I don't think anybody, actor or marine, is ever going to enjoy boot camp. It certainly wasn't at all enjoyable. Informative and… — Ashton Holmes Copy Share Image
The difference between film and theater is that in film, an actor is sort of under a magnifying glass and everything that… — Olivia Thirlby Copy Share Image
I think in theater the playwright is king. Those words are unchangeable. They are the reason that everything else flows from. — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I actually think actors both are drawn to playing real-life historical people and are terrified. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
The first play I wrote was called 'Twenty-five.' It was played by our company in Dublin and London, and was adapted and… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
There wasn't much for me to do after school except the drama club, so when I kind of started doing drama club,… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to… — Ginger Rogers Copy Share Image
I was 16 and did a play at school. I was a rather good student... And then I did a play when… — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
Many a play is like a painted backdrop, something to be looked at from the front. An Ibsen play is like a… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
You do sometimes watch performances and just think, 'I may as well give up. I won't reach that. I may as well… — Tom Mison Copy Share Image
I won't say I'll never go back to a soap because an actor's life is so precarious. You can have the most… — Sarah Lancashire Copy Share Image
To be an actor, you have to be self-obsessed, but when you are a filmmaker, you get a macro view. Every aspect… — Pooja Bhatt Copy Share Image
My parents are both lawyers, and my father always said his best cases have been returns, cases that come into his office… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
'The Walking Dead' was my favorite show before I even auditioned for it. That's every actor's dream, to be on a show… — Josh McDermitt Copy Share Image
I've been shocked by film actors - 25 and under - having such confidence and cockiness to rewrite a scene. My background… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
There's a lot of pressure on Broadway. There's this feeling that the show has to be a commercial success and the producers… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
Being an actor is a nomadic profession, and I just try to feel at home wherever I am at that moment. — Mia Goth Copy Share Image
There are certain sacrifices that you make, and you feel like the only compensation you have as an actor is financial. — David Schwimmer Copy Share Image
I was never tortured over whether I wanted to become an actor. There was never another option in my mind. — Stephanie Courtney Copy Share Image
I'm not turning my back on classical theater. It's all about opportunities and timing a lot of the time when things come… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
A lot of actors give a performance that many people connect with and they end up talking about it a lot of… — Charlie Plummer Copy Share Image
It can be tough to turn things down, but as an actor, being in demand is a nice problem to have. — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent. — Robert Brustein Copy Share Image
For an actor, playing one character and transitioning to a completely different one is a dream come true. — Dean Norris Copy Share Image
When you age, you can do all kinds of roles. You don't have to look great. You can be the mom, the… — Valerie Harper Copy Share Image
Acting is all about creative ideas and sharing, so the more places those ideas come from, the better. — George MacKay Copy Share Image
Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
To wait, for an actor, is not like someone who's waiting to see the doctor. It's not the kind of wait where… — Catherine Deneuve Copy Share Image
I think I must be one of the only actors I know who has never even auditioned for a small part in… — Tom Mison Copy Share Image
You know how kids dream of being soccer players or actors? Well, my dream was to be a sushi chef. — Nobu Matsuhisa Copy Share Image
Any actor who tells you that he makes choices, absolutely, is wrong. You find work and work finds you. — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Theatre is an actor's medium. An actor has little control over a film. Which is why most actors who have done theatre,… — Paresh Rawal Copy Share Image
I don't mind talking about acting. I don't have anything interesting to say about it, but it's interesting talking about it. — Paul Giamatti Copy Share Image
In high school, I did some musicals, but I never took acting until college. I was studying opera, classical voice, and a… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
What's fun now is that I have a show at USA that I co-wrote called 'Benched.' I'm completely behind the scenes and… — Michaela Watkins Copy Share Image
My job as an actor is to cover and expose in varying allowance that - so that the audience can peek through… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
For a child actor, its a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being… — Jena Malone Copy Share Image
Who would know that by playing a nerdy alien and a child killer, I would have a 30-year career in Hollywood? I've… — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
I did my Doctorate on the House Un-American Activities Committee's effect on the American theater. — Robert Vaughn Copy Share Image
My feeling is the moment the theatre is not full you have to do something else. But most people somehow think 'If… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share Image
