That transition from child to adult actor is so incredibly elusive. The roles that were coming to me as a young adult… — Jackie Earle Haley Copy Share Image
During my university years, I was doing a lot of theatre acting. I would be skipping school for rehearsal. We were rehearsing… — Ng Chin Han Copy Share Image
We must uncover our rituals for what they are: completely arbitrary things, tied to our bourgeois way of life; it isgood-and that… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I've wanted to be an actor since I was 6 years old. I was literally picked off the streets of Paris... while… — Tanit Phoenix Copy Share Image
My family moved from Massachusetts to Maryland after my sophomore year of high school, and that's when I got the audition for… — Jean Louisa Kelly Copy Share Image
You know, I was really privileged to meet Woody Allen, who is now a filmmaker, let's be honest. He's also an actor.… — Ezra Miller Copy Share Image
My job, as an actor, is to entertain people. My contribution to society is to be a respite from everyday life. People… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, and the thing about an actor is that if you're fortunate enough and you have the ability, is you… — Jonathan Majors Copy Share Image
Here I am, a struggling actor, and movie executives are saying to me, 'My son's not playing much. What can we do… — Glen Powell Copy Share Image
I never looked at my future as comedy. Even at Second City, I always thought of it as acting. I knew I… — Scott Adsit Copy Share Image
At 'The West Wing,' I cast newscasters, and when you put out a casting call for actors, half of the people who… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
To pursue a career in Hollywood you have to have a personality bypass. Look at the top 20 stars in the world… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
One of the things I've learned over the years is that you only do what you can do as an actor. You… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
I always thought Broadway's the goal, and then I moved out to L.A. with 'Wicked' and started doing guest-star spots and little… — Megan Hilty Copy Share Image
If every auditorium were razed to the ground, theatre would still survive, because the hunger in each of us to act and… — Declan Donnellan Copy Share Image
I want to live for my truth, my reality, what is important to me and what I’m passionate about. I love acting,… — Mackenzie Phillips Copy Share Image
I've always been a searcher - you know, a hunter. I'm certainly not the only one. They say actors shouldn't get political… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have. I think if you're one of a… — Famke Janssen Copy Share Image
In drama school, they do these big shows and period dramas, and I felt that none of those shows were representing me… — Michaela Coel 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
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
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
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
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
You can count on one hand the white rappers that have made it. So I just wanted to show the point of… — Simon Rex Copy Share Image
So, acting has been my dream. But I didn't groom myself for it. I was studying and then got into college. I… — Ananya Panday Copy Share Image
One of the coolest things about being an actor is growing, and changing with everything, and never making the same decision twice… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
I did community theater and kids programs at professional theaters and plays at school and voice lessons for seven years. I stopped… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that I really have a feeling for the theater. These past few days it has occurred to me to… — Federico Garcia Lorca Copy Share Image
There's a cumulative effect to getting good parts as a freelance actor, because you're only as good as your last job, and… — Bruce McGill Copy Share Image
I was raised in the theater and I started acting when I was nine. To me, the idea of being an actor… — Robert Knepper Copy Share Image
I remember when I was 12, talking with my friends about what we wanted to do with our lives, astronauts, forensic detectives,… — Tony Revolori Copy Share Image
Well, basically I started when I was 12 years old in Montreal doing different Canadian children shows, which amounts to basically relative… — Jay Baruchel Copy Share Image
I think I feel more like you're an actor for hire and you take the jobs you want to take, obviously, and… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
The only reason I acted in school was because of the community. I was in the chorus of every play and was… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
“Who can make sense of the roles we play? If I could draw any conclusion about the long, depressing slog of human… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
I don't pay much attention to how the plays relate thematically to each other. I think that's very dangerous to do, because… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I really enjoy just being an actor. It's fun to be surprised by someone else's writing and to collaborate in creating a… — Andy Daly Copy Share Image
I think you have to be flexible above all as an actor; different characters have different demands, actors that you work with… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
“The alienated audiences was one that was aware of the performance as an arbitrary construction of the real, of the difference between… — John Fiske Copy Share Image
