The process by which the idea for a play comes to me has always been something I really couldn't pinpoint. A play… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Every night, you fight for that standing ovation at the end of the night. And if you do something wrong, the domino… — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
Sterling Holloway, the actor who had originally voiced Pooh, decided to retire in the mid-1980s. Disney decided that they wanted to continue… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
I think the success of a film is very important to an actor. It depends on how many people go to watch… — Rani Mukerji Copy Share Image
If you're going to play a brain surgeon, you just have to learn how to say the words. You don't have to… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
I did plays in college, and I have half of a play. But I'm kind of stuck. I keep revisiting it so… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
I don't know why people feel the need to do this to me, but my friend asked my dad, 'Aren't your proud… — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
I've seen everything from 'Wicked' to 'The Book Of Mormon,' and I don't make any bones of the fact that I love… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
It's incumbent upon a director, if you want to pull the best performance out of an actor, you have to really work… — Anthony Russo Copy Share Image
I don't know how it is now but the assistant stage manager had to understudy several parts. You had to be ready… — Glenn Ford Copy Share Image
We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Law and Order' is completely story-driven and completely characterless, really. If you do that format for five years and you're an actor,… — Chris Noth Copy Share Image
If you would be a leader of men you must lead your own generation, not the next. Your playing must be good… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
An actor gives voice to the many multitudes that we all contain. That's why we love the movies, why we love TV… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
I've always known that I love directing but I was really aware of it while making 'Beginners.' I am my happiest when… — Mike Mills Copy Share Image
I was a theater dork in high school and did all the plays. My theater teacher in high school, Janet Spahr, was… — Melissa Rauch Copy Share Image
And at NYU, I went to the Atlantic Theater Company, and they have two main points. One of them is to always… — Elizabeth Olsen Copy Share Image
Acting is one of the professions I most respect because if you tried something and you can't do it and you thought… — Sherry Lansing Copy Share Image
On set, I like to be treated just like a normal adult actor. We all put as much time and effort into… — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
I grew up being that kid backstage doing my math homework and my father made sure I knew from everybody in the… — Jasmine Cephas Jones Copy Share Image
'Sleepy Hollow' was really the first thing I'd done that gave me the opportunity in the modern age to build an authentic… — Orlando Jones Copy Share Image
Most actors are lucky to ever get a job, period. I never forget that, because I have so many actor friends in… — Emile Hirsch Copy Share Image
Most of your life as an actor in Hollywood, either an actress or an actor, you have to look - you have… — Kim Cattrall Copy Share Image
The word 'star' is misused. A good film will never fail. And if you have become an actor to become a star,… — Varun Dhawan Copy Share Image
Often in America people would assume that [as an English actor] you've had some sort of deep, classical training, or that you're… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
The hope is they would like to bring it to Broadway next year, so we'll see that's to come in the end… — Blair Underwood Copy Share Image
When it comes to casting for movies, it is a priority that you cast right. The guiding principle must be what is… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
In South Africa, where HIV-positive children are often shunned, we have an HIV-positive Muppet to teach children to be friendly with children… — Joan Ganz Cooney Copy Share Image
I don't have an answer for why Hollywood still casts non-ethnic people for ethnic roles. It's something that has to change. Sometimes… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I want to be a good person and spread happiness through my acting. If I don't forget to be appreciative and… — Park Bo-gum Copy Share Image
As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still… — Tom Cruise Copy Share Image
I want to be remembered as an actor who was able to touch people with what I offered to the world. That… — Melanie Nicholls-King Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was really into 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and 'Friday the 13th.' But as I got… — Simon Rex Copy Share Image
I remember the first time my mind was blown by an actor was Tim Curry, because I loved 'Clue' when I was… — Oscar Isaac Copy Share Image
I often talk with other actors about that time when you've just finished a job, because I think you do take on… — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
I certainly very much enjoy acting, but I am open to anything really. I think it's important when you have those moments… — James Scott Copy Share Image
I moved to New York to be a theater actor. It's what I studied and what I thought I wanted to do… — Stephanie Beatriz Copy Share Image
People work so hard, and I want to keep that energy up, and you can spread that if you're the actor. But… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
When I got the role in 'Homeland,' it really opened something up. Other people respected me more as an actor, doors were… — Zuleikha Robinson Copy Share Image
When I was in school, I was always writing scripts and dressing up as characters. I'd constantly be that guy who'd get… — Chris Lilley Copy Share Image
![“Often in America people would assume that [as an English actor] you've had some sort of deep, classical training, or that you're a Shakespeare enthusiast. I have zero interest in me performing Shakespeare.” quote by Bill Nighy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2d/bill-nighy-4521_actors_often-in-america-people-would-assume-tha_1559846.jpg)
