I believe acting is very physical, and when you have to fight or do those kinds of things, it takes a lot… — Giancarlo Esposito Copy Share Image
What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
I like watching the other actors, but the hard thing about watching yourself is that the performance is done, and no matter… — Linda Cardellini Copy Share Image
As an actor, that's the best thing you can do, really take people along on a story and tell them something. — Austin Peck Copy Share Image
The actor should understand the script and come prepared to play the role. At the same time, they should be flexible enough… — Rajiv Menon Copy Share Image
I know how to be strong. I know how to be ruthless. It's part of my nature. I wouldn't be an actor… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
People keep referring to 'Sing Street' as a musical, but I really never felt it was that. I can't really define it… — Lucy Boynton Copy Share Image
I played the Apollo Theatre as a novelty act when I was about eight-nine-10. I'd stand in the wings in case some… — Demond Wilson Copy Share Image
But as an actor you do want to challenge yourself and step outside what you have done in the past and that… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
Doesn't make a difference who you're auditioning for; whatever it is, you have an audience, and you have a role, and you… — Jon Voight Copy Share Image
What happens so often as an actor is that you retain the information about the scenes that you yourself shot and you… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
In high school, I was one of the cofounders of New Kids on the Block my freshman year in high school. But… — Donnie Wahlberg Copy Share Image
As an actor and as a performer, I've felt that the education system has really helped me in a lot of ways...… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
What musical performers bring to straight characterizations is that physical flexibility that comes with knowing your body so well. A lot of… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
It's a weird profession, as I don't really consider myself an actor. I did at one point, and I went and started… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
To be an actor is to be ambiguous in every form, which is a very hard way to live. You represent desire:… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
As an actor, I've just gotten insanely lucky. I quite like being surrounded by lots of different talented people lots of different… — Domhnall Gleeson Copy Share Image
Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is. — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really… — James MacArthur Copy Share Image
Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
In terms of likeability, that's something that I don't think about as an actor when I approach a role. — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
People used to always ask, and I would say I wanted to be an actress. When they would ask why, I would… — Jennifer Ehle Copy Share Image
An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to… — Glenn Ford Copy Share Image
Not knowing what's happening, from script to script, as an actor and as a character, lends itself to the same tension and… — Matthew Davis Copy Share Image
I think people want the intimacy in the engagement of sitting in a theater with people and seeing something happen live and… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
Salman has always been a warm person. I have seen him grow as an actor and its always lovely working with him. — Satish Kaushik Copy Share Image
I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I don't care what anybody says. Stick to the spirit of the play and you're doing it right. It's about embracing the… — Suzan-Lori Parks Copy Share Image
A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
My first, big, silly role at school was as Arthur Crocker-Harris in Rattigan's 'The Browning Version,' where my job was to make… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I was a banker in Morocco when I first saw 'American Graffiti.' It was before I was an actor, a melancholy time… — Jean Reno Copy Share Image
Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun. — Tommy Lee Jones Copy Share Image
But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity. — Douglas Wood Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
Acting will always be my first passion, it's what I live to do and I hope to be lucky enough to do… — Devon Werkheiser Copy Share Image
At NSD, I had an amazing experience learning everything from stagecraft to western drama and Shakespeare, Maxim Gorky, Anton Chekov. — Nawazuddin Siddiqui Copy Share Image
Broadway was very vital back in the '20s. There were probably close to hundreds of productions that opened up through the course… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
I realised success as an actor alone wouldn't make me happy. I needed to explore my spiritual side in more depth. — Linus Roache Copy Share Image
For me acting is pretending. It's illuminating my human struggle - trying to grow and have the courage to be filmed while… — Sherilyn Fenn Copy Share Image
I've always known I wanted to be an actress. I didn't know quite how I was going to get there because I… — Danielle Brooks Copy Share Image
