That's how I like to do it with actors, have them really go for it and I'll tell them when it's too… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself. — Katharine Hepburn Copy Share Image
Knock wood, but I started acting professionally when I was 16, and I've always been able to support myself since then. — Anthony Edwards Copy Share Image
I have always believed that an actor cannot afford to have a favorite genre. He must excel in every kind of film… — Manoj Bajpayee Copy Share Image
Some of the things I've been in are comedic, but I don't get considered for true comedies because I'm a 'dramatic' actor. — Noah Emmerich Copy Share Image
When I'm on the set at 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,' of course the content isn't funny, but the other actors… — Stephanie March Copy Share Image
Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money… — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
On 'Heroes' I got to work with Greg Grunberg all the time and Masi Oka, and they both are just wonderful actors.… — Brea Grant Copy Share Image
The fact is that HBO is doing the kind of films and the kind of stories that the movie industry used to… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
I loved getting classical training in terms of acting. I would've stayed in acting school for the rest of my life if… — Dane DeHaan Copy Share Image
Real actors are the most courageous people I know. They dare to live vibrantly in the present and to state in a… — Larry Silverberg Copy Share Image
Just the service aspect of running a nonprofit is so gratifying because it takes the attention off yourself. I'm not an acting… — Adam Driver Copy Share Image
Like any art, what is the most imprisoning thing is also the most delivering thing. If an actor knows he only has… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
As an actor, I feel my job is to perform with utmost honesty and then it is just the film's fate. Of… — Radhika Madan Copy Share Image
Neither should the theater in our country be regarded as a luxury. It is a necessity because in order to make democracy… — Hallie Flanagan Copy Share Image
With its missed lines and falling tombstones, 'Dark Shadows' was sometimes inadvertently funny, but what made the show work was the fact… — William J. Mann Copy Share Image
Unless people are in the shoes of a child actor, they don't realise how difficult it can be at times. I definitely… — Gaten Matarazzo Copy Share Image
I'm just back in line with every other actor looking for a job right now and keeping my fingers crossed. — Joe Lando Copy Share Image
I wanted to go to college to be a journalist and follow in my dad's work. And then I became an actor. — Lana Condor Copy Share Image
I haven't done any 'Fringe' shows since I was about 17. Then I performed with my youth theatre in a show where… — Neve McIntosh Copy Share Image
I couldn't be more excited about doing 'Kinky Boots' on Broadway; it's going to be a delicious challenge! — Kirstin Maldonado Copy Share Image
Anytime you have an opportunity as an actor to really grow along with your character, I think that's a real gift. — Alan Ritchson Copy Share Image
As an actor or anybody as a human being, I feel more and more like I want to spend time doing something… — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
More than anything, what we do as actors is to sit and watch, and I would never want to get so lost… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
Growing up in Los Angeles, I was incredibly fortunate to be taken to theatre by my parents to see everything at the… — Dori Berinstein Copy Share Image
Juilliard was four years, and I called it 'med school with guaranteed unemployment at the end.' And it ends: you're getting ready… — Bradley Whitford Copy Share Image
Me and my husband make decisions together, and we think of the children always, as a lot of jobs take you away… — Genevieve O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Performance capture is a technology, not a genre; it's just another way of recording an actor's performance. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as… — Brenda Blethyn Copy Share Image
As an actor it somehow gets monotonous to play the same role again and again. But I can't say no to them… — Alok Nath Copy Share Image
The most fundamental important thing for me as an actor is maintaining a sense of play. It's so important. — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
I am feeling like I have completed the circle. I started with serious roles, done a grey shaded role, did fatherly roles… — Alok Nath Copy Share Image
An actor gets to take a nap, but the director is working hard from dawn till midnight. I'm kind of lazy. — Michael Horse Copy Share Image
The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor… — Stella Adler Copy Share Image
As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I really have the good fortune that the actors who work with me on 'The Leftovers' are thoughtful, hard working, open people… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
Acting has been my lover and best friend. My confidant and my tormentor. It has given me support and broken my heart… — Sally Field Copy Share Image
I love, love, love being an actor - it's still the hardest and scariest thing I do, outside of parenting. But I've… — Sarah Jessica Parker Copy Share Image
My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That's what an actor wants to do. — John Astin Copy Share Image
I often think you need a lot of courage to be in the acting business. The job itself can be incredibly challenging… — Sarah Alexander Copy Share Image
