My very first acting job was with Alan Parker on Angela's Ashes but as a child I had written to so many… — Kerry Condon Copy Share Image
Like anything else, acting can become boring - a chore, really - if there isn't any challenge. And I like taking challenges.… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
To me, one of the things I love about being an actor is that its never done; its never perfect, and so… — Kerry Bishe Copy Share Image
I love it when talented actors can bring characters to life. Anybody who wears their feelings on their sleeve and has a… — Fred Durst Copy Share Image
Most musicals are informed by very rigid archetypes. If you get a very sophisticated mind writing them, you sense something else, but… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
I know I haven't done it. I've done a couple of films, which were intended to go straight up. Thankfully they didn't.… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
Ellis Peters's historical detail is very accurate and very minute, and therefore is not only interesting to read but good for an… — Derek Jacobi Copy Share Image
'Hairspray' was my first Broadway show. In the meantime, after the show was over, I would go down and do gigs at… — Laura Bell Bundy Copy Share Image
Many actors will try something different once, but if it isn't a box office success they'll never do it again. In my… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Just because we're on schedule is no reason to shoot bad acting. Someone once said to me, 'You're inconsiderate.' And I said,… — Debra Winger Copy Share Image
You'd have to go all the way back to 1972 to find a version of me who didn't care about theater, who… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
There are etiquette things that actors, new actors, need to know about. Because it only takes one mess-up on a set to… — Loretta Devine Copy Share Image
It's pretty boring, working by yourself. The scene happens in between the two of you, and then you don't know what it's… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
How do you say one actor is better than another actor? You can definitely say that in the Olympics if it's the… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
I'd love to go back to Broadway; I'd love to do animation; I'd love to do hair and make-up campaigns because I… — Brooke Elliott Copy Share Image
Some actors learn the habit of promoting themselves as a brand - by dressing in a certain way, by going out with… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
There was a phase when I cried for days and doubted my decision to be an actor when my films were not… — Suniel Shetty Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do, but I told a lot of lies in school.… — Meaghan Rath Copy Share Image
“The Theater resides at the intersection of education and the arts. The arts are seen as a set of media with a… — Philip Taylor Copy Share Image
I think, you know, as an actor, unless you're exceedingly lucky and you're one of the golden few, a lot of your… — T R Knight Copy Share Image
Anthony Mackie in 'The Hurt Locker' is everything an actor can hope to be. So rock steady in his portrayal that you… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I need theatre for my equilibrium, because in theatre the actors don't care so much about image, about celebrity - you are… — Clotilde Hesme Copy Share Image
Acting is a job you can learn a lot in. You get to play lots of different characters with different professions and… — Kelly McCreary Copy Share Image
I was working in Chicago, in theater and in commercials and anything that anybody would let me do. When I moved to… — Janina Gavankar Copy Share Image
I got really into Martin Scorsese as a teenager, so then it was kind of the whole reason I wanted to be… — Adam Scott Copy Share Image
My favorite actor was, is, Michael Keaton. Certainly growing up, in the movie 'Night Shift' he did something brand new that I… — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
But like a born actor who only really wants to direct, Gingrich has always been unsatisfied with what he's brilliant at. He… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
Acting is about giving yourself away, like the U2 song 'With or Without You.' You just don't stay behind a character and… — Catherine Hicks Copy Share Image
A part of being an actor is I people watch. I like to observe their behaviour, watch their reactions on the street… — Javier Bardem Copy Share Image
Like all magic cultures expressed by appropriate hieroglyphs, the true theater has its shadows too, and, of all languages and all arts,… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
The one thing I think I've noticed about shows that are supposed to be funny on television is that they've sort of… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
People tend to think that if someone is a movie star, that automatically everything is easier and there is less pressure. But… — Garrett Clayton Copy Share Image
I feel so comfortable in an acting role, you know, as an actor. Maybe it's because I came into it late. If… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
You know, some actors, all of their potential is in their youth, and when that passes, their qualities of as an actor… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
Some actors specialize in shooting weapons and punching people. Some have the market on playing buffoons cornered, others specialize in roles that… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
The first thing you have to get used to in any kind of acting is the ability to make a fool of… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Actors normally go to the gym to achieve a certain kind of fitness for a role but when you start playing a… — Tahir Raj Bhasin Copy Share Image
To me that's part of my working day, and I would never refuse a job where I'm under several hours of makeup,… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to… — A. J. Cook Copy Share Image
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