As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good… — Karine Vanasse Copy Share Image
You can't be upset for someone's loyalty to a character. As an actor, that's a gift to see fans care that much. — Juliana Harkavy Copy Share Image
The biggest auditions can be the most freeing. The odds are always stacked against you and you always expect someone famous to… — Charlotte Hope Copy Share Image
To want to be an actor is enough - you don't need to tell us about it. The interesting person who comes… — Kenny Ortega Copy Share Image
As an actor, my background is in the theater and I feel that my strong suit is period work, but I actually… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
I thought people would think I only wanted to be an actor because my dad was, rather than because I had an… — Nina Conti Copy Share Image
There's a lot of idiots in Hollywood, a lot of people with no imagination, so as an actor you have to constantly… — Stephen Dorff Copy Share Image
I think my concerns are the same as every actor. Can I find this character and make it come to life properly? — Graham Patrick Martin Copy Share Image
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Back then, it was more or less we couldn't change a line in our script. We weren't allowed to change lines. Today,… — Donna Douglas Copy Share Image
I had begun my professional career when I was 9 years old at the Cleveland Play House, and it was a very… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
I started, obviously, doing theater, and I always thought that I would; in a way, I always thought that I'd be a… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
Nothing is worse for me, as an actor, than when I walk on a set and the director goes, "Okay, you're going… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
Performing as a musician is a lot different than performing as an actor. As an actor, you can hide behind the character… — Billy Crudup Copy Share Image
I majored in drama and theater arts at Columbia and was always in acting studio, but that was a liberal arts degree,… — Hari Nef Copy Share Image
You cannot study acting in books. Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
The only musicals I've really worked on in New York are new musicals, and I like the idea that my job as… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I even recite the role to the actor if it's not clear. And I beg them not to imitate me, because… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
Im not sure Ill find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, its great - if you have the… — Francois Arnaud Copy Share Image
Jean-Luc is a person who has a lot of feelings, and he knows that to listen and look at a person is… — Anna Karina Copy Share Image
I maintain that if you're a novelist and you go into an art museum, you'll come out a better novelist. And if… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
Christina Ricci is amazing, the most professional actor I think I've ever met. You can be chatting with her and when they… — Lisa Kudrow Copy Share Image
I didn't really get into acting until halfway through college. Once I graduated I pursued it professionally, but it wasn't like I… — Kelly Rohrbach Copy Share Image
Before I got into acting, I was always interested in psychology, which I think is very common with a lot of actors… — Megan Park Copy Share Image
I've never been an actor on Broadway, but it feels like you're on a stage when you play at Yankee Stadium. And… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
Every actor will tell you it's so much more fun to play the bad guy because usually those characters are more complex… — Michael Vartan Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of other actors that are just talented, it's just about this opportunity - it's just about… — Nia Long Copy Share Image
I get on with actors, and when I'm doing a theatre show, it's great being with them all the time. But we're… — Phil Daniels Copy Share Image
Actors are journeymen. We show up for work. We do the job and then we go. What goes on behind the scenes… — Joe Mantegna Copy Share Image
'Deadwood' was a magical experience. It was an absolute culmination of everything I've ever wanted to do as an actor as an… — Jim Beaver Copy Share Image
I grew up in the late '70s. We played outside all day. I think that's where I got the whole notion of… — George Eads Copy Share Image
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
I think that when I'm an actor, I get hired, and you say jump three inches, I'll jump three inches. I just… — Adina Porter Copy Share Image
Books and theater were the way I understood the world and also the way I organized my sense of morality, of how… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
My mother wanted to be an actress. She wanted to follow her dreams, and she never really got a chance to do… — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
Acting has really just felt natural and pushing different versions of myself and having different circumstances and different stories, it's all been… — Robby Hoffman Copy Share Image
As an actor, you come in contact with so many different people and cultures. It makes you a more accepting person. — Taylor Spreitler Copy Share Image
All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art. — Jack Bowman Copy Share Image
As an actor, you always want to feel like what you're doing is making a difference to the story. — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
As an actor, to get a gift of a part like that is unusual. And then, to have the prospect of another… — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
