As an actor, we can only do what the director wants. Only the director has a vision of the entire film. — Mohanlal Copy Share Image
I was a Chicago theater actress until my early 30s, so I got to do a lot of meaty stuff in theater. — Amy Landecker Copy Share Image
After the brain tumor happened, I realized I love acting, I've always loved it, I may never get a chance to do… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
“And making a fool of yourself is something all actors have to risk doing. That’s part of our business. And that too… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Any actor who is being honest will admit there's always a small or large part of the real you in every character.… — Jerry Ferrara Copy Share Image
I am all about the arts and whenever I go to New York, London or Sydney I check out the latest plays,… — Shibani Dandekar Copy Share Image
I would do 'John Carter' again tomorrow. I'm very proud of 'John Carter.' Box office doesn't validate me as a person, or… — Taylor Kitsch Copy Share Image
It's about creating an atmosphere so that characters can just live in front of the cameras. And to be sensitive, and for… — Bennett Miller Copy Share Image
One day, I just hit a point where I was like, 'What am I going to do with my life, with my… — Karrueche Tran Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, my biggest fear in life is that I'm gonna wind up being an actor who plays… — David Harbour Copy Share Image
As an actor, it is okay to fall and get up. Then you can give your best. Sometimes audiences don't receive it… — Hansika Motwani Copy Share Image
I got a lot of energy from directing the film 'Ladies In Lavender.' You wonder if you have the stamina because as… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
It's part of my responsibility, as an actor who has been lucky enough to have this job, to take my job very… — Eric Stonestreet Copy Share Image
These opportunities to go on Broadway are the most special thing, and although the idea of doing something for a year or… — Roger Bart Copy Share Image
It's a moment that I will be asked about for the rest of my life as an actor, and I carry that… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
Performing in the theater is a very ethereal profession because you do it once and it goes out into the ether and… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
I never thought acting would be my life. I only started doing it because I needed something to occupy my weekends after… — Callan McAuliffe Copy Share Image
A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances. — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
The thing about Sondheim is that it does get very cerebral. You do need a faculty with words and a love for… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
No genre is easy. For an actor, it's a serious business even when he's essaying a funny character. In fact, comedy is… — Atul Kulkarni Copy Share Image
I started doing amateur theatre and played Rosa Parks at the age of 12 or 13. At 16, I decided it was… — Letitia Wright Copy Share Image
I try to cast actors willing to believe in the world of the movie, who can make an emotional investment in the… — Niki Caro Copy Share Image
It's difficult being a child actor. I don't think everything beautiful has to be exploited. Some things can be beautiful and left… — Ricky Schroder Copy Share Image
The only ambition I ever had going into and committing to wanting to be an actor was to live my life. — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
Acting's the best job there is. Pretending to be someone you're not is good fun. It's also a non-ageist profession, and you… — Sean Pertwee Copy Share Image
We all hope we have something else to do. We're going to be unemployed actors. It's a consistent state of being a… — Terry O'Quinn Copy Share Image
If you look at my job, my union card, it says 'actor.' It don't say nothing about celebrity, movie star, nothing like… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
I've been a huge fan of the 'Jurassic Park' movies. It was one of the reasons why I wanted to be an… — Brian Tee Copy Share Image
All I wanted was to be an actor and have a happy family, and I did it. I still remember when I… — Adina Porter Copy Share Image
Well, the musicals give emphasis to love, longing, melancholy, sadness. All of that is always there. — Ismail Merchant Copy Share Image
“A movie is not a movie, it is a potential nuclear furnace of inspiration, courage and conscience.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I come from the stage. I started my career as a stand-up comedian and then later on became an actor. — Patrick Huard Copy Share Image
The way they do things in the U.S., if you have a show, you'll option your actors for five, six or seven… — Donald Sumpter Copy Share Image
As an actor, I've grown considerably. It's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in… — Sanjay Dutt Copy Share Image
Actors who perhaps are super-confident and have absolute belief in themselves I always admire, because I can't really be like that. — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
I never saw myself as an actor. I neither had the looks nor the backing required to be an actor. — Nani Copy Share Image
As far as I could discover, the notion that a play could succeed without any further help from the actor than a… — Herbert Beerbohm Tree Copy Share Image
I used to believe that George Michael was a total actor. It was self-defeating, because it made me also feel fraudulent. — George Michael Copy Share Image
As a jobbing actor, I never get a script and go 'I can't be bothered with this.' Life doesn't work like that.… — Eve Myles Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, what actors really want to do is act a lot and not wait around in the… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image