For us, performance is everything. If we can get great actors in there who like us, and we really like, we feel… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
I don't want to be known as an unprofessional actor. There was a time I was considered unprofessional, to a certain extent.… — Akshaye Khanna Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an army personal. My dad wanted me to pursue that dream but I ran to become an… — Gurmeet Choudhary Copy Share Image
When I was about 12, I saw Mark Rylance do this play in New York City called 'Jerusalem' and that really changed… — Charlie Plummer Copy Share Image
I had no idea how one became an actor. I didn't know things such as drama schools existed. It all just sort… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole… — Alec Guinness Copy Share Image
I think by default I wanted to be an actor because, on a movie set as a little kid, the only thing… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
I have been a scrappy actor for 10-plus years, and when you're playing supporting roles, your relationship with the costume designer is… — Katherine Waterston Copy Share Image
I was on the verge of taking over a company myself, from my father, before I left Knoxville to become an actor.… — John Cullum Copy Share Image
I had spent my childhood making up adventures in my head. Then I realized when I went to acting school that there… — Nancy Marchand Copy Share Image
Normally, they want me to be rude to them. People come up to me and sing, and I say 'That was great.… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
There's only so much you can do until you get on set and see the aesthetics of what you're dealing with. Then… — Karl Urban Copy Share Image
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.… — James Dean Copy Share Image
I can't tell you about acting. You can develop all the skills, voice, gesture, movement, you can develop by exercise and practice… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
I'm definitely a frustrated musician, though it's more in terms of wishing I was a better guitar player and songwriter. But I've… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
If you're a good actor, you should be able to do soap, comedy, Shakespeare, musicals, pantomime, and something like 'Frozen.' Of course,… — Anita Dobson Copy Share Image
I came out of school just at the time regional theater was first expanding. All of a sudden, lots of new companies… — Charles Kimbrough Copy Share Image
I can't watch myself on screen without dying a little bit inside. And there are lots of moments when I think, 'What… — Rob James-Collier Copy Share Image
I'd like to be doing quality acting in a quality role and making as many people as possible happy. — John Larroquette Copy Share Image
'The Master' is a wonderful film, honestly, and the actors, Joaquin Phoenix and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, are incredible. — Laetitia Casta Copy Share Image
If I had to rate them in order of preference, it would be writer, director, actor and then producer. — Rakshit Shetty Copy Share Image
The first time my parents found out I was acting was when a friend told them they had just come back from… — Poorna Jagannathan Copy Share Image
Canada has been a breeding ground for great comedic actors, sketch artists and stand-up comedians. We grew up with a different perspective… — Harland Williams Copy Share Image
Being an actor, I have no issues with a character being negative or positive as long as the role is substantial and… — Jasmin Bhasin Copy Share Image
I've never trained as an actor. I've always thought I'm not a good actor. I've been told I'm not a good actor… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I act, but I'm not necessarily an actor. Acting is just the first thing people see when they look at me. So… — Noah Centineo Copy Share Image
If actors are trying to convey, in a smart way, the context of the scene, that becomes too self-conscious. — Yorgos Lanthimos Copy Share Image
I don't think, as an actor, you should define what genre you want to do. Once you do that, you lose the… — Nushrat Bharucha Copy Share Image
When you get a role, you completely lose yourself in it. That's one of the great things about acting - letting yourself… — Molly Quinn Copy Share Image
In my work as an actor, I have been given even greater insights and have been guided towards empathy and a consciousness… — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
The most pressure I've ever felt to be brilliant was in drama school - those were the toughest auditions. I really wanted… — Gustaf Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I got nominated for a Tony in my Broadway debut, which was fascinating and thrilling and sort of unbelievable all at the… — Pablo Schreiber Copy Share Image
Acting is an art that I am learning on the job. The thing that I can do on my part is to… — Sanya Malhotra Copy Share Image
If you are a woman and an actor, it does not mean that you have to contain or limit yourself to just… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
I go with the flow. I don't think too much. If the script demands and my gut feelings allow I follow my… — Sargun Mehta Copy Share Image
For me, acting goes to a special place; it's almost mystical. You have to let go of what you think is good;… — Juliette Binoche Copy Share Image
You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range… — John Boorman Copy Share Image
Playing a dual role is always exciting for any actor because he or she gets to play two characters in one single… — Mallika Sherawat Copy Share Image
From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life. — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
In L.A., being an actor is like a pastime, everybody there is like, "I was on this reality show; I'm an actor."… — Condola Rashad Copy Share Image
