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
Although we're acting, and our minds know that we're acting, our bodies don't quite know that we're acting. So even when you're… — Isa Briones Copy Share Image
I come from an artistic family. My dad's an actor, my mother's an actress, my sister's an actress. So I kind of… — Portia Doubleday Copy Share Image
It's very hard to tell an actor, 'Stop acting.' It's easy to tell a non-actor, because they're embarrassed when they act. They… — John Carney Copy Share Image
It's a challenge, writing about actors, especially a good actor, because you can't always tell when they're being honest and when they're… — Rich Cohen Copy Share Image
If there is any sense of order to the universe, acting is what I am meant to do. I'm not manufactured. I… — DJ Qualls Copy Share Image
It seems like a cliche, but you do grow up a lot faster when you travel a lot, go through things like… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
A musical is what happens when text collides with motion collides with song collides with spectacle. And spectacle can be the human… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Some celebrities, it's interesting, because they're fantastic playing a character when somebody is writing the lines for them, and they're amazing actors,… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
There are two things that I hold close to my heart. One is that I got the opportunity to playback sing for… — Kumar Sanu Copy Share Image
I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I'd like to continue acting for as long as possible. I truly love it and I am lucky that not only is… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
If you think of dramaturgy in North America, which is so realistic and so literal sometimes, sometimes what theaters - especially dramaturgs… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
The trick to being a good actor is getting so involved in your character that the camera disappears, the 50 bored guys… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
So I went home and I told my mom that I wanted to quit and be an actress and she said, “Huh,… — Gena Rowlands Copy Share Image
I was shooting for 'Kahaani' and 'GOW' back to back. I was in a village on work, where a man extended a… — Nawazuddin Siddiqui Copy Share Image
When people are bothering you constantly when you're trying to do just a simple thing that humans do every day but they… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I could make thousands of dollars in Broadway musicals, but among the best experiences I had was doing 'Hamlet' in Milwaukee and… — John Cullum Copy Share Image
Oh my God, I'm so excited. I love Comic-Con, it feels like a weird nerd camp. All my nerd friends are there… — Brea Grant Copy Share Image
I'm like anyone; I make a lot of my assumptions about actors I don't know from what I read about them. And… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
I knew I could never be an actor as a man. It just doesn't work, you know? And so when I was… — Candis Cayne Copy Share Image
I'm taking probably the biggest risk of my career in playing the part in Filth. If you stop taking risks, then you… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
The audition process is like playing games at times, where you have to pass many levels. Sometimes, you could pass the contract… — Fala Chen Copy Share Image
We don't think of them as acting, but we take on certain characteristics based on where we function, and those relationships draw… — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
Having started in theatre, for a long time I wanted to be a classical actress. But I've always loved making people laugh… — Sarah Alexander Copy Share Image
I love theater work because of the immediate effect your performance has on the audience. And I love the repetition; I love… — Alfred Molina Copy Share Image
The second you become an actress, people take the licence to make many assumptions about you. You're in trouble if you interact… — Nithya Menen Copy Share Image
Acting is the most bizarre profession. You can stay in it for years and not really be in it and be waiting… — Lauren Graham Copy Share Image
Suffice it to say, every actor works differently. Laurence Olivier would put on his costume and when the wardrobe was right, he… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
In the next couple of years, part of every film's process is going to be to adjust the images. And it'll be… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
I think the universe was preparing me to be an actor. I never pursued one thing for long, but I was jack… — Divyanka Tripathi Copy Share Image
When my father came out on stage wearing a big cowboy hat and a shirt lettered 'Bar Mitzvah Ranch' to sing 'Home… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
When I decided to go to university I didn't know what I wanted to do. When I had an opportunity to take… — Kim Coates Copy Share Image
You don't want to say somebody did a great job of acting. You want to say, "Where did he find that person?… — Ronee Blakley Copy Share Image
“I didn’t really know what kind of actor I wanted to be back then. I didn’t have a real plan or even… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I'm not a hugely social person. Obviously there's a big part of the job that requires that as actors, but it's not… — Deborah Mailman Copy Share Image
When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
The deaf community is nearly never portrayed accurately on television/film because most writers never took the time to immerse themselves in the… — Sean Berdy Copy Share Image
Nobody ever starts out to make a mediocre, commercial film. You always think it's going to be something. And then, once you're… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
