It's more acceptable for guys to get old and craggy and become wonderful character actors as they get older, but women aren't… — Marion Bailey Copy Share Image
I love doing characters that surprise people and showing what I am, which is an actor, first and foremost. — Michael Ball Copy Share Image
Acting is just a process of relaxation, actually. Knowing the text so well and trusting that the instinct and the subconscious mind,… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
Don [ Handfield] was actually one of the first guys I met in town back in '94. He was an actor and… — Jeremy Renner Copy Share Image
Waiting rooms were made for books-of course! But so are theater lobbies before the show, long and boring checkout lines, and everyone's… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I can't actually pinpoint anything that made me want to be an actor - I just did. And then anything after that… — Colin Morgan Copy Share Image
I remember being asked when I was in high school what do I want to do when I grow up and the… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
So I view acting as a thoroughly involved performance with the maximum of sincerity and devotion. — Navya Nair Copy Share Image
A lot of actors have roles which stretch from the beginning to end but they don't register or make a mark. It… — Antara Mali Copy Share Image
I would like to, in some capacity, observe how Tom Cruise goes about his business when it comes to making a movie… — Stephen Amell Copy Share Image
I was one of the actors in 'Braveheart,' and that had a huge impact on the political scene in Scotland. One of… — James Cosmo Copy Share Image
I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat… — Cameron Mackintosh Copy Share Image
That's where you can find things and modulate your performance and give the other actors something fresh to respond to. We've probably… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
To me, it's a little odd to ever think 'model into actor.' I modeled once. I was about as far from a… — Analeigh Tipton Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to get into acting, ever since I was younger. I'd put on shows for my family and run around… — Emma Roberts Copy Share Image
You're always going to have ups and downs - if you look at the careers of a whole bunch of people I… — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
I'd be lying to you if I said at 8 I went up to my parents and said, 'Listen, I'm going to… — Eugene Simon Copy Share Image
I got my B.F.A. at Wayne State. Moved to L.A. and got my M.F.A. from Cal Arts in acting and just worked… — Deborah Joy Winans Copy Share Image
I love talent because they are passionate. They can be emotional and irrational and unpredictable... and that's okay, because all we want… — Kevin Reilly Copy Share Image
As a kid, I used to run around our garden waving a stick and pretending to be a million different people. That's… — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
I think one of the big challenges about science fiction is finding truth to relate to as an actor. — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
We're very sure to stay in character, to experience the Sharknado as though it was real. That's what acting is. — Ian Ziering Copy Share Image
I think there's so much to play in adolescence; there's so many conflicting things happening and so many changes, and there's just… — Alexis Bledel Copy Share Image
When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie,… — Melanie Laurent Copy Share Image
I'm a physical type of actor and love projects in which I can get physical. The more action, the better. — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
“There is a perfect rout of characters in every man—and every man is like an actor’s trunk, full of strange creatures, new… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
The theater is a communal event, like church. The playwright constructs a mass to be performed for a lot of people. She… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
I was so irritated that people in Denmark considered me to be this serious guy who only did dramatic roles. — Pilou Asbaek Copy Share Image
It was my life, playing Juliet. From that moment on I was convinced I was going to be an actress. That was… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
When I was 18, I moved out of home. I decided to try to be an actor, so took myself off to… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
I find human behavior really interesting. I think that's ultimately what being an actor is. You explore what it means to be… — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Copy Share Image
In my previous profession, when I was a producer, scriptwriter and actor, I wanted to get an Oscar, I wanted to be… — Volodymyr Zelensky Copy Share Image
I admire actors and artists who devote just as much time to their life as they do to their work. — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
It's harder to work with people who are not as dedicated to their craft. It also leaves you a better actor when… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
To have that normality to come back to, to totally relax and not have to deal with a lot of the pressure… — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
The best way to tell an actor he's going to be working more and much harder is to appeal to his ego. — Robert Picardo Copy Share Image
Musical theatre goes through cycles. I came in when it was at the absolute height of musical theatre as I remember it.… — Ruthie Henshall Copy Share Image
I don't know the first thing about acting and I don't want to know. I just go out there and do it. — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
I want to make a clear distinction between people who take acting seriously and people who call themselves actors because they've been… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
As an actor, my job is not to always play characters who make everybody happy. That's not interesting. — Anna Gunn Copy Share Image