When I was at a tough inner-city school, drama gave me a friendship group. It's been so core to who I am… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
Meryl Streep is my favorite actor. She is so classy and a brilliant actress. Her performance in 'Sophie's Choice' just kills me. — Brittany Curran Copy Share Image
If you work with big stars, then they become the lead actors. It's not that I don't want to do films with… — Kangna Ranaut Copy Share Image
People who want to be a star get their teeth capped. People who want to be an actor get to work. — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
I have always been attracted to difficult work. There really doesn't seem much point in looking for the easy life as an… — Robert Powell Copy Share Image
As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to… — Kristin Scott Thomas Copy Share Image
Just to get the actors to relax, listen to each other, and actually affect each other, there are a number of techniques… — Terry Zwigoff Copy Share Image
The theatre, when all is said and done, is not life in miniature, but life enormously magnified, life hideously exaggerated. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Acting is something where you have to completely remove yourself. So, do I find acting easy? Absolutely no! Do I want to… — Mark McGrath Copy Share Image
You couldn't hope to make a drama and have people rewriting on the day and having the actors making suggestions, "Wouldn't it… — Declan Lowney Copy Share Image
My favorite actor was, is, Michael Keaton. Certainly growing up, in the movie 'Night Shift' he did something brand new that I… — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
I got really into Martin Scorsese as a teenager, so then it was kind of the whole reason I wanted to be… — Adam Scott Copy Share Image
I need theatre for my equilibrium, because in theatre the actors don't care so much about image, about celebrity - you are… — Clotilde Hesme Copy Share Image
I was working in Chicago, in theater and in commercials and anything that anybody would let me do. When I moved to… — Janina Gavankar Copy Share Image
Acting is a job you can learn a lot in. You get to play lots of different characters with different professions and… — Kelly McCreary Copy Share Image
Anthony Mackie in 'The Hurt Locker' is everything an actor can hope to be. So rock steady in his portrayal that you… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I came out of the old Second City in Chicago. Chicago actors are more hard-nosed. They're tough on themselves and their fellow… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
I was not one of those children hanging on Ma's coat-tails following her round sets. I'd go to the theatre after school… — Rachael Stirling Copy Share Image
I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
It's my job as a supporting actor - which I usually am - to support the film: to make 1, 2, or… — Judy Greer Copy Share Image
It's rough to feel creatively satisfied, as an actor, for the most part, because you don't initiate your own work. — Daryl Hannah Copy Share Image
When people warned me there would be long periods out of work if I became an actor, I couldn't keep a straight… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
I'm the man who sits behind a table and tells true stories from his life. I'm also an actor. I was trained… — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
Certain actors wanna get paid, they think working in a low-budget movie is being ripped off. But for others it's like, 'Yes,… — Abel Ferrara Copy Share Image
I consider myself a journeyman actor, and I pride myself and look forward to keeping my career choices as diverse as possible… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
The profession is rife with fear about your age, about your validly, longevity, appearance. It's vanity, and it's hard to sort of… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
My first taste of theater was my middle school play. We did 'The Jungle Book.' I auditioned for Mowgli, which I didn't… — Cody Simpson Copy Share Image
I'd love to do a musical. I've been known to have a good step or two. I'm half Samoan, you know, and… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
As an actor, I've always found that my job is not to judge the content in which I've agreed to perform in.… — David Zayas Copy Share Image
Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And in America they're quite right. They will… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
You never know what's going to happen. That's why I like acting. It's precious to me to be able to live more… — Bai Ling Copy Share Image
Lots of people said that I have been a comic actor for such a long time, but as a director I was… — Satish Kaushik Copy Share Image
'Company' attracted a certain strata that acknowledged me as a good actor. But in terms of popularity, I owe everything I have… — Vivek Oberoi Copy Share Image
One of the things I love about acting is other actors, looking into their eyes, and working off them, and listening and… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
I know their is no such thing as being 'perfect' but I do know that their is a such thing as 'actors' — Jamiee Leen Copy Share Image
Directing a film requires a different set of skills. It is a difficult job, and I am happy being an actor. — Mahesh Babu Copy Share Image
Directors are the captains of the ship, and it's your job as the lead actor to make sure that the rest of… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
My mum's father was a producer and her mother was an actress, so my mum was fully behind me going into acting. — Charlotte Ritchie Copy Share Image
There is no better indication of what the people of any period are like than the plays they go to see. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
