The only way to deal with yourself as an actor is to follow the emotional truth of what you have to do… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share Image
I've done 33 Sherlock Holmes stories and bits of them are all right. But the definitive Sherlock Holmes is really in everyone's… — Jeremy Brett Copy Share Image
There may be lots of questions that anybody - an actor or a director or anybody - can ask about a character… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Usually I design the lighting and when I have the physical set there, I'm not good at going out loosely and saying,… — Tarsem Singh Copy Share Image
It's not that difficult to find the rage or the anger. We all have that in us, and luckily, actors and actresses… — Jessica Walter Copy Share Image
People ask me, 'How's 'Teen Wolf?' and I tell them it's literally the best job I've ever had. It's hard. Everybody wants… — Shelley Hennig Copy Share Image
I think that for a lot of actors - especially American actors - to get line readings and to be told and… — Jon Bernthal Copy Share Image
There are two types of actors. There's the actors who can acknowledge that they could never do standup comedy. Then there's the… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
Actors work with their look. I come from the Lon Chaney Sr. school of acting. I'll wear wigs, I'll wear nose pieces,… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
We actors have a big problem. We have a lot of insecurity and we are fragile. We surround ourselves with people who… — Amala Paul Copy Share Image
As soon as I said to myself, "Oh I'm not a dancer; I'm not an actor," it made me so free to… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
Its either feast or famine, and thats the way its been for as long as I can remember. Ive spent my whole… — Amanda Donohoe Copy Share Image
I always get role models, people from real life who've lived the lives of the characters, and talk it through together, me,… — Tony Scott Copy Share Image
I do like the idea of doing something different, maybe doing something that's more like a genre film. And there are certain… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
I always say that comedians and actors were all kind of shy when they were young. I was very, believe it or… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
Actors walk around wearing these little tool-belts of acting skills. And I just don't find that interesting to watch. I never want… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
Once you really understand your role... that's why I think actors get lost in a series. Everybody wants to be the quarterback… — C. Thomas Howell Copy Share Image
I'm the type of person who is always going to be somewhat dissatisfied with myself. I'm never going to be smart enough.… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
Being movie director you've got the art department, you've got the actors, you've got the camera department, you've got make-up and hair,… — Michael Fassbender Copy Share Image
In the case of drama (stage, movies, television ), there appear to be people in almost every audience who never quite fully… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
Actors are loved because they are unoriginal. Actors stick to their script. The unoriginal man is loved by the mediocrity because this… — Patrick Kavanagh Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an actor and to this day I don't. I can't get a handle on it. An actor… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
It used to be trained professionals doing animation and they were great. Now they have celebrities and famous actors doing the voices,… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
So often, I have seen really, really talented performers never quite relating to material. I mean, there's a lot of gay actors,… — Julie Halston Copy Share Image
You obviously don't have to be a murderer to play a murderer or you don't have to be a dictator to play… — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
... actresses require protection in their art from blind abuse, from savage criticism. Their work is their religion, if they are seeking… — Nance O'Neil Copy Share Image
I loved the domesticity of my life as a struggling actor. When I wasn't going to auditions, I could do things like… — Jenna Fischer Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an actor. My dad was an actor, and he never brought joy home, so I didn't view… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
It was amazing how much their [Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Shauna Robertson] process seemed familiar to me, translating that into the work… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
Often actors ask me if I think they should go on trying to be an actor. I have the same answer for… — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
When I use weed creatively, I'm much better at drawing or making something or playing music. But what I do for a… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
Honestly, I really, really love making movies. It's so much fun, and I love losing myself in the moment and just being… — Liam Hemsworth Copy Share Image
As an actor, I don't really think you find yourself. I mean, once you find yourself, I think it becomes boring and… — Justin Chon Copy Share Image
I want to be a little more dramatic nowadays. I definitely want something big and funny, but I look for things that… — Cedric the Entertainer Copy Share Image
The reality of our business is that for every actor who's rolled up his tent and given up and gone home, the… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
As an actor going into screenwriting, I was able to understand what type of dialogue feels natural. A lot of the time,… — John Francis Daley Copy Share Image
The industry has a standard way of judging actors: they do ten films, they get X price, and they get this number… — Ram Gopal Varma Copy Share Image
I come from an era, in my world, where you just had to define yourself as who you are and what you… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
As much as the mystery element is all a lot of fun, when you do go to 'Edwin Drood,' you're going to… — Rupert Holmes Copy Share Image
These stunt guys are good at what they do and they're professional. A smart actor will step back and say, "I'm going… — James Badge Dale Copy Share Image
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