Real quality in roles is very hard to come by. Any actor or actress will tell you that. Great movies are hard… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
Most actors here go to the West Coast; I ended up going to Ireland. My buddies who left drama school, they had… — Brian F. O'Byrne Copy Share Image
Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
Invest in yourself. It's like being a boxer, you've got to be in training so that when the bell rings, you get… — Karl Urban Copy Share Image
The reason I've never gone for pilot season even as a younger actor, and wouldn't entertain that sort of thing now, is… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
I really appreciate an actor who has paid their dues and who has learned hard knocks and has been rewarded in the… — Enrico Colantoni Copy Share Image
Acting can be a difficult business. When I was younger, if my mates were doing better than me, I might be a… — Max Beesley Copy Share Image
Most adults get to a point in their careers where they feel secure, where they have a body of work behind them… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
THEATRE HAS THE POWER TO MOVE, INSPIRE, TRANSFORM AND EDUCATE IN WAYS THAT NO OTHER ART FORM CAN. THEATRE REFLECTS BOTH THE… — Irina Bokova Copy Share Image
Sometimes an actor performs a character, but sometimes an actor just performs. With writing, I don't think it's performing a character, really,… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
The school plays needed kids that were big and bold and weren't afraid to be on stage, and I fit that bill,… — Jesse Johnson Copy Share Image
A really great actor, in a lucky performance, can transform himself or herself. I've seen actors do that. But often it's a… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie,… — James Franco Copy Share Image
My mother convinced me that I could do whatever I wanted to do in life. She gave me the courage, and in… — Nick Searcy Copy Share Image
There are so many great actors, but I really have a lot of respect for Johnny Depp. I've seen a lot of… — Ed Speleers Copy Share Image
I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable. In some ways, we have similarities, but in… — Dustin Clare Copy Share Image
The way I look at the world, if you can't find a way to get something good out of the experience, then… — James Rebhorn Copy Share Image
But how can the characters in a play guess the plot? We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The actor is there to translate what's on the page onto the stage or the screen. So I find it important that… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
I think I'm true to myself - you hear that actors have like plans. I'm gonna do this type of movie, then… — Toni Collette Copy Share Image
As the actor, you can't be worried about the scene that you're going to playing two days from now. You think about… — Michael Rooker Copy Share Image
I haven't really decided to be an actor yet! I started doing plays when I was about 15 or 16. I only… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
If I only acted, I feel like I wouldn't have enough creative expression over my own sensibility, and also if I only… — Alex Karpovsky Copy Share Image
Studios have been trying to get rid of the actor for a long time and now they can do it. They got… — James Coburn Copy Share Image
Even though my face has gotten more familiar with doing 'China Beach' and 'The Wonder Years,' I'm the kind of actor that… — Robert Picardo Copy Share Image
If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. [You… — Jack Lemmon Copy Share Image
That's one of the difficult things of being an actor that I'm still not used to. You have to go, you have… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I realise that certain actors project their own image onto the screen - those who are the same on as they are… — Peter Sellers Copy Share Image
There's so much showmanship and gamesmanship involved in politics, it's really not a stretch to imagine an actor getting involved in being… — Adrian Pasdar Copy Share Image
I love watching amazing actors and actresses that you can't take your eyes off of because everything they are doing - even… — Sara Paxton Copy Share Image
Above all, in comedy, and again and again since classical times, passages can be found in which the level of representation is… — Paul Watzlawick Copy Share Image
My parents wanted to name me Karim Hill. My aunt always liked the name Dule, from this actor Keir Dullea, who was… — Dule Hill Copy Share Image
I think having pointers and having guidance from mentors is very important, but it never actually embodies what you go through. And… — Nina Arianda Copy Share Image
We try to stay as open-minded about casting as possible. When you're getting things down on paper, you might even avoid writing… — Phil Lord Copy Share Image
There's only two givens with choosing acting as a profession: one is you will always be unemployed, always, and it doesn't matter… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I always hated when the studios just kind of said that anybody can act. You look at people like Spencer Tracy, Henry… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
I always say YCDA: you can do anything. If you want to be a successful actor, you have to believe in yourself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you talk about a daily soap, it means one would be seen 28 days a month, which requires 30 days of… — Ekta Kapoor Copy Share Image
I was living in New York City and flat broke. My next door neighbor was an actor and he always seemed to… — Joe Flanigan Copy Share Image
I think one of the things that might distinguish me is when I'm going to work as an actor I really try… — Peter Sarsgaard Copy Share Image
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