As an actor, you're a color of paint on someone else's palette. But as a director, it's your canvas and you make… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
I had three influential teachers. The first was Uta Hagen. The second two, Bobby Lewis and my late husband, Charles Kakatsakis, were… — June Squibb Copy Share Image
I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a… — James Dean Copy Share Image
“Do you think he's the murderer?" "It's worse than that -- he's an actor!” — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
I just try to do the best job that I can, as an actor. Hopefully, that carries through. That's all I can… — Luke Mitchell Copy Share Image
As a kid, as a young actor, I really wanted to pop. I wanted to create something different. I wanted to be… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
Peter Sarsgaard, he's an extraordinary actor, and I would say that Peter has really brought into my life and my sister's life… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
One good thing about TV Land is you're always surrounded by people who know what they're doing, in terms of your fellow… — Wayne Knight Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for any actor to eventually produce, and create the projects they want to create. I believe it's… — Michael Eklund Copy Share Image
When I interview somebody, I look at their resume to see what they've done, who they've worked with, and how many times.… — Joe Pantoliano Copy Share Image
I think the writing and the casting and all of that has so much to do with actors becoming their characters. I… — Scott Michael Foster Copy Share Image
I'm so blessed to have been a working actor. If they still would like to make me a superstar, I'm available, but… — Patrick Fabian Copy Share Image
Raving mad is quite easy. You just chew up the scenery or something. It's quiet mad that's hard. — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share Image
There's nothing more terrifying than an actor who comes with an idea. — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
By TV standards - I'm not comparing it to manual labor by any means - by TV comedy standards, it is the… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
I guess every character has a little bit of the actor - I guess for every character you play, the actor has… — Kali Hawk Copy Share Image
I like my job and I want to do well at it but I think there's much more integrity to being a… — Jessica Lucas Copy Share Image
“Actors: We have to remind ourselves that it's not about 'getting it right.' There is no 'right.' Your courage to bare your… — Gregor Collins Copy Share Image
Being a father has fulfilled me in parts of my life that sustain me. It gives me a comfort and patience. All… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I came from a very different sort of background and pedigree from the people who were on "The Daily Show". I was… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
The only way to find the best actor would be to let everybody play Hamlet and let the best man win. — Humphrey Bogart Copy Share Image
Preparing a character is the opposite of building-it is a demolishing, removing brick by brick everything in the actor's muscles, ideas and… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
I'd been an actor my whole life, since I was a kid. And then, I quit for awhile and went to university.… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
As an actor the best thing you have is your imagination. You're not going to have all the experiences, but you draw… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
When you're in these movie deals and the studios are talking, they're putting business deals and packages together, but they're making calls… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
In people's minds, I'm a comic, so it took a lot of time before I was recognized as a director. I had… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
As an actor, I still dont really know exactly what I am doing most of the time. — Sam Riley Copy Share Image
Whenever an actor was going to die, I tried to help them understand not to take it personally. It wasn't about them.… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
As you're growing up, it's odd, because directors don't expect you to grow up. They think you'll be young forever, but as… — Nicholas Hoult Copy Share Image
The political arena is the funniest.They [politicians] are always pretending to change, but they never change. They're the best actors and actresses… — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actor. I had the arrogance to believe I couldn't be anything else. — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
An actor can remember his briefest notice well into senescence and long after he has forgotten his phone number and where he… — Jean Kerr Copy Share Image
It's tough being an actor making music, because even I have a knee-jerk reaction to that. — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I'm probably the most pessimistic actor I know. I'm always sure I'll never work again. — William Sanderson Copy Share Image
Being an actress has something in common with being a housewife. They both look terribly easy to someone who hasn't done them.… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
I think that most actors, and they're a very strange lot actors, very strange people, but I think that they attempt to… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
I do a public access show with puppets. Puppets called actors, TV and movie stars. — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
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