People always assume that, if you're an actor who's been on anything from which you're recognisable, that you're making all this money,… — Sheryl Lee Copy Share Image
My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
What makes an actor, I think, is a combination of a deep curiosity about life and a case of the crazies. — Nina Arianda Copy Share Image
My parents have always given me whatever I wanted. Took me to the ballet, the opera, museum exhibitions. I was always surrounded… — Bar Paly Copy Share Image
I don't know how to play myself. I'm not interested enough in myself. That's just not how I was educated. That's not… — Corey Stoll Copy Share Image
I don't remember sitting down and saying, 'This is why I want to be--an actress.' I just knew. It was never a… — Joanne Whalley Copy Share Image
I often get people saying they are a disabled actor and how nice it is to see a disabled actor on screen. — Liz Carr Copy Share Image
The thing about being an actor is that you turn into other people. You have to hide yourself a bit in order… — Penelope Wilton Copy Share Image
Writing for theatre is certainly different to writing an essay or any other kind of fiction or prose: it's physical. You're also… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a director. I came into this industry by the little door, so I never learned anything; I… — Olivier Megaton Copy Share Image
When I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State after Grinnell, I joined the moribund remnants of… — Peter Coyote Copy Share Image
What's great about acting is that there's never a moment when you're like, 'OK, I got this, I understand this.' You're portraying… — Cress Williams Copy Share Image
I understand, certain scenes have to have a lot of takes. As an actor, I think it's quite nice to have a… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
When people go to the theater, they don't want to think 'I know exactly what I'm gonna get,' and then they get… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
I think a lot of actors, sometimes what happens I think is that actors finish a movie and they go, 'Oh my… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
I've always known that I wanted to be an actor. My family kind of was a theatrically inclined family. My father came… — Peter Vack Copy Share Image
Tom Kitt aside - he's in his own category with me, of course - Stephen Sondheim is one of my all-time favorite… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
As an actor, throughout three years, I've become more comfortable within my own skin and confident. — Laura Vandervoort Copy Share Image
I've been an actor for a very long time, and I've had the opportunity to do theater a couple of times. — Joshua Jackson Copy Share Image
One of the greatest things about getting older as an actor is that you settle into who you are and you don't… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
If an actor is going to be an action hero, do it in a Robert Rodriguez movie, because that guy is going… — Freddy Rodriguez Copy Share Image
You need to learn that, unless your lead character is written in a way that one of the 20 movie stars want… — Robert Ben Garant Copy Share Image
In acting you have to not be yourself. It's like whatever character is put on, you have to just to turn into… — Ginuwine Copy Share Image
Acting is no longer about lying. It's now about revealing the truth. People are at ease with me now. Honesty is the… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I'd like to be the next Oprah financially, but I'm not a TV actor. I'm not someone with an entertainment background, I'm… — Steve Wilkos Copy Share Image
Acting is a career, and you can't expect everything to work out the way you want. One has to be mature enough… — Asin Copy Share Image
I'm still a promising actor. It's better to be climbing even if you have a lot of falls than to be descending.… — Antonio Banderas Copy Share Image
An actor doesn't change thought, theme, or mood unless the character does, and the character only does it within the words of… — Jason Robards Copy Share Image
Being an actor, in my case, any failure or success is extremely visible to a whole nation of movie-watchers. — Akshaye Khanna Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, the idea of why I wanted acting to be the thing I do for the rest of… — Edward Furlong Copy Share Image
For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's… — T. R. Knight Copy Share Image
I plan on having the credibility and integrity of being a part of an entertainment news program like 'E!,' in addition to… — Terrence J Copy Share Image
The most amazing thing you can ask for as an actor from a director is that you're being seen, that the choices… — Bertie Carvel Copy Share Image
I feel much more comfortable as a writer than an actor. I feel like I am a much better writer than I… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
Harold Lloyd was not a comedian. But he was the finest actor to play a comedian that I ever saw. — Hal Roach Copy Share Image
I didn't realise my upbringing was unusual until my teens. As the child of two actors, I presumed that visiting film sets… — Emilia Fox Copy Share Image
When I started acting, I was told over and over again, 'You're no good.' But I said to myself, 'You've got to… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
The most important thing in a love story for me is the intensity and passion that my lead actors bring into playing… — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
I like the fact that Chris Rock is one of the best stand ups ever and still is a really good actor.… — Dennis Dugan Copy Share Image
Musicals have long given voice to outsiders and speak of experiences in our culture and environment. — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
