My mother told me years ago, 'You're gonna be an actor.' So I could not play football, I could not wrestle, I… — Michael Clark Duncan Copy Share Image
I have finished school and so it's becoming a real job, and as an actor, you cannot always just play roles. To… — Louis Hofmann Copy Share Image
I have been acting for over 20 years and I started in the smallest little theater that you can possibly imagine and… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of… — Sophia Bush Copy Share Image
Many people don't have a strong support system because entertainment is a tough industry to get into. Even though my family wanted… — Andrea Navedo Copy Share Image
I've wanted to be an actor since I was eight years old and I did TV commercials when I was a kid.… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
I don't even think places like the National Youth Theatre (NYT) are necessarily about wanting to be an actor when you grow… — Ashley Jensen Copy Share Image
If you put me in a box, I'm a character actor. The thing that keeps popping up for me - it sounds… — Gayle Rankin Copy Share Image
Regardless of the weight of the role, I feel like the job is always kind of the same. Who is this person?… — Greg Kinnear Copy Share Image
When I started, I was an artist; I wanted to be an artist. I became an actor almost by accident. I acted… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
I know some actors feel classes are not cool or they create negative public relations, but I continue to crave the story… — Michael Welch Copy Share Image
It's important for us to certainly cast some Christian actors who can speak to our audience when we market the films, but… — David A. R. White Copy Share Image
I became an actor by doing school plays and youth theaters, and then National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. And then I… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I hate the idea of theatre just being an evening pastime. It should be emotionally and intellectually demanding. I love football. The… — Sarah Kane Copy Share Image
One of my earliest memories is my father telling me to behave because I'm about to meet and work with the greatest… — Sean Maguire Copy Share Image
I'm not a trained actor. I have neither read acting books nor gone to acting school. But I have certain fundamentals on… — Vikrant Massey Copy Share Image
After I graduated high school and came out to do 'Buffy,' I was enrolled at my mom's university, and I was going… — Eliza Dushku Copy Share Image
Acting, in general, is something most people think they're incapable of, but they do it from morning to night. The subtlest acting… — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
It's so wonderful and creative to go in and tell the wardrobe department what you want to wear and how you want… — Jim Piddock Copy Share Image
A mental shutdown can happen when a young person is put in front of a Shakespeare play. My pieces are designed to… — Tim Crouch Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I was an English major, but I was part of this great group at Stanford called the… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
My favorite musical? I don't. It changes all the time. I'm just a diehard, I'm totally old school, like I'll sit and… — Trey Parker Copy Share Image
In daily life, I'm not a heavy user anyway, but I'm extra careful online because of the kids who look up to… — Varun Dhawan Copy Share Image
Writing and acting are almost diametrically opposed in terms of being an actor it's in your interest to be in shape and… — John Buffalo Mailer Copy Share Image
I don't care if someone is new to acting or experienced in acting: you always learn something from them. It's just like… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
There is an established tradition of actors directing films that have a particular, personal meaning for them - Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood,… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
My work is one thing and my identity is something else, but when acting is all I had, my identity was inevitably… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Our job as actors is to invent the things that bridge ourselves with the characters, so you have to build something if… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I think the genre of musical theatre, when it started, the pop songwriters of the time were writing the music. I think… — Renee Elise Goldsberry Copy Share Image
I feel like I grew up differently, when you're a child actor you grow up differently, but it's not that different than… — Dante Basco Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're completely at the mercy of other people. You basically go begging for the opportunity to work. As a… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
If you want to be an actor or actress out of high school or college, just know what you're getting in for.… — Dylan Sprouse Copy Share Image
The quality of writing attracts me to films, also who the other actors are, who the director is, where it's being shot.… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
I think, in our life I think that when you are an actor, when you are a producer, you have to be… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
I've grown not only as an actor but as a young woman. I find myself to be more confident and being more… — Amybeth McNulty Copy Share Image
'Ruined' was a play which was somewhat of an anomaly in that I did not take a commission until it was finished… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
If I had chosen to act only as a heroine then I would have disappeared from the scene long ago. So, I… — Manorama Copy Share Image
So many people have told me that 'Wicked' is their first musical ever and that they're hooked for life. I'm like, 'Wow,… — Colin Donnell Copy Share Image
I would love to create a piece of theater that is devised by a company of actors and creators that I'd put… — Michael Arden Copy Share Image
I think it's my job to risk looking foolish. One of the things I've learned from the actors I've worked with is… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
