I started off doing plays as a theater actor. But I never thought of it in terms of it leading anywhere. I… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I have a very healthy growth of both head and facial hair. People always want to attribute further superhuman powers to me.… — Nick Offerman 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
Good movies make you care, make you believe in possibilities again. If somewhere in the Hollywood-entertainment world someone has managed to break… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
The question people ask me all the time is, 'How was it playing a gay character? How was it pretending to love… — Trevante Rhodes Copy Share Image
As a director and an actor, it is very difficult to say "this person was better than another person." I judge by… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
There's a myth about actors saying, 'Oh no, that's not me on screen at all. I'm just acting.' OK, if I were… — Cary Elwes Copy Share Image
I appeared with many leading men. But working with Cary Grant was different from working with other actors. He was much more… — Irene Dunne Copy Share Image
I'm incapable of truly relaxing. I remember when I was younger and less wise or experienced, actors that I knew would always… — Joshua Malina Copy Share Image
Musicians, actors, writers - we're all neurotic, odd people who've lucked into accidental careers. So I just don't like being around public… — Moby Copy Share Image
There is a need for aloneness, which I don't think most people realise for an actor. It's almost having certain kinds of… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Because [writers] Dan Weiss and David Benioff have done such a great job in adapting them, that's what we work with. It… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
You cannot hurt animals, so what do I do? I kill the dog first. Then I do it with the boy. You're… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
But I loved the script to 7th Heaven and couldn't say no. It made me laugh and cry, and I was hooked.… — Stephen Collins Copy Share Image
Most of my actor friends dont believe its possible to let go of it and be happy, and for a while that… — Genie Francis Copy Share Image
Being a conservative union member is almost like being an actor in Hollywood: You don't dare say it, or you might be… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The director makes the movie. The director has to have the story in their head, has to know the style of the… — Jon Lovitz Copy Share Image
If I'm going to be honest about it, I think men get to do this sort of thing all the time. You… — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
It's funny - sometimes people think we, as actors, have this wide range of choices of the roles we're doing, and in… — Mike O'Malley Copy Share Image
I don't move until an actor is happy, but it was very important to me as a so-called "first time director" to… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I was a stage actor for 20 years or so; I was leading men in classical things. 'Shakespeare,' you know. And now,… — John Michael Higgins Copy Share Image
I'm probably infuriating to work with, particularly in 'Offspring,' because I'm in pretty much every scene so I need the other actors… — Asher Keddie Copy Share Image
When your body is your instrument, it needs maintenance and it needs to be held in a certain way. That's a universal… — Josh Peck Copy Share Image
But having said that, regardless to what reviews come out whatever, I like love the movie. I think it's great, and so… — Nicholas Stoller Copy Share Image
What we're supposed to do as actors is be able to portray real human beings and emotions. And if you grow up… — Emily Browning Copy Share Image
If you are a professional actor who has pride in his work, then the judgment of your peers should be important to… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
Everyone's a little nervous when you all get together and meet the actors, meet the director. But once you get on set,… — Kyle Chandler Copy Share Image
I do go back to Ireland, and I'll probably be doing a film in Ireland in January, and I guess that kind… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
There are plenty of directors who work with the same actors over and over, many more times than I have. Like I… — Len Wiseman Copy Share Image
I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically,… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
I like to imagine a person's psyche to be like a boardinghouse full of characters. The ones who show up regularly and… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted,… — Imelda Staunton Copy Share Image
I always thought if you really want to be a good actor, you've got to be able to fart in public. That,… — Timothy Carey Copy Share Image
You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I am not a trained actor and am not near the top of anyone's want list. I go after what I am… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
That is a gift to have four weeks to rehearse something. But remember, when you're doing a play half of that time… — Jeff Fahey Copy Share Image
For the audience, actors carry out specific roles of men and women through the character that they play out on screen. The… — Farah Khan Copy Share Image
The balance when you're catching people up, and the craft of what we do as actors, is to try to make sure… — Jack Coleman Copy Share Image
Partly why I love to operate is that I love to watch an actor within a shot. When you watch a shot,… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
There aren't a lot of alternative roles for Indian actors. I think we've fallen short of portraying Indians in the media. We… — Chris Eyre Copy Share Image
![“Because [writers] Dan Weiss and David Benioff have done such a great job in adapting them, that's what we work with. It serves no purpose to anybody for actors to come onto a set with a well-thumbed copy of the source material and start querying why this or that line has been left out of the…” quote by Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cbd/charles-dance-10952_actors_because-writers-dan-weiss-and-david-beni_750019.jpg)
![“You cannot hurt animals, so what do I do? I kill the dog first. Then I do it with the boy. You're not supposed to break the illusion of this being a film, so I make the actor talk to the audience. Provocation is the principle of the whole film [ Funny Games]. It is very ironic.” quote by Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a78/michael-haneke-3712_actors_you-cannot-hurt-animals-so-what-do-i-do_1479959.jpg)
