I really act for myself. I really love it. I don't think there's a way that you could handle these schedules, all… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
I had done the child acting thing, which is pretty much learning your lines, standing there looking natural, and having fun. — Vinessa Shaw Copy Share Image
To my mind, the actor has this great responsability of playing another human being… it’s like taking on another person’s life and… — Edward G. Robinson Copy Share Image
Being an actor, you go through this thing where you want to be the best, and I think, in life in general,… — Justin Hartley Copy Share Image
I believe all conscientious actors feel the same way - that there is too much hurry-scurry in TV to permit a sufficient… — Van Heflin Copy Share Image
I can't take much pride in my childhood acting. It feels like it happened in another lifetime, and even then, it felt… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
There are some subjects in school that I love, but it can still feel like a chore. Acting never feels like a… — Sierra McCormick Copy Share Image
I don't know of an actor that the Coen brothers would come to and say, "Hey, I've got a movie for you… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
The actor's physical type is the main consideration. It isn't and shouldn't be. Does the actor "look the part"? It is the… — Harold Clurman Copy Share Image
'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to… — A. J. Cook Copy Share Image
There are challenges in life, and it was a great challenge to have [became a member of Judas Preist]. The situation I… — Richie Faulkner Copy Share Image
Actors normally go to the gym to achieve a certain kind of fitness for a role but when you start playing a… — Tahir Raj Bhasin Copy Share Image
To me that's part of my working day, and I would never refuse a job where I'm under several hours of makeup,… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
Some actors specialize in shooting weapons and punching people. Some have the market on playing buffoons cornered, others specialize in roles that… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
The first thing you have to get used to in any kind of acting is the ability to make a fool of… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
You know, some actors, all of their potential is in their youth, and when that passes, their qualities of as an actor… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Where every moment is about truth and I think it's a great challenge every night. That's what really drove me to wanting… — Deborah Cox Copy Share Image
In a play you can witness your audience live, understand how they feel. It lets you evaluate yourself and measure your growth. — Asrani Copy Share Image
I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career, except for when I've worked with the Coen brothers. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
When you're an actor you don't really know what you have to do until you see what you look like. — Tom Wilkinson Copy Share Image
In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors. — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able… — Hayden Christensen Copy Share Image
A lot of actors try to sabotage other actors, and that's sad because then you're never going to get that beautiful scene. — Erica Durance Copy Share Image
'Fargo,' man, with so many actors playing so many great characters, and then they do another season, and it changes all over… — James L. Brooks Copy Share Image
When I was in college, the first thing we did in acting class was to observe an animal at the zoo and… — Claire Coffee Copy Share Image
I guess my break in America came a little too early. It would've been nice to have a few more years to… — Brenton Thwaites Copy Share Image
Coming back to theatre is something I'm keen to do for the rest of my life. It recharges my batteries, so to… — Dan Stevens Copy Share Image
A lot of my training is in classical theatre; I've done a lot of classical plays in New York and also at… — Laila Robins Copy Share Image
'GLOW' was the first time that, from head to toe, I was asked to use my body in a functional, powerful way… — Betty Gilpin Copy Share Image
If you do a scene and you really like a character in it or a premise in it to write it down… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
It's like the journey of a police official, who starts from a low rank and goes on to have a high rank.… — Ammy Virk Copy Share Image
If you're an actor from New York, and you're Italian-American, you grow up hoping Marty Scorsese knows your name at some point… — Bobby Cannavale Copy Share Image
What we consider typical of the male is a question I ask myself quite often - it's relevant to my life as… — Elliot Cowan Copy Share Image
The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
I know certain actors are totally screwed up on drugs, yet it gets covered up. Why wasn't I excused for 'exhaustion' or… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
My strength as an actor is in the theater - I know that about myself. Some actors get onstage and vanish, but… — Stacy Keach Copy Share Image
With acting there are a lot more choices, With this, I either stick it or I don't. There's something really unforgiving about… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
When you're a working actor and you're happy to be one, you can't focus all your energy on acting because you will… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
“I think the problem isn't who you are hiring but what you are hiring - Jack (Davis, Character in WHIM)” — Garrett Miller Copy Share Image