I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years' worth of graduates behind me. — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
When I saw Spencer Tracy in 'The Old Man and the Sea,' I realised the distinction between being an actor and a… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
I went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art because it was the only drama school the social worker had ever heard… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
Acting is a very important thing for me, and I love doing it. But when I'm acting, I spend 14 hours a… — Jennifer Love Hewitt Copy Share Image
I'd always gone to the theater as a child every month to see whatever was on. I think that's where the passion… — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me… — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
Everyone seems to think they know what acting techniques are. Techniques just help you get to a certain place, but if the… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
It's kind of hard to get deep with Rodgers and Hammerstein. I can't think of a moral in the music - it's… — Jeff Long Copy Share Image
I would hate to be thrust into the middle of a big film and not deliver. There's young actors and they're put… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
I wish that was up to me, But the wonderful thing is that I have had opportunities to do very challenging work… — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
I hated improvisation because in my early days as an actor, improvisation meant somebody had just come down from Oxford and they… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
Belonging to the Dramatists Guild Council where, with my fellow dramatists, I can directly affect (and protect) the professional lives of all… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
“I am in favour of illusion, not alienation... Drama must create a factitious spell-binding present moment and imprison the spectator in it.… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
Performing on stage is my first love - it's why I wanted to be an actor in the first place - and… — Tom Riley Copy Share Image
You have to have an ego to be an actor, but you need an ego just to get through life! Unless you… — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
We were always reminded by our teachers that careers take off at different times. They held up Arthur Lowe as a great… — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
There's the acting side of it so you work with a coach. Dissect a script. If it's a character, then obviously a… — Scott Eastwood Copy Share Image
Some people are born gardeners, some are politicians. I was an actor. It took a great deal of pain before I figured… — Kathleen Quinlan Copy Share Image
I grew up doing theater. I came to New York and studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner. I was this… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
The only thing that we as actors really can control is to be able to say 'yes' or 'no' to the material. — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
As you know, Hollywood loves to pigeonhole all the actors and actresses, and suddenly I got 're-pigeonholed' as an action actor. — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
Actors have to learn that they are as important to a movie as the camera is, as important as the sound is,… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
My parents were brought up in families which believed theatre people weren't to be trusted. But they were nice people. — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
Real-life conduct aside, LaBeouf, a Los Angeles native, has been working steadily as an actor since he was 12 years old. — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
The thing I love most about acting is that your capacity evolves as you evolve as a human being. — Ben Whishaw Copy Share Image
To enter a theatre for a performance is to be inducted into a magical space, to be ushered into the sacred arena… — Simon Callow Copy Share Image
I'm in the very fortunate position as a young actor to not have to take the first job that comes along. I'm… — Martin Compston Copy Share Image
No one gave a crap that I was the kid from 'Free Willy'. You're not in some wispy fantasyland where everyone's telling… — Jason James Richter Copy Share Image
I never had any preconceived ideas about acting, because I always thought I was going to be a visual artist. — Elizabeth Marvel Copy Share Image
As an actor, your text is your bible, so you're not making a documentary, but you still have to follow the choices… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
I'm quite tentative when it comes to biopics because they cross a line into intrusiveness or exposing someone who isn't alive or… — Lucy Boynton Copy Share Image
I'm sure lots of actors and creative people go through this, where you have some weeks where it's all going according to… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for… — Christopher Parker Copy Share Image
The more experiences you can have as an individual makes you a fuller person and a fuller actor. — Dominik Garcia-Lorido Copy Share Image
When I made 'Hard Boiled,' I had no idea that it would be released to an international audience. I just wanted to… — John Woo Copy Share Image
I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different shit, you know what I mean? — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
Before 'Lucky Louie,' nobody would ever cast me to play a mom or a wife; nobody ever saw me in that role,… — Pamela Adlon Copy Share Image
Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I still live under the illusion that basically… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I've had heartbreaking auditions where they don't even look at you. You're out before you're in. — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
When I was I kid, there were so many different things that I wanted to be. As an actor, I get a… — Navid Negahban Copy Share Image
