That's the joy of acting - you get to play people who are not you; you get to explore the dark, hidden… — Julie Kavner Copy Share Image
I am not a playwright. A playwright would take "Antigone" and hit it a few clouts and knock it out of shape… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
An actor has to be a complete package, he should have a toned body, know how to dance, act and do everything… — Kunal Khemu Copy Share Image
All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
It's really cool to have people that really like my work as an actor and really like my work as a musician. — Chandler Riggs Copy Share Image
'Jhankaar Beats' is a great movie with fabulous music. But when I see myself in it as an actor, I feel so… — Riya Sen Copy Share Image
In terms of work, obviously acting is such a job that is very in the flesh kind of thing. It's your work,… — Gael Garcia Bernal Copy Share Image
Is there any fixed qualification for becoming a journalist who can ask questions? There is no such thing, then why a film… — Nagma Copy Share Image
I think it's probably, musically, probably the most sophisticated. ("The Woman in White") There's a lot more daring harmony in it than… — Andrew Lloyd Webber Copy Share Image
I don't think most people decide to become an actor because they want to be followed around all the time... I see… — Luke Hemsworth Copy Share Image
I love creating characters that people may or may have not ever seen before. But I enjoy the opportunity to try to… — J. August Richards Copy Share Image
To stay around any place you love, you have to have a job. In college at Georgetown in the fifties, I got… — John Guare Copy Share Image
I'd say my dad is the best actor in the family because he has been doing it the longest and hes had… — Jaden Smith Copy Share Image
I went from sort of trying to get work to all of a sudden being signed up for the next few years… — Chris Hemsworth Copy Share Image
The reason I trained so hard in school was so that I could be versatile and play any character. With all these… — Rutina Wesley Copy Share Image
As a kid, I would do all of the plays at my school, and I was notorious for being in five numbers… — Chrissie Fit Copy Share Image
I know, as an actor, I don't like sharing everything with the director. And it's fine if they don't with me. — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
I'd like to play Matt Damon's daddy. He's a wonderful actor, I really admire him, and I'd like to play his dad… — Larry Hagman Copy Share Image
Actors are able to trick themselves into treating anything as if it's fantastic. It's a kind of madness really. — Tom Baker Copy Share Image
I started in musicals. My first professional experience was Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz' in Palm Springs. — Lindsay Hartley Copy Share Image
Mostly, theater becomes blander and blander as everyone wants the same thing they saw before. The good plays are the ones that… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about… — Sanaa Lathan Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a doctor when I was a kid, but I started doing theater in high school because it was… — Sophia Bush Copy Share Image
The big difference with the recognition is that when I go on an audition, I don't feel like they're testing my abilities… — Anna Chlumsky Copy Share Image
In 1987, when I was 19, I was studying musical theater at Boston's Emerson College. My sister, Tricia Leigh, told me about… — Joely Fisher Copy Share Image
It's just an impulse, in some actors. You want to make the audience like you. That's the aim of the exercise. — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
Throughout school I appeared in all sorts of productions and deep in my heart of hearts I knew that was what I… — Zoe Tapper Copy Share Image
I can watch a movie and go, 'Oh, my god, that person is acting.' If you just listen to what the other… — Kat Dennings Copy Share Image
The storytelling in a movie is in the cut; it's in the edit. It's not an actor's job, really. Your job is… — Kerry Bishe Copy Share Image
Actors always feel more comfortable when there's an actor directing, in terms of vocabulary and breaking down a scene. — Kurt Sutter Copy Share Image
Yeah, I think the common denominator - and this is probably going to sound like Acting 101 - but the common denominator… — Jenna Elfman Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a wrestler, I wanted to get into musical theater. I always wanted to be on Broadway. — Tessa Blanchard Copy Share Image
An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God that'd be… — Robert Loggia Copy Share Image
I hate the idea of massive fame. I think the scariest thing for an actor is when your name becomes bigger than… — Vanessa Kirby Copy Share Image
I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience. — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
The only pressure, as an actor, is to step into Eric Carter's shoes and make him as fully and as complex and… — Corey Hawkins Copy Share Image
When I was coming up as an actor, even when I was going to Irish roles, I was advised to pick a… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how… — Joe Wright Copy Share Image
For me, every opportunity is a golden opportunity, so I just need to work as hard as I can to maintain credibility… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
