“Healthy entertainment is a beautiful blend of stimuli that can connect with the viewer at a sentimental level, then sow the seeds… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I always get a little bit pissed off when stand-up comedy is not recognised as being as good a craft as being… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
It's highly dishonorable to ever quit a production. I never have done it, and I can't imagine ever doing it. However, I… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
I did my first Broadway show when I was nineteen years old - and to be able to say that I am… — Lorna Luft Copy Share Image
I was always writing and telling stories as a kid. Initially, I was like, 'Maybe I want to be an actor.' Then… — Nia DaCosta Copy Share Image
Actors endow the villain in fiction with a warmth and quality that makes them memorable. I think we like fictional villains because… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
It's not like I prepare anymore, or have to think about my son being dead to get emotional. If you're working with… — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
Upon graduation, I hit a wall. All of my good friends from UCLA were taking on jobs they were passionate about, and… — Karen Fukuhara Copy Share Image
I find that kid actors are great reminders of the simplicity of acting. As you get older, you can sometimes complicate things… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
Doing a musical is like having a kid. It's out there alive somewhere. It's not like a movie or a TV show… — Trey Parker Copy Share Image
Too many actors are trying to be cool: they're trying to do it with their hair, trying to do it with the… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
The ability to stretch my range into all genres and characters is something I take great pleasure in doing. I thoroughly enjoy… — Brian Tee Copy Share Image
My family took a vacation to Universal Studios when I was really young. Me and my brother Richard - who's also an… — Jonathan Jackson Copy Share Image
I believe we all have the capacity to be masters of many things, and there's nothing that we can't do. You can… — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
The essence of our profession is to give. What is it that we in the theater give? We give our body, voice,… — Michael Chekhov Copy Share Image
The producers and I first talked about the Big Fish musical, right before we did the first test screening of the movie.… — John August Copy Share Image
I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own… — Michael Gambon Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. My life as an actor depends on who sends me what. I'm just taking the best stuff that I… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
To me, one of the things I love about being an actor is that it's never done; it's never perfect, and so… — Kerry Bishe Copy Share Image
I don't care more about '13' because it's in the Olivier than I did about 'Cock' in a 100-seat studio. They both… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
Most difficult thing in the world, to write a play. Do you know the story of Shaw at the Fabian society? H.G.… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
We're all trained as actors to approach our characters with no prejudice, and take on the mindset and the spirit of the… — Rob Morgan Copy Share Image
Is there anything more terrible than a "call"? It affords an occasion for the exchange of the most threadbare commonplaces. Calls and… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
When you're young, it's hard to see the reality behind such a demanding career, but I loved it, and I couldn't see… — Taylor Louderman Copy Share Image
I figured as I got older, the good roles for women would be in the theatre. So 15 years ago I started… — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
I consider myself an actor that tries to have as many tools as possible in the bag. And I think that includes… — Gregg Henry Copy Share Image
As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies. There's always… — Curtis Armstrong Copy Share Image
Being at the Play House, the only way I could see my life was that I would be an actor in a… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
A lot of actors just do whatever they do, and wherever the camera is, it is. They don't pay much attention, but… — Donna Mills Copy Share Image
I love the company of actors, but the crazier it gets, the more I've come to realise how valuable my time is… — Andrea Riseborough Copy Share Image
I was 11 when a teacher suggested to my parents that they should send me to drama classes to curb my disruptive… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
I think the best thing I ever did was never tell anyone I wanted to be an actor. I find if you… — Poorna Jagannathan Copy Share Image
Part of being an actor is being able to contribute to a character's rhythms. If there's room to explore, you find a… — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
Film and television were out. I was 24, and it went on until I was 36. For an actor, those are your… — Lee Grant Copy Share Image
Theatre is fake… The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
All the more a cheesy musical seems fake, so it requires a level of honesty to be injected or an acknowledgement of… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
He was, like everyone of a strongly erotic disposition, twice as good, twice as much himself when he knew that women liked… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
'Frida' was a joy; this was delicious, I couldn't wait every day to get to the set, although I was exhausted, and… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
