When I'm traveling to promote my book, I feel like an artful impostor. What I really am is when I'm in my… — Gloria Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
I grew up with the great Sir Laurence Olivier, and I think it's fair to say that a lot of actors of… — Ian Holm Copy Share Image
“And whenever any one informs us that he has found a man who knows all the arts, and all things else that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think RADA wanted me, actually. When I was at Oxford I had a boyfriend at Central [School of Speech and… — Rosamund Pike Copy Share Image
I could have been insecure in 'Yamla Pagla'... if I wanted to be. With three actors who are amazing beyond belief and… — Kriti Kharbanda Copy Share Image
We're interested by public personas and private personas, otherwise we wouldn't put on with actors rambling on with the same kind of… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
I just wanted to be in show business. I didn't care if I was going to be an actor or a magician… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
They're done by guys who have talked a good game and then have scrambled together the simulacrum of a drama, so actors… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I just want to kind of tackle every kind of form that exists in the comedy world; whether it be stand-up or… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
The casting is the most important thing. If you cast a picture really well a lot of things take care of themselves.… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Brad Pitt is a dude who just wants to make good movies. He's not afraid to surround himself with the greatest actors,… — Garret Dillahunt Copy Share Image
I come from a family of actors. My grandfather was like a Laurence Olivier with the Comedie Francaise. Since I was four… — Emmanuelle Seigner Copy Share Image
There's no way, of course, to fully understand what an illness does to someone or what emotional state or physical state it… — Hayden Panettiere Copy Share Image
So many actors are lively-minded, creative people who just tread water in this awful way, waiting for the phone to ring and… — Nina Conti Copy Share Image
As an actor, and especially as a young woman, there's so much pressure to look good all the time and it really… — Emmy Rossum Copy Share Image
I think Ryan Gosling is a really great actor who's meticulous about his work. And I'd love to have the guts that… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
Why do all these people want [comedians] to be serious? The reason they want that is these are people who aren't funny.… — Jon Lovitz Copy Share Image
Know your job and don't fake it. It looks easy, but the ones that make it look easy know what the hell… — Dustin Diamond Copy Share Image
There's nothing like watching a live performance of, frankly, anything. You have to make sure that people believe everything is improvised. I… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I definitely play roles that are close to my persona. I was dying to be an actor, my whole life. I just… — Drea de Matteo Copy Share Image
When I shoot actors, I have that dilemma. I want the actor to be good, and sometimes I have to push them… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
Having grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Improvisation, the main thing is it teaches you to be in the moment and present in the moment and be reactive and… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
Lying about one's sexuality seems to be one of the ridiculous rules of what constitutes being a Hollywood movie star. Obviously, my… — Ben Daniels Copy Share Image
The director Denis [Villeneuve] is actually an actor (he's from Sons of Anarchy and he's a great character actor) and he's also… — Bun B Copy Share Image
I love working with actors. I love to see what they're going to do. There's just something very thrilling and satisfying with… — Griffin Dunne Copy Share Image
“Jane reminds us that God is in his heaven, the monarch on his throne and the pelvis firmly beneath the ribcage. Apparently… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
I come down as an actor and my marks are already laid out on the floor - somebody else organized what I'm… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
In the business I meet some beautiful women, but to be honest, 80 per cent of them are raving lunatics and are… — Rory McCann Copy Share Image
We have little bits of comedy throughout our films but this is like a full-on comedy. I had great time. It was… — Alex Kendrick Copy Share Image
Learning the craft as an actor in Los Angeles is a very hard thing to do, in my opinion. We all come… — Richard Cabral Copy Share Image
From my point of view, when I was thinking about the prospect of [Michael Douglas] in this part, I wondered if he… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
When we started the show [Lonesome Dove], Suzanne De Passe - who had done the original miniseries and still owned the property… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
I've got to find a compromise where I don't feel compromised. I've got to find something equally good that they don't feel… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
What's cool is that in the story of the movie [The Hangover] our characters are also really kind of getting to know… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
It was a very, very intense film for me. I almost lost my mind because there are scenes where I have to… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
The only lesson I really learned from [Gigi Does It] was that I shouldn't bite off more than I could chew. I've… — David Krumholtz Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that Sam J. Jones was Flash Gordon - there's no such thing. No actor can be the person, that's… — Sam J. Jones Copy Share Image
People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are. On a certain level, everyone throws ideas into… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
![“I don't think RADA wanted me, actually. When I was at Oxford I had a boyfriend at Central [School of Speech and Drama] and it looked like the most fantastic life, but I think not going makes you more free. Nothing can teach you what it's like to work on a film set, and the best education there can…” quote by Rosamund Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b13/rosamund-pike-7165_actors_i-don-t-think-rada-wanted-me-actually-wh_1148586.jpg)
![“Why do all these people want [comedians] to be serious? The reason they want that is these are people who aren't funny. Anybody funny can be serious, but people who have no sense of humor, they can never be funny - and frankly, they're jealous. There's very few comic actors. Think about it. There…” quote by Jon Lovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/419/jon-lovitz-16902_able_why-do-all-these-people-want-comedians-t_3223415.jpg)
![“There's nothing like watching a live performance of, frankly, anything. You have to make sure that people believe everything is improvised. I could not stress enough how little we [actors] prepare and what small amount of time we put in before these shows.” quote by Amy Poehler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/09a/amy-poehler-1084_actors_there-s-nothing-like-watching-a-live-per_2158771.jpg)
![“The director Denis [Villeneuve] is actually an actor (he's from Sons of Anarchy and he's a great character actor) and he's also a screenwriter (he wrote What Lies Beneath). It blows my mind to see when people from one sector move to another and excel. I think Sicario was one of the best directed…” quote by Bun B](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cea/bun-b-10711_actors_the-director-denis-villeneuve-is-actuall_2659354.jpg)
![“I love working with actors. I love to see what they're going to do. There's just something very thrilling and satisfying with being involved with something, all the way through the process [making movie].” quote by Griffin Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/44f/griffin-dunne-23049_actors_i-love-working-with-actors-i-love-to-see_2513209.jpg)
![“From my point of view, when I was thinking about the prospect of [Michael Douglas] in this part, I wondered if he would go all the way with it. The reason I was concerned is that, oftentimes, actors - especially movie stars - when they're playing a character who might be perceived as unattractive…” quote by Curtis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/37c/curtis-hanson-9380_actors_from-my-point-of-view-when-i-was-thinkin_1144144.jpg)
![“When we started the show [Lonesome Dove], Suzanne De Passe - who had done the original miniseries and still owned the property and was turning it into this series - she brought in a lot of old friends - Diahann Carroll and Billy Dee Williams and Dennis Weaver. And we had an interesting collection…” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/149/eric-mccormack-2915_actors_when-we-started-the-show-lonesome-dove-s_2784142.jpg)
![“What's cool is that in the story of the movie [The Hangover] our characters are also really kind of getting to know each other and bonding over the course of the movie. And I think you're seeing a real, a literal sort of friendship growing both in us as actors and on screen as characters.” quote by Ed Helms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c78/ed-helms-4996_actors_what-s-cool-is-that-in-the-story-of-the_73568.jpg)
![“The only lesson I really learned from [Gigi Does It] was that I shouldn't bite off more than I could chew. I've written a bunch of scripts and stuff - every actor has - and that was the first thing that got made.” quote by David Krumholtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/93f/david-krumholtz-7751_actors_the-only-lesson-i-really-learned-from-gi_1197544.jpg)
