Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Sometimes you read a script, and it's like, 'You'll improv, and this is just a blueprint of what the scene could be,'… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I've had a job since I was 11. I had a paper route, I worked at a video store, I was a… — Cara Buono Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid, my parents would show me Marx Brothers films and westerns and stuff like that. Thats where… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
As an actor, I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
The great thing about acting is the longer you do it, the more you realize that all those realities are inside you.… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
Over time as an actor, your life with a project can be so short lived because you come on, you do it,… — Maggie Siff Copy Share Image
The great thing about making picture books is that you can make absolutely anything you want happen. It's a bit like making… — Mini Grey Copy Share Image
How you look is part of what acting is, but the way I look at it, every actor is a character actor.… — Santiago Cabrera Copy Share Image
There is no single approach that actors take to their craft. And the best thing you learn is that you have to… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I remember when I told my parents that I wanted to be a filmmaker, and no longer was I planning to be… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
You can feel yourself trying too hard, doing too much. Nobody wants to watch somebody when they're needy, and actors are in… — Jess Weixler Copy Share Image
It's very important for singers to feature in their videos because when we do playback for Bollywood, we tend to become the… — Tulsi Kumar Copy Share Image
I've never changed my approach to acting. I've always felt like I've gotten better. I think that all of us can get… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
Plays are frequently infected with ideas that came from actors or even sound engineers. Some Shakespeare scholars wonder whether some of the… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
As I got older, I went to school. I started doing plays, I learned about the craft of acting, and I started… — Sean Gunn Copy Share Image
My dad was really complex, and I was raised by that. My mom is really bright - very book bright - and… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
For me, the political part of being an actor is very tough. To sit somewhere and tell somebody why you should feel… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
As I grew older, I realised that Bruce Lee was an actor first and a martial artist second. If he wasn't a… — Tiger Shroff Copy Share Image
As an actor, you don't want to know the beginning and end to your character's arc. It makes it more fun. You're… — Jordan Gavaris Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a jazz pianist, but I wasn't good enough. I got into city college because I didn't have the… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
I've had a very interesting life. There are ways of handling the complexities. I'm willing to take on the responsibilities as a… — Tom Cruise Copy Share Image
Every movie is different. Sometimes with movies, there are roles you should just leave alone and relax with and keep it light.… — Scott Speedman Copy Share Image
The casting of any film is around 60% of the film, but it's also about the right casting insight. It's a bit… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
I always say to every actor, and to people that want to get into this industry, to just try to be on… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
My dad had such a cool job. When you're a voiceover actor, it's a whole different skill - you're bringing these huge,… — Ashley Bell Copy Share Image
Personally, when I'm not working, I like to do as many things outside of the industry as I can - other things… — Liam Hemsworth Copy Share Image
No matter how many people tell you, Save your money, when you've got a series, you never do. Somehow it doesn't seem… — David Morse Copy Share Image
I start with the story, almost in the old campfire sense, and the story leads to both the characters, which actors should… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
It's difficult because nothing's preordained by plan and you can't control it. That's one of those joys and thrills and nerve-racking realities… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Every actor I think has got their own number of takes that they like, you know. Some actors like to go all… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
As playwrights, as poets, we have to look to ourselves, listen to our guts for the final answers about what changes to… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
I think when you're younger, as an actor you have much more of a notion that you are doing something to the… — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
My father said that I could always become an actress, but I couldn't go back to college later in life. So I… — Vidya Balan Copy Share Image
I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and a job there, but it wasn't going… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
So often gay characters, particular those portrayed in an era where gayness was something of a taboo and a statement about 'who… — Freddie Fox Copy Share Image
I think it would be really cool to see 'Enchanted' on Broadway - there's been discussion of it from time to time.… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
The hardest thing for me to do, and the best thing I've done and learned as an actor is to sacrifice being… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
Plays are wonderfully different than short stories, first because it's a story that's on a stage, but there's a different sort of… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
