I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater. — Aprilynne Pike Copy Share Image
I always loved acting, but when you get older and you're going through adolescence, the roles are limited. — Jonathan Ke Quan Copy Share Image
Dentistry was an ego trip, and acting is a personal need. Usually it's the reverse, and I honestly don't think I had… — Larry Wilcox Copy Share Image
It's funny how you can say performing is in the blood, and if I'm considered a performer being an actor, then it's… — Kelvin Fletcher Copy Share Image
When I was at school, I auditioned for the school play as Queen Gertrude, and I fell in love with it there… — Poppy Delevingne Copy Share Image
I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was asked if I'd audition for a part in a Broadway musical because the director just loved me. — Amy Macdonald Copy Share Image
I think there was no other profession for me. I was either going into an insane asylum or to be an actor. — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
I just randomly fell into acting. I was so young at the time that I never really thought about acting... After I… — Tye Sheridan Copy Share Image
My mom being raised in England, her father always wanted to pursue the arts and wanted to have a stage career in… — Jovan Adepo Copy Share Image
“Show tunes are great. Stephen Sondheim. Rodgers and Hammerstein. Wicked. Rent. The Music Man. Almost any musical will do. Except Cats.” “Why?… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
Acting was just another part of my life, as it still is today. It's 1 of the 10 things I love doing.… — Kaley Cuoco Copy Share Image
As an actor you have to keep working, were perishable fruit. Its an instrument and if you sit and wait too long… — Cuba Gooding Jr Copy Share Image
Most of my work in New York has been on new musicals. And all through the preview process, they throw you new… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be an actress, but I hadn't ever really told anyone. I'd always got quite good grades, so… — Kimberley Nixon Copy Share Image
I love nothing better than to get all the nuts and bolts out of the way - show up on time, with… — Jane Elliot Copy Share Image
I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
A lot of times you come against actors who come from a different direction, and you tend to meet in the middle. — Laila Robins Copy Share Image
I consider those actors who amaze me are somehow less attractive to me than those actors who move me. — Robert Lansing Copy Share Image
Sometimes in the acting trade you are offered nothing to work like a dog, while at other times you get a fortune… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
Acting advice is a bit like your parents teaching you how to drive a car. You know they're right, but you still… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
I was appalled at the amount of study necessary in order to qualify in medicine, and gradually my desire was blunted by… — Conrad Veidt Copy Share Image
As an actor you feel constant pressure as you are watched continuously... you have to be presentable and good in every area. — Prachi Desai Copy Share Image
The kind of acting that's wholly literary or cerebral is wrong. It's useless for me to have actors so much in their… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
When you're doing the same scene over and over, all day long, you need to keep your levels up for your own… — Iwan Rheon Copy Share Image
I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money. — Emmy Rossum Copy Share Image
The success of 'Bodyguard' is a tribute to the magnetism of our two leads, Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes. — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
You know, back in acting school they always teach you, 'Make bold choices and look for activities that are interesting.' — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
In the theatre, if you say 'Macbeth', all the actors will start looking very anxious. I'm so well-trained not to say it… — Anna Chancellor Copy Share Image
I certainly have never been an actor who can play the Everyman guy - or, I don't tend to get those parts.… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
Growing up, I didn't see anybody with my skin color or my background. I didn't know it was possible to have a… — Mena Massoud Copy Share Image
Actors really are superstitious. You can always spot a group of actors at a restaurant. They're the ones spitting on their knuckles… — Gregg Henry Copy Share Image
“You are acting, not being.” Strasberg explained, “I stress the difference between the actor who thinks acting is an imitation of life,… — Val Holley Copy Share Image
I started doing musical theatre when I was six years old. It was all I ever wanted to do - my mother… — Myha'la Copy Share Image
I'm just an actor, and if I can leave something behind that my kids will be proud of, then that's what I… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
I liked Westerns for two reasons: First, it took the actor outside. They were all very physical at that time and not… — DeForest Kelley Copy Share Image
As an actor, you have to be able to put yourself into the character since your job is literally making the character… — Hafthor Bjornsson Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share Image
As an actor, if I show up late somewhere or I say something that's eccentric, it's totally acceptable - not only that,… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
It was tough: I had to kiss a man, and I got a mixed reaction from the black community. But I have… — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
