The lens is the actor's best critic... showing his mind more clearly than on the stage. You can get wonderful cooperation out… — Sydney Greenstreet Copy Share Image
The great thing about being the son of Maya Angelou is that I had the good fortune to grow up around some… — Guy Johnson Copy Share Image
Good actors can do anything, and there'll be amazing writers who are willing to write for everyone. — Jonathan Bailey Copy Share Image
I'm one of those actors who is going to come in with 2,500 ideas. You can shoot down 2,499, but one of… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It's the difference between… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
I do like musicals, but I'm not so well-versed in them. I would rather tell stories that just so happen to have… — Betty Gabriel Copy Share Image
I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible. — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
“After Magritte often serves as a companion piece to The Real Inspector Hound, which I think is appropriate in at least one… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
I feel so comfortable in an acting role, you know, as an actor. Maybe it's because I came into it late. If… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
Like all magic cultures expressed by appropriate hieroglyphs, the true theater has its shadows too, and, of all languages and all arts,… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
The one thing I think I've noticed about shows that are supposed to be funny on television is that they've sort of… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
People tend to think that if someone is a movie star, that automatically everything is easier and there is less pressure. But… — Garrett Clayton Copy Share Image
A part of being an actor is I people watch. I like to observe their behaviour, watch their reactions on the street… — Javier Bardem Copy Share Image
But like a born actor who only really wants to direct, Gingrich has always been unsatisfied with what he's brilliant at. He… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
Acting is about giving yourself away, like the U2 song 'With or Without You.' You just don't stay behind a character and… — Catherine Hicks Copy Share Image
I've always been an actress, entertaining my family was the start. I'm a goof ball among many of my cousins and siblings. — Aeriel Miranda Copy Share Image
When you're doing 22 shows on network television, the writers are going on vapors towards the end and, as an actor, you're… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
But I've always been hard to cast, I've never been an ingenue, I've never been the romantic lead. I'm an actor; give… — Edie Falco Copy Share Image
According to me, every actor is struggling in the industry. Someone is trying to live up to their father's name, or someone… — Neha Dhupia Copy Share Image
I know that it's the southern film industries that have made me an actor, and that is where people relate to me… — Asin Copy Share Image
“Toxic people are great actors. They will utilize whichever props are available to maintain control in the relationship.” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
One of my first jobs ever as an actor was working with Julie White on a sitcom called 'Grace Under Fire.' — Tom Everett Scott Copy Share Image
Before I transitioned, I was double-acting, if that makes sense. I was acting being a guy, and I was employed as a… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
I'm mixed and I grew up in a predominantly white community. I'm queer, and I'm an actor. There's a lot of boxes… — Myha'la Copy Share Image
It is how you approach the role given to you, and how you relate to that character and then how you adapt… — Rajiv Menon Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing that when things happen in an actor's life, at some point it's just a performance, at another, it's… — Ashish Vidyarthi Copy Share Image
Like every actor, you get notorious for maybe one role and then get offered a lot of similar roles. — Kit Harington Copy Share Image
I think I started out because I was desperate for approval and acceptance and praise. Some actors never break away from that.… — Judge Reinhold Copy Share Image
All of my scenes were with Jason Isaacs. I could definitely see myself going on an adventure with him, and learning as… — A Fine Frenzy Copy Share Image
I did some really bad plays at a children's theater in Kentucky where I'm from and went from there. — Miles Heizer Copy Share Image
I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public… — Warren Beatty Copy Share Image
The decision to do it [play Maigret] was related to the fact that the character is a very ordinary man, and generally… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
We live in the golden age of character actors - in an age when actors who have done their time in character… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
The Actors Fund is a human services organization, so our focus has been on caring for the entire human as opposed to… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
I always think instinct is more interesting than anything you can think up. I mistrust and am rather bored with actors who… — Denholm Elliott Copy Share Image
A good writer takes time to go in-depth into a subject and then comes out with a good script. Then it's the… — Johnny Lever Copy Share Image
I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal. — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
There might be the odd person in my family who was an artist down the line, but no one in my immediate… — Chloe Pirrie Copy Share Image
A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see… — Bela Lugosi Copy Share Image
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