Don’t look at other people and compare yourself. Just do the work. Because when the opportunity is there, you have to be… — Tika Sumpter Copy Share Image
For an actor, for me, I love being able to tap into just heavy emotions. I don't need to be balling in… — Aaron Paul Copy Share Image
I do hear about these actors who go on vacations to Bali for three months, and their agents are banging their heads… — Erin Cummings Copy Share Image
I don't think anybody in my graduating class would have figured that I would be doing full-on single-camera comedies or sitcoms, or… — Brooke Nevin Copy Share Image
I had no agenda in writing this play except expressing myself. . . . It later occurred to me that I was… — Mart Crowley Copy Share Image
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One of the tricks to writing great plays is to get people in a room together and not let them leave. You… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
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In the case of 'News Radio,' I loved that show. I loved the actors and the producers, but I was longing very… — Khandi Alexander Copy Share Image
Not many people know my father was an actor. He was the Artful Dodger in 'Oliver!,' and was in a film called… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
When a subject pops into a director's head, you either fit in there somewhere, or you don't. An actor is only who… — Charlotte Rampling Copy Share Image
I like auditioning. I like working on material. I just love working. I like the chance to work on material. Sometimes it… — Patrick J. Adams Copy Share Image
I got my degree in theatre at a little school in Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg University. It was one of those situations where I… — Jimmi Simpson Copy Share Image
Acting is the best job in the world. Look at the way they treat you when you turn up for work. They… — Bob Hoskins Copy Share Image
I don't really think about roles - "dream roles." It's always about who's gonna be the person on the screen or who's… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
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It's tourists in New York. Everything is geared towards that. It's so hard on Broadway now for them to get people in… — Delta Burke Copy Share Image
“Emotional intentionality is not about manipulating the actors in your play to create the right scene. It is about improvising and getting… — Danielle LaPorte Copy Share Image
The best preparation for acting is life - observing life and people and observing yourself. All that becomes your library. So when… — Kate Capshaw Copy Share Image
Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
[on playing Walter] It was wonderful to be able to play a character who had so many colors and who was able… — John Noble Copy Share Image
Theater will always be a huge part of my life. The high I get from doing theater is not, quite honestly, matched… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
The first time I made myself up, I was looking at my reflection in the mirror and it wasn't me looking back.… — Rick Baker Copy Share Image
As an actor, you imagine every single day on set. So, as we already use our imaginations every day anyway, we just… — Josh Hutcherson Copy Share Image
Brit Marling smartest girl I've ever met. Hands down. Brilliant. Her story? She had a graduate degree from a top tier school… — Billy Magnussen Copy Share Image
I come in as an actor, having read through the script a few times, made a couple of character-choices, thinking I'm going… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
It sounds very pretentious, but I don't lie. It's too uncomfortable. A lot of people think because you're an actor that makes… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
I think... as an actor, you never want to overspeak about something because, frankly, you want people to be excited about it… — Nicholas D'Agosto Copy Share Image
I loved being the center of attention and making plays, but I knew the reality of being an actor because I had… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
I'm not curing cancer. I'm not saving lives. It's my job. I'm an actor. It's a good, fun job. People enjoy it,… — Kurt Fuller Copy Share Image
I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I found acting when I was 14, when I got cast in the chorus in a high school play, 'The Boyfriend.' In… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
It's a question of why they come for your advice. Whatever I tell you, it doesn't matter, it is completely irrelevant in… — Michael York Copy Share Image
It may take a while, but I think 'On the Town' has the potential for us to break down the boundaries between… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
He was a psychotic. He was a borderline psychotic. He was a terrific, sensational actor, with a magical screen presence, you couldn't… — Mark Rydell Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of theatre, good and bad. Much as I should like to see theatre in America, I would rather… — Margo Jones Copy Share Image
There is always a hesitancy with actors, and inhibitions can get into the work, so you have to figure out how to… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
Love the battle between chaos and imagination. Remember: Acting is living truthfully in imaginary circumstances. Remember: Acting is the way to live… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
After 'Radio Flyer,' to this day, every family-oriented script or script with kid actors comes across my desk. That's just Hollywood: you… — David M. Evans Copy Share Image
![“[on playing Walter] It was wonderful to be able to play a character who had so many colors and who was able to play comedy, to play incredibly vulnerable, which he did a lot of the time, to play the love story, and to play the relationship with the son, which is quite unusual. That's a gift to me…” quote by John Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/578/john-noble-14582_actors_on-playing-walter-it-was-wonderful-to-be_907298.jpg)
