I always believed that I never wanted to be an actor. I only did it because I was allowed to do it… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
As an actor, you go in your own personal life and pull from your personal life, so that's what I do. — LaChanze Copy Share Image
I am, by nature, pretty reserved. It was after I became an actor that I started interacting more with people from different… — Nivin Pauly Copy Share Image
He's a fantastic actor, Kelsey Grammer. You don't have that kind of career without having a talent, without having something to say… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor. I was acting in all the school plays. I went to… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Regardless of the success of a drama or film, I will be satisfied if viewers say that my acting has progressed and… — Song Hye-kyo Copy Share Image
Taught by actor parents never to leave an awkward gap in the conversation I gabble out unsolicited responses to fill the voids. — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
To have a creative outlet that you can control is really important because you do a lot of waiting to be cast,… — Mia Wasikowska Copy Share Image
As an actor, you blindly put your trust in experts - and if they tell you something's safe, you don't fully vet… — Dylan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I always felt, and still feel, one of my best strengths as a director is having been an actor for a long… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
I really like writing music. That's kind of like my little hobby. I like that because sometimes you don't really have any… — Amelia Warner Copy Share Image
More than anything, acting was more like a confidence thing. I love words - I love English - but I don't have… — Jacob Anderson Copy Share Image
I have 16 plays, and we don't ever do subtitles. You can't do subtitles in the theater, so I was like, 'I'm… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
There's something about being a part of Broadway and going backstage. You know, like when I go to see a show now… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I don't know if there's an actors' slow-pitch softball league I could join. My agency has a team, but they say it… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
I don't believe in having to show anybody anything. I just do my work. You know, making a living as an actor… — Steve Guttenberg Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be in movies. In a sense, I'm still a failure because I wanted to be a star on… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I do love my work. As an actor, you live from job to job, though, and you have to be prepared for… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
All that back-story stuff doesn't help. What you get paid for is to stand toe-to-toe with the other actor and get him… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
A lot of scripts are written with an eye on what will be popular or what will titillate or what this actor… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
“Theater in America is a kind of weed sprouting up in the weirdest places. It's deeply democratic and deeply human, and I… — Mac Wellman Copy Share Image
Emerging actors know there's a whole lot to learn each time they are spending with someone who's done a lot. — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
I've been an actor for 20 years, and I think the first 14 years, it was all struggling. At first, it was all gangsters. — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
Regardless of what level the actor's at, you always learn something. And you can learn something from bad actors as well, who… — Reece Thompson Copy Share Image
It’s fun to watch someone like John Goodman, and yet it takes work. People say ‘he’s not acting, he’s being himself.’ Well… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
I thought it's very funny that I ended up as a voiceover guy because when I started out as an actor, I… — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
I'm a very laidback sort of guy, but people assume I am a serious actor and a serious person. That is not… — Prateik Babbar Copy Share Image
My parents thought it was really important that I grow up with the high school experience, because if I was going to… — Danielle Campbell Copy Share Image
The cast of 'The Big C' is such an amazing group of people. They're so joyful and just open their arms to… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working today in… — Kim Cattrall Copy Share Image
It's always a great feeling when I have no regrets regarding an audition that I've done and I feel that way about… — Kiana Madeira Copy Share Image
I think actors are meant to have crises of faith; I think it's part of the job. I think it makes you… — Hale Appleman Copy Share Image
There was an article about me once, and the first line was, 'It's good to be a gangster.' Well, I'm not a… — Frank Vincent Copy Share Image
I went on to play Samantha in 'Casual Vacancy' and that was a role I don't think I would have got had… — Amanda Redman Copy Share Image
“The actor's life offers, on a daily basis, the simulacrum of love; a mask can be satisfied, or at least consoled, by… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Just to get a job is always really exciting to me. I do feel there's a lot left for me to learn… — Sebastian Stan Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. I can make anyone believe anything. I don't have to know what the hell I'm talking about. — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
My mom used to take me to the theater to see the tours that would come through D.C., and I loved it.… — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
At one point of time, most of my films were successful, so I could have launched a production house. But had I… — Prosenjit Chatterjee Copy Share Image
That's the most important quality for any actor, for us: someone who can communicate what they're feeling without saying, 'This is how… — Ryan Fleck Copy Share Image
