When you're working as an actor when you're younger, or even when you're older, it's carney life. You go from one show… — Emily Hampshire Copy Share Image
I started dancing at age three and then got involved in musical theatre and acting around age seven. I think I've probably… — Tiya Sircar Copy Share Image
I think you always learn something in every character you play onstage, either personally or creatively. — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
I did drama at school and when I was doubling Xena, one time for my birthday mom and dad bought me an… — Zoe Bell Copy Share Image
In Bollywood, the film's stakes are as high as the actor. In Hollywood, they are way above, and the day we realise… — Ali Fazal Copy Share Image
I've always thought one of the tricks of being an actor for a long time is keeping yourself interested once you've figured… — Martin Short Copy Share Image
Whether or not I am a 'character actor' or any other kind of actor, I really don't know. When people call me… — Kay Kay Menon Copy Share Image
We all have our secrets, and we all have our deceptions. Acting, at its best, is all about deceiving people, and this… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
The trick to being a good actor is getting so involved in your character that the camera disappears, the 50 bored guys… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
If you think of dramaturgy in North America, which is so realistic and so literal sometimes, sometimes what theaters - especially dramaturgs… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
I'd like to continue acting for as long as possible. I truly love it and I am lucky that not only is… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
There are two things that I hold close to my heart. One is that I got the opportunity to playback sing for… — Kumar Sanu Copy Share Image
Some celebrities, it's interesting, because they're fantastic playing a character when somebody is writing the lines for them, and they're amazing actors,… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
A musical is what happens when text collides with motion collides with song collides with spectacle. And spectacle can be the human… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
The challenge and love, for me, of acting is if you get to transform or do something you haven't done before. That's… — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
Work-home-work-home, that's being an actor. Being a rock star? I get to travel the world, meet all the fans in person, party… — Mitchel Musso Copy Share Image
I went for an audition, which was shrouded in all kinds of secrecy to keep the storyline under wraps, and 5 days… — Lauren Cohan Copy Share Image
Actors are conditioned to develop a system for expressing as much as they can in the shortest amount of time because you're… — Campbell Scott Copy Share Image
I was very driven in high school. I worked a bunch of odd jobs. I never partied. I never drank. I was… — Aaron Paul Copy Share Image
I love stand-up. I look at it as a way to always stay productive. I couldn't imagine only being an actor or… — Hannibal Buress Copy Share Image
You dont grow up in a town of 700 thinking youre going to be an actress. I loved doing [school] plays, but… — Michelle Monaghan Copy Share Image
I compare Stephen Sondheim with humor, because humor is unanalyzable. You can't analyze humor. You just have to get through it. — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
When I went to theater school, most of the people I graduated with aren't working. I've consistently worked and made a good… — Karan Soni Copy Share Image
When you change a lead actor, everything's going to change - but you can rest assured he's going to absolutely smash it. — Tom Riley Copy Share Image
A lot of people, especially from my generation, don't like musicals because they feel so much has been put in there for… — Peaches Copy Share Image
You would almost think it would be the opposite, but making a film sort of made me freer in my acting. — Peter Vack Copy Share Image
I got to do school properly and all the stuff that you should do when you're young and teenage: first friends, first… — George MacKay Copy Share Image
Some kids are good at math, some kids can run, and acting was an interest of mine. Because I knew you could… — Jonny Lee Miller Copy Share Image
The real thing is, you should be seeing these plays in the Theatre. That's what they were written for. That's where the… — Tony Randall Copy Share Image
I think if I'd have been an actor who didn't care, I'd have less gray hair, and I'd be a lot less… — Alex O'Loughlin Copy Share Image
“controversial performance as a corrupt detective in Training Day—would be seen holding the Oscar for best actor, almost four decades after Poitier’s” — Wil Haygood Copy Share Image
Unlike a lot of actors in Hollywood who sit around a long time between jobs, I was lucky because for 10 years… — Demond Wilson Copy Share Image
If you aspire to be an actor, go ahead. But do have a backup plan because you can't predict your future in… — Parineeti Chopra Copy Share Image
I think it's very rare, as an actor, that you get to a script, or an idea of a script, and you… — Oliver Jackson-Cohen Copy Share Image
Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they’re clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
I should be one of those actors who has a list. A lot of people do - 'I wanna do this and… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
I am in movies basically for the money, and frankly, I have a hard time believing those who say they act for… — Ajith Kumar Copy Share Image
My dad didn't often bring me to the set, being an actor himself, so my infancy as an actor was wracked with… — Josh Brolin Copy Share Image
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