Actors are insanely competitive and they hold back on each other. They are like magicians and none of them want to show… — David Ayer Copy Share Image
I've been really terrible in a lot of things because I learned by making mistakes. That makes you a different kind of… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
It does not mean that in the process of a small screen, I do small acting, or if I do a big… — Kay Kay Menon Copy Share Image
Actors will, in their mind, want to 'steal the scene,' and the problem is that means the scene didn't work in the… — Erica Durance Copy Share Image
I love both acting and programming equally. I think it enriches me and enhances me as an artist. — Masi Oka Copy Share Image
I don't love being an actor, but I'm not qualified to be anything else. I was an auto mechanic and drove a… — Michael Madsen Copy Share Image
You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects of the human… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
It's weird to be recognised anywhere. The cost of living your dream, acting, is being recognised. — Colin Morgan Copy Share Image
I love playing all kinds of roles. I hope it doesn’t sound too pretentious, but I always feel human nature is like… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
The best thing as an actor, the best tool you have is your imagination. That you kind of take things that have… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
I'd been an actor my whole life, since I was a kid. And then, I quit for awhile and went to university.… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
When we look to cast somebody who hasn't had any acting experience before, it's really essential we find somebody who at some… — Anna Boden Copy Share Image
I think it's the same to be an actress anywhere because the profession is about attitudes towards events - it is a… — Zhou Xun Copy Share Image
In the first place, I'm pretty thorough about whom I choose. I instinctively look for the kind of actor who is going… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
I really like the way that Jack Nicholson [acts] in particular works. I like the fact that he takes enormous risks. He's… — Tim Curry Copy Share Image
An actor is here to perform. For example, if a character is a Punjabi or a Bihari, and the actor is not,… — Sunny Singh Copy Share Image
Other actors like to rehearse on film-they like 30 or 40 takes. When you get an actor like that, it becomes difficult… — Richard Widmark Copy Share Image
This is the great thing about TV is that when you discover certain strengths in an actor, you can then begin to… — Sam Esmail Copy Share Image
Aidan Gillen is such a great actor, and it was so nice to have an opportunity to work with him, even if… — Jeremy Podeswa Copy Share Image
No one likes it when their personal life is talked about, and I am no exception. But I guess it's the price… — Huma Qureshi Copy Share Image
It's a bit of a dilemma, being an actor. I know that. But otherwise, I'm a relatively private person. I feel like… — Josephine Langford Copy Share Image
You have to watch out with my plays. They're like yeast. You think they're one thing, then all of a sudden subtext… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
I don't blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
The making of a star/hero is demanding but is also rewarding, show no fear in your fight to the top - you… — Eduvie Donald Copy Share Image
People recognize actors that they see regularly, like people they see on the television every week. — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
In acting, I always try to go back to what would actually be the real situation, the real human behavior in life. — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
Acting is not rocket science, but it is an art form. What you are doing is illuminating humanity. Or not. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I feel very fortunate to be an actor on a network whose tag line is Characters Welcome and not Procedurals Welcome. — Tim DeKay Copy Share Image
An Australian actor wouldn't have the experience to feel how it is to be in Australia as a European. — Bruno Ganz Copy Share Image
I'm an actor who works, and a lot of this is luck for me, that I get to be a part of… — Busy Philipps Copy Share Image
One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition - that something can slide away from your original… — Ben Whishaw Copy Share Image
To write a play one must be born a playwright. Otherwise, you're starting at a huge disadvantage. — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or… — Joan Allen Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to be in musical theater all the way, from beginning to end, and then it started not… — Briga Heelan Copy Share Image
I'm always interested with other actors in what their process is, and are they still interested in acting, as opposed to being… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I think it's good for an actor to bounce between stuff on camera and stuff in theatre. If I could do half… — Richard Madden Copy Share Image
“A new star has been born and Vera’s performance brings alive the desolate life of O’Neil’s young heroine in a natural talent… — Rajiv Kapoor Copy Share Image
I started out in the Apollo Theater. That's where I got my start. I won Amateur Night four weeks in a row. — Fat Joe Copy Share Image
Every actor demands different things. Every human being you come in contact with in your life, you have to deal with in… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image