Acting is about covering up traces of who you are and just being the character. I think it's easier to accept people… — Peter MacNicol Copy Share Image
What you want, as an actor, is a great leader. I can't bear it when I work with a director who is… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
As an actor, I believe that theatre is the one of the most immediate and exciting mediums to inspire young girls to… — Karla Crome Copy Share Image
When I got to the reading all the work, I was reduced to being an actor in an experimental play that I'd… — David Antin Copy Share Image
While I was growing up all over, in all my different schools, I was always doing theater, auditioning for plays. — Hannah Simone Copy Share Image
You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
I was home-schooled 'cause I wanted to be an actor. I would spend all day watching movies, trying to get through calculus. — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
I will say, the performers in the musical are some of the most super-talented people I've ever seen. — Tom Scharpling Copy Share Image
I came to filmmaking as an actor looking for great characters and great opportunities, both of which are kind of hard to… — Katie Aselton Copy Share Image
I still sing, but completely for my own pleasure. I play a nightclub singer in 'Sparkle,' but I'd like to pursue it… — Lesley Manville Copy Share Image
Between New York and L.A., and all of us who are actors, I feel like we're just one big, cast repertory company,… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
A lot of my colleagues are content to be character actors who are always in the background. I'm not that guy. I'm… — Terry Crews Copy Share Image
There's a big difference in doing a play or doing any project that not a lot of people see and then a… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I'm from Washington state - a pretty small town there called Puyallup. I was really into the arts there. I sang in… — Sarah Butler Copy Share Image
As they say, there are two rules in improv: Never say no, and never ask why. When another actor asks 'Why?' or… — Johnny Galecki Copy Share Image
As a musician-turned-actor, you ordinarily face one of two scenarios. Either all the pressure of success or failure is on your shoulders,… — Trey Songz Copy Share Image
I definitely want to go on acting for as long as I can find employment. I'm never happier than when I'm on… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I literally came to L.A. like every actor does from this little town with this big dream, and I'm living in it… — Tracy Spiridakos Copy Share Image
With acting, you have to depend on somebody else to decide if you are allowed to work. You can spend weeks and… — Tana French Copy Share Image
Theater publicly reveals the human condition through appealing to both intellect and emotion. Architecture, whether lowly or exalted, can do the same. — Hugh Hardy Copy Share Image
Anyone who hears enough laughter and applause at a young age will become an actor, whether they intend to or not. — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
At about twelve I just knew, something clicked, and I knew I wanted to be an actor and my parents, to their… — Erika Christensen Copy Share Image
As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you're the character. — Matt LeBlanc Copy Share Image
For me, as an actor, with any character I'm playing, wardrobe brings a whole other aspect. Once I have the clothing on,… — Katie Cassidy Copy Share Image
In many cases for an actor it's a comfortable position to be in. But it's harder to fail as a director. — Jean Dujardin Copy Share Image
There are maybe 100 actors I look up to, but my first two favourite actors were Dustin Hoffman and Jack Nicholson. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
Theatre is highly satisfying in terms of words. You get to speak in monologues; words drive the action. — Sarita Choudhury Copy Share Image
I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted… — Vincent D'Onofrio Copy Share Image
I remember the only play I wanted to see for the longest time was 'Wicked,' and I learned all the songs I… — Doechii Copy Share Image
I think it's always good when you're able to, as an actor, allow your work to be some kind of a conduit… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
For some actors, their star shines brightly and fizzles out. My star doesn't shine that brightly, but it buzzes along. Hopefully, that… — Anna Maxwell Martin Copy Share Image
My preference is for people who come to rehearsal and get into the ring. I like a muscular actor who's playful. — Joe Mantello Copy Share Image
I always want to portray veterans in a positive light, and since I got into acting full time, I've made that part… — Jon Huertas Copy Share Image
if there's a spirit world why don't the ghosts of dead artists get together and inhibit bad playwrights from tormenting first-nighters? — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
A job doesn't lead to another job. Yes, people are more aware of you, but it's kind of this clean slate every… — Molly Gordon Copy Share Image
I think the toughest thing for me to figure out, as an actor, was how to translate all those layers that are… — Alycia Debnam Carey Copy Share Image
In 'Leverage,' I don't really play an insurance investigator but a man who used to be an insurance investigator. — Timothy Hutton Copy Share Image
With the theatre, for God's sake, everything makes sense. You create a clear sequential reality for a specific audience at one particular… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
We're actors, we have to do what we have to do, and you have to be really solid within yourself. — Linda Gray Copy Share Image
I am a greedy actor: I want all the scripts to come to me. So I do all the good films which… — Rajkummar Rao Copy Share Image
