If you're an actor from New York, and you're Italian-American, you grow up hoping Marty Scorsese knows your name at some point… — Bobby Cannavale Copy Share Image
What we consider typical of the male is a question I ask myself quite often - it's relevant to my life as… — Elliot Cowan Copy Share Image
The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
I know certain actors are totally screwed up on drugs, yet it gets covered up. Why wasn't I excused for 'exhaustion' or… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
My strength as an actor is in the theater - I know that about myself. Some actors get onstage and vanish, but… — Stacy Keach Copy Share Image
With acting there are a lot more choices, With this, I either stick it or I don't. There's something really unforgiving about… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
When you're a working actor and you're happy to be one, you can't focus all your energy on acting because you will… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
“I think the problem isn't who you are hiring but what you are hiring - Jack (Davis, Character in WHIM)” — Garrett Miller Copy Share Image
While you can be trained and groomed to be a better actor, seasoning happens only to TV actors. TV actors shoot every… — Barun Sobti Copy Share Image
My father was released from jail, after more than three years of imprisonment, in 1971. Without wasting any time, he wanted to… — Radha Ravi Copy Share Image
I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that. I have… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
I turned down plenty of films which proved to be hugely successful. And, of course, I've also had plenty of experiences where… — Ewen Bremner Copy Share Image
I was a hockey player, growing up. Being a big guy and being imposing, I had to use my size to protect… — Kevin Durand Copy Share Image
Acting very quickly became a dream of mine, but the acting game privileges youth. It takes a while to build credits and,… — Pete Ploszek Copy Share Image
The only thing that seemed to me I could do in such a way that no one else could was acting. I… — Marcia Gay Harden Copy Share Image
Being an actor gives you a chance to play all kinds of roles, very moving and dramatic on one project, silly and… — Sarah Michelle Gellar Copy Share Image
The great thing about being the son of Maya Angelou is that I had the good fortune to grow up around some… — Guy Johnson Copy Share Image
The lens is the actor's best critic... showing his mind more clearly than on the stage. You can get wonderful cooperation out… — Sydney Greenstreet Copy Share Image
Good actors can do anything, and there'll be amazing writers who are willing to write for everyone. — Jonathan Bailey Copy Share Image
I'm one of those actors who is going to come in with 2,500 ideas. You can shoot down 2,499, but one of… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
I believe all conscientious actors feel the same way - that there is too much hurry-scurry in TV to permit a sufficient… — Van Heflin Copy Share Image
I can't take much pride in my childhood acting. It feels like it happened in another lifetime, and even then, it felt… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
There are some subjects in school that I love, but it can still feel like a chore. Acting never feels like a… — Sierra McCormick Copy Share Image
Where every moment is about truth and I think it's a great challenge every night. That's what really drove me to wanting… — Deborah Cox Copy Share Image
I don't know of an actor that the Coen brothers would come to and say, "Hey, I've got a movie for you… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
In a play you can witness your audience live, understand how they feel. It lets you evaluate yourself and measure your growth. — Asrani Copy Share Image
I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career, except for when I've worked with the Coen brothers. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
When you're an actor you don't really know what you have to do until you see what you look like. — Tom Wilkinson Copy Share Image
In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors. — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able… — Hayden Christensen Copy Share Image
'Fargo,' man, with so many actors playing so many great characters, and then they do another season, and it changes all over… — James L. Brooks Copy Share Image
A lot of actors try to sabotage other actors, and that's sad because then you're never going to get that beautiful scene. — Erica Durance Copy Share Image
When I was in college, the first thing we did in acting class was to observe an animal at the zoo and… — Claire Coffee Copy Share Image
I guess my break in America came a little too early. It would've been nice to have a few more years to… — Brenton Thwaites Copy Share Image
Coming back to theatre is something I'm keen to do for the rest of my life. It recharges my batteries, so to… — Dan Stevens Copy Share Image
A lot of my training is in classical theatre; I've done a lot of classical plays in New York and also at… — Laila Robins Copy Share Image
'GLOW' was the first time that, from head to toe, I was asked to use my body in a functional, powerful way… — Betty Gilpin Copy Share Image
If you do a scene and you really like a character in it or a premise in it to write it down… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
It's not a secret, but if you know what the hell you're doing, you pick good actors. And you know what makes… — Paul Morrissey Copy Share Image
As an actor, I travel around a lot and live in a lot of hotels, and many times I've been in a… — Beau Bridges Copy Share Image
