I think I always wanted to be an actor - sounds a bit boring, doesn't it? And I pretended once that I… — Sophie Thompson 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
If you choose to do both [acting and directing] on a set, than you're admitting that you understand that everyone is in… — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
All of my favourite actors are American and I grew up watching American movies. It's weird, but I used to do a… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
Like most young actors starting out, I really just wanted to act. Whether you find yourself stumbling into a drama or a… — Charlie Day Copy Share Image
I would love a shot at a lead role, but it's not up to me right now. I just try to make… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
I always love working with young actors, because there's always something to learn. It's always exciting to see the next generation and… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
I always say about acting: the audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves. So if you're able to… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
To make good films, you have to have a good relationship and good collaboration as composer-director, composer-editor, composer-production designer-actor because you're working… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
We got the best actors imaginable [in Kung Fu Panda]. If we could have made a wish list I don't think there… — Jennifer Yuh Nelson Copy Share Image
Having been an actor, I always want to leave room for the actors to find their comfort zone, so I don't like… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
I do very little on-camera acting, so within a phrase as a voice actor you have to know how to convey when… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
I like to be a lot of different things at once and dress different ways and I change my hair all the… — Mae Whitman Copy Share Image
We humans are naturally disposed to worship gods and heroes, to build our pantheons and valhallas. I would rather see that impulse… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Literature is the best way to overcome death. My father, as I said, is an actor. He's the happiest man on earth… — Ilan Stavans Copy Share Image
It's a wonderful thing working with young actors. I know a lot of people don't like working with children. I actually adore… — Michelle Forbes Copy Share Image
I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
“Some actors wear their roles like clothing," he said. "No matter what part they're playing, you can always easily see who it… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
If you're doing something like 'Arcadia' by Tom Stoppard, which has been done millions and millions of times, and it's been played… — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
“There are many actors alone who haven't acted Pirandello or Shaw or Shakespeare for years because their plays are too aware of… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
For the actor's wishes to be respected in terms of characteristics that your character's gonna have, you have to work with good… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, when you're an actor you have to act. It's not like you can sit in your living room, your bedroom, your… — Chris Sarandon Copy Share Image
A lot of my actor friends say 'You know what? If I ever come back in another life I'm coming back as… — Leslie Uggams Copy Share Image
I don't have to sympathize or empathize with a human being in order to be able to portray them. I mean, some… — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
I remember a conversation with my parents about who the people on the TV were, and learning they were actors and they… — David Tennant Copy Share Image
People assume that trans people will only be accepted as trans characters, or that there aren't enough trans writers, or that there… — Brian Michael Smith Copy Share Image
There's just a feeling, when you're just an actor - I have great admiration for people who are just actors. I don't… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
Along the way, I've worked as a waitress, I've done phone surveys, and worked as a receptionist, and for the last twenty… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
I taught for a semester, but couldn't work out my teaching schedule with my acting schedule because they just didn't jive. So,… — Danny Burstein Copy Share Image
There is a vast difference in the pay package of every actor. Actors are also exploited at various levels, but when we… — Divyanka Tripathi Copy Share Image
I know that every actor that I know, when Daniel Day-Lewis does a film, and he doesn't work that often, but we… — Rosemarie DeWitt Copy Share Image
I would say that there's definitely some advantages with me being able to talk shop with some of the effects people. Because… — Masi Oka Copy Share Image
I have mentored two young aspiring actors and I wish that I had known I could look for a mentor because it… — Erica Schroeder Copy Share Image
I binge-watched this show Damages. Glenn Close and Rose Byrne are so good. Lily Tomlin is in it. You see all these… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
You can't create chemistry. In fact, the chemistry between two actors is for people to see, sense, and judge. The only thing… — Deepika Padukone Copy Share Image
Entertainment must be a satisfying emotional experience, a stirring of the heart. We need all kinds of young men and women. Those… — Hedda Hopper Copy Share Image
In the case of two actors connecting with each other and trusting each other, our bodies have memories without us having to… — Michael Sheen Copy Share Image
As an actor, you can't play big, huge things. But, what you can play is love for your father and caring for… — Kristin Bauer van Straten Copy Share Image
Stage actors are usually much more conscious of speaking up and making sure that everyone can hear in the back of the… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
In terms of directors, great actors make directors - Gary Oldman was great to work with, for me; Tim Roth, too. You… — Ray Winstone Copy Share Image