie. Apparently, that way of working… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
I've got a lot to learn, and I'm very blessed to work with such talented actors. I'm nowhere near my goal. It's… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
A lot of auditions are not fun; they're just a necessary evil, and, if you're lucky, you have a few moments that… — Kristen Connolly Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Actor' all on the computer. I didn't touch any instruments until I was in the studio. So while I had… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
Somehow, I have no idea how the transition was made from wanting to be an archeologist or a marine biologist, to wanting… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
When I was a kid being an actor was not cool. I'm thirty now and when I was a kid in the… — Vincent Kartheiser Copy Share Image
I don't think anybody, actor or marine, is ever going to enjoy boot camp. It certainly wasn't at all enjoyable. Informative and… — Ashton Holmes Copy Share Image
The difference between film and theater is that in film, an actor is sort of under a magnifying glass and everything that… — Olivia Thirlby Copy Share Image
It's that athlete's obsessiveness - the need to prove yourself and work harder than anybody else. I think it's what helped me… — Cathy Rigby Copy Share Image
But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore. — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Sometimes, as actors, if we work hard enough and stay at it long enough and are malleable and directable, then good things… — Peter Scolari Copy Share Image
With a lot of contemporary musicals, the songs are like a calling card: the action stops for them. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
Actors are a lot like professors on dissertation committees - it's a lot of ego, a lot of rallying for position, there… — Mayim Bialik Copy Share Image
What's frustrating as an actor, when you want to work hard, you can only work once that phone rings and then you… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
I belonged to Stratford Children's Theater when I was a boy growing up in Manchester. Even then, I was always doing character… — John Mahoney Copy Share Image
As actors, emotion is the sand in the sandbox for us. Without emotion, there's nothing to play - and we are playing.… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
