The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long,… — Linda Lavin Copy Share Image
A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to… — Sean Durkin Copy Share Image
It's easier to be more vulnerable in a smaller environment. It's hard to expect your actors to be able to open up… — Sadie Calvano Copy Share Image
You always like to learn from people as a young actor. I think every young actor says that, but its true. — Tom Weston-Jones Copy Share Image
You know, 'Mad Men' is notoriously secretive with its plotlines, even with exposing them to actors on the show. — Alison Brie Copy Share Image
I'm fairly well off. I can't poor-mouth that away from people's sensibilities about me, which is something I worry about as an… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Some actors really like to do only a few, some like Casey [Affleck] will do as many takes as there is electrical… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
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In this business actors who have Botox or surgery make you very aware of age. It's awful. — Eva Green Copy Share Image
It's weird how an actor can read a script and think 'it's really good, it's really funny, that's going to be really… — Jamie Bell Copy Share Image
You project a version of yourself to the public to protect and insulate yourself a little bit. Actors come up with a… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
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I think becoming an actor because it's a ridiculously insecure profession to go into. I feel very comfortable but very lucky. I… — Hugh Dancy Copy Share Image
I know that if I can't move people, then I have no business being an actor. — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I always wanted to do a Hollywood story. The thing about actors, though, is that they go through a streak of roles.… — Tom Folsom Copy Share Image
I don't consider an actor a star if he's paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
I am not a master-class director. I am not a teacher. I am a coach. I dont have a methodology. Each actor… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
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I love young adult fantasies. While I say that, I have not seen all of the Twilight and Harry Potter movies. But… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Entertainment's hard on the ego. I see why actors are so psycho now. Because there's so much 'we don't want you' going… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I traveled and worked with amazing actors, like Andy Garcia, Alec Baldwin, Brendan Fraser, Forest Whitaker, Lee Pace. It was this great… — Sarah Michelle Gellar Copy Share Image
An actor can play two or three lines where he says one thing, but plays the opposite. That's the most important moving… — Jaco Van Dormael Copy Share Image
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The important bit for an actor is the actual shooting of it, because the minute the shoot ends, it's got nothing to… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
Why is an actor's unintentional giggling called a 'corpse'? It seems to me quite the opposite. It proves that he's very much… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
On buses and trains, I always think about the inexhaustible variety of human genes. We see types, and occasionally twins, but never… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman. — Bela Lugosi Copy Share Image
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I don't hate being an actor. But if there's a choice, I prefer to direct. — Stephen Chow Copy Share Image
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When actors go onstage, you know immediately if they can do their job. You can be a lawyer or an accountant for… — Patsy Rodenburg Copy Share Image
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