I let my youth be led by this want to be an actor, for good and bad. Regardless of whether your parents… — Naomi Ackie Copy Share Image
What helps you as an actor when it comes to roles is that deeper understanding of so many different fractions of humanity.… — David Koechner Copy Share Image
Theater is a recreation. It can be much more, but unless it's recreation, I don't see the point of it. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Most actors are very grateful for what is as opposed to what will be. You spend 98% of your time looking for… — Brian d'Arcy James Copy Share Image
I still think of myself as a stage actor. When I do film and television I try to implement what I was… — Tony Shalhoub Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're never supposed to complain about being too busy because it can go the other way real fast. — Robert Picardo Copy Share Image
I just realized at some point that I was hopelessly in love with the theater. I fought it for a long time… — Ellen McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I don't think any actor really thinks they're good. I watch my own work and I'm like, Oh God, this is terrible,… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
I feel whatever an actor does on screen is something the actor 'does,' and what the director can do is to tell,… — Imtiaz Ali Copy Share Image
It's different being a director. I suppose, especially if it's a story you've written and you feel compelled to tell, in some… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
When I was writing 'Withnail,' I was so busted flat that I had one lightbulb that I would carry around the house… — Bruce Robinson Copy Share Image
“When truth and virtue are so rare in almost every area of our society the world needs theatre and the theatre needs… — Melissa Bruder Copy Share Image
I never really did years of movie-after-movie-after-movie but when you've got three toddlers in the house you're performing all day long, anyway,… — Julia Roberts Copy Share Image
I did theatre a lot when I was a kid. Then I went to acting school in New York. I did a… — Justin Bartha Copy Share Image
Drama made me happy. Being on stage made me feel alive. But I did what a lot of people do, and that's… — Emun Elliott Copy Share Image
“only had to write the play that I was already thinking of. Plays are much easier to write than books, because you… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was always adamant that I would never do 'Home and Away' or 'Neighbours,' because as an actor you want… — Brenton Thwaites Copy Share Image
I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those… — Fiona Shaw Copy Share Image
I am a product of '90s movies. I grew up watching '90s films and wanted to become an actor because that was… — Huma Qureshi Copy Share Image
People like to think that actors are terribly worried about ghosts of other actors in the parts they play. But you just… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
When I signed up for Y&R, my actor friends said, 'A daytime soap? It'll kill your career!' Now they'd trade places with… — Jeanne Cooper Copy Share Image
Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie. — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
As an actor, the second and last ones were interesting for me. Because those parts had the most change in playing someone… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
Musical theatre is something that I always wanted to be a part of, and my first ever role on the West End… — Gareth Gates Copy Share Image
I'd done plays in middle school, done some for the church in high school, but I had no intention of ever being… — Jovan Adepo Copy Share Image
My goal as an actor has always been to reach a level where I can find a lot of interesting work, and… — Benicio Del Toro Copy Share Image
Some actors are constantly on the phone, some are always looking into the mirror while some like to sit and bond. — Sanam Saeed Copy Share Image
It's such a process to get a show off the ground initially. And then, to already have a second season announced is… — Nicky Whelan Copy Share Image
I have worked with National award-winning artiste Upendra Limaye in a film and he is a fantastic actor. — Sudha Chandran Copy Share Image
As an actor, I'm very much a company person. And this also goes through my life: I have a dread of responsibility.… — Ian Holm Copy Share Image
And being an actor already means that working with cast as a director, I have a clear understanding of their position and… — Pollyanna McIntosh Copy Share Image
I was first an indie actor, so I also want that more opportunities be given to people in the indies. — Coco Martin Copy Share Image
Obviously when you're a child actor, you have zero inhibitions. You don't care. You don't get introverted thinking people are looking at… — Alanna Masterson Copy Share Image
The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold… — Dick Powell Copy Share Image
When I got out of high school, I wanted to be an actor but was getting a lot of rejections. I was… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I think a reason why actors get reputations for being crazy and neurotic is because your life task is constantly in flux. — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
Good acting is confused with good dialogue delivery. Acting is about all about performance, and the way we interpret and understand the… — Rajiv Menon Copy Share Image
It's one of those things where if I do a movie, I don't even know if I'm any good. So, I may… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
Other actors don't get asked about their brothers or sisters, so why do I have to always answer questions about having a… — Luke Treadaway Copy Share Image
I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
