The reason it's important is that there was a point, earlier in my career, where I really worried that it wasn't possible… — Emma D'Arcy Copy Share Image
I've acted with all types, I've directed all types. What you want to understand, as a director, is what actors have to… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
As an actor you have to bring to the table your creative input. But when a director like Ridley Scott says I… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Copy Share Image
I think movies say a lot [about real life], even more than theater. It says a lot about the invisible, that movies… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image
When you're in the editing room, as a director, you get the opportunity to look at your work. As a writer, you… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you… — Dan Stevens Copy Share Image
I definitely think of myself still as a writer first, and feel like - with the lucky exception of this - any… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
It's the idea that when you say 'actress', people think of an airy, floaty, no-brain person, which of course you can't be… — Miranda Richardson Copy Share Image
I think, in general, straight actors should be able to play queer roles just as much as queer actors should be able… — Keiynan Lonsdale Copy Share Image
A lot of the people in San Francisco think of themselves as healers - not just as people delivering this base service,… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I'm not an Adonis, that's for damn sure. I've never really thought of myself that way, and it doesn't matter to me.… — Shia LaBeouf Copy Share Image
Most of actor's work is done at home, in your hotel room, in the wee hours of the morning thinking and reading… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
However gross a man may be, the minute he expresses a strong and genuine affection, some inner secretion alters his features, animates… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I hate to say that, but the past was much more fascinating. I don't particularly care for any of the current crop… — Kenneth Anger Copy Share Image
A lot of really good actors are able to go straight from life to their work. They don't treat it as something… — Nicholas Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I think I understand why most actors and actresses are insane, because having to go through an emotional roller coaster as your… — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
The BRIC countries - Brazil, India, China, Turkey, South Africa, Indonesia even, and Russia - are now new actors. Over the last… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in silence. And, more importantly, in what happens when people aren't talking on stage. I'm interested in letting actors… — Annie Baker Copy Share Image
Some actors, and especially the younger actors, they come into the job with a lot of attention on how they behave and… — Beau Bridges Copy Share Image
Johnny Depp already seen how alcohol and drugs can get in the way of a career. And you have to remember one… — Alice Cooper Copy Share Image
Love scenes are always weird, though. They're always uncomfortable. It's all the people around who make it uncomfortable. It's not usually the… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
We were incredibly fortunate to get to make three [Batman films]. That's enough. Let's not get greedy. It's a torch that should… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I never understood who all those people are behind the actors! When you see them on the red carpet on TV, you… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Failure is always present as an actor. I make my living by taking chances. If I'm not risking something, then I'm not… — Damon Runyon Copy Share Image
Simon McBurney on "All My Sons" on Broadway - we had an eight-week rehearsal period and I really enjoyed the way that… — Katie Holmes Copy Share Image
The nature of the video camera really makes you focus on the present. Since I have always been a diarist filmmaker, not… — Jonas Mekas Copy Share Image
Being a stunt girl is very much my comfort zone, so I had to remove the comfort zone to step fully into… — Zoe Bell Copy Share Image
All good actors are actresses. The more like a woman they are, the better they act, because a man's salvation is his… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
What I really mean is that actors do the interview process because they have to. It's a good bargain: If I can… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. If you had said to me before I started acting that I'd get two bites of the cherry -… — Colin Baker Copy Share Image
I still do a form of sense memory. It honestly depends on the job. It depends on the other people you're working… — Alia Shawkat Copy Share Image
I'm not really sure if I have anything that inspires me. I think what goes into my work is everything beforehand that… — Kodi Smit-McPhee Copy Share Image
I was in the emergency room twice with heart palpitations and panic attacks. As one of my actor friends pointed out: your… — Lori Lansens Copy Share Image
Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character… — David Bailey Copy Share Image
The one piece of advice I would give to any actor is, if you want to go out on the street without… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Competition [in a scene] is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They… — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
Being a writer is so great because you're literally not dependent on anybody. Whereas, as an actor, you have to audition or… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I think I'm becoming more relaxed in front of a camera. I suppose I'll always feel slightly more at home on stage.… — Michael Sheen Copy Share Image
I've always played down the drama in my films. In my main scenes, there's never an opportunity for an actor to let… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
I was applying to the art school, but there was a checklist that said I had to do either production design or… — James Pearse Connelly Copy Share Image
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