For some reason, being on time in this industry can be a lost art form, especially for actors! It's important to remember… — Becca Tobin Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of odd jobs, including waitressing, which most actors have done. I was a busboy - girl - when… — Jess Weixler Copy Share Image
My default position is not to be an actor. My default position is to be a follower of Jesus Christ. If that… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
My main goal as an actor, with my craft or whatever poncy way you want to say it, is to always take… — Adelaide Kane Copy Share Image
Any actor I admire and enjoy working with - Sergi Lopez as the bad guy in 'Pan's Labyrinth,' or the little girl… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
Acting is so difficult for me that, unless the work is of a certain stature in my mind, unless I reach the… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
It always seemed to me like it was a significant thing to do with one's life to be an actor 'cause I… — Charlie Hunnam Copy Share Image
All I am hoping for is to be able to work-I think my best work is still ahead of me-I think all… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
In so many areas, when you think about it, you never really see an actor cross over to music. It always music… — Nick Cannon Copy Share Image
Ellen [Page] and I had only met a couple of times, but had mutual admiration for each other's work. When I first… — Evan Rachel Wood Copy Share Image
For a found-footage-style movie, there's a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it's real. A known… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
I've had experiences where I wasn't allowed to change words around at all because you have to say everything, exactly as written… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Kurt [Sutter] is one of the few showrunners that actually sits down and talks to the actor alone, and then with all… — Theo Rossi Copy Share Image
I'm called a folk singer, and I'm not too sure about that. I went about my life approaching music not from the… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is… — Tammy Blanchard Copy Share Image
What motivates every other decision artistically or technically is the acting. This is what motivates everything. Never can a camera move be… — Xavier Dolan Copy Share Image
Working with people you adore and love. There's just a sense, all the way through all of the movies [Planet of Apes],… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
[Washington, DC] feels like you're watching performance art. A lot of the time. I don't believe them, I don't believe what they… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
As an actor, it made me realize a really important lesson. I didn't have to put any spin on the ball as… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
Theres this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent. It kind of removes… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
It is one of the few elements in the process that a director really, really can't control: an actor's performance. If you… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
I feel an obligation to set the record straight. Actors that say they're affected by something, that it changes their life, that… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
I'd sort of acquired somewhat more mature perspective on what my career is and I don't...not anymore...consider fame and fortune my career.… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
The [Great] Actor is able to approach in himself a cosmic dread as large as life. He is able to go from… — Joseph Chaikin Copy Share Image
Great actors are so easy to direct. It's like they're big 747s that you just have to move left and right, and… — Louis Leterrier Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be on a show that's well respected and had critical acclaim and that people like to watch, and… — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
Actors live dependent on being validated by other people's opinions. I don't understand what it is I do that people want. I… — Shia LaBeouf Copy Share Image
The dream would be to work with my two favorite actors, Daniel Day Lewis and Cate Blanchett. Or playing Joaquin Phoenix's brother… — Drew Fuller Copy Share Image
It's not easy being an actor, and having said that, everybody's an actor. Do you know what I mean? Paris Hilton's an… — Patti LuPone Copy Share Image
The great character actors are now the actors whose work has the element of ritual sacrifice once claimed by the DeNiros of… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
When I was an actor, I worked with lots of men who had a bit of success early on, who were very… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Animators do amazing working translating and interpolating the characters [in the Planet of the apes], the facial performances. What we're creating on… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
It's never the practice to shoot the scenes in the proper order. Sometimes you shoot the final scenes of a film before… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
If you fill your time as a director talking about lights and technique with the crew then it's frightening for the actors… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
I really feel that actors should really know who they are as characters; they should really study their lines; they should be… — Oren Moverman Copy Share Image
The cast, staff, and crew of a live theater work together toward a common goal: a good performance. Thus, theater is necessarily… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
I feel like because I've done more gay characters, gay scenes, or gay projects than most straight actors, people see it as… — James Franco Copy Share Image
What interests Sam Mendes are characters and relationships, and he was a genius at giving you the freedom to create the type… — Naomie Harris Copy Share Image
Sometimes a scene works and acting is the easiest thing in the world and you don't have to do much of anything… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
![“Ellen [Page] and I had only met a couple of times, but had mutual admiration for each other's work. When I first heard about the film [Into the Forest], I was excited to get a chance to work with one of my peers because it's usually one or the other. You don't get to work with all of the other…” quote by Evan Rachel Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/63c/evan-rachel-wood-6643_actors_ellen-page-and-i-had-only-met-a-couple-o_817349.jpg)
![“Kurt [Sutter] is one of the few showrunners that actually sits down and talks to the actor alone, and then with all of the other writers, and basically tells you what he has in mind and what's going to go down.” quote by Theo Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d0a/theo-rossi-15434_actors_kurt-sutter-is-one-of-the-few-showrunner_1216434.jpg)
![“Working with people you adore and love. There's just a sense, all the way through all of the movies [Planet of Apes], that you're very rarely in a position where you have great material that you're passionate about and a big audience who love it, and the detail and nuance, and the exquisiteness of…” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a58/andy-serkis-1548_actors_working-with-people-you-adore-and-love-t_1016696.jpg)
![“[Washington, DC] feels like you're watching performance art. A lot of the time. I don't believe them, I don't believe what they say, I don't think they're being absolutely sincere. I think it's performance art. And most of them are bad actors.” quote by Kevin Spacey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bab/kevin-spacey-931_actors_washington-dc-feels-like-you-re-watching_99635.jpg)
![“As an actor, it made me realize a really important lesson. I didn't have to put any spin on the ball as Rita [in Dexter]. All I had to do was speak. And there was such simplicity in that as an actor. With Debra, I was trying to put a square peg into a round hole, and it just didn't work, but in my…” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c8b/julie-benz-7666_acting_as-an-actor-it-made-me-realize-a-really_1404313.jpg)
![“The [Great] Actor is able to approach in himself a cosmic dread as large as life. He is able to go from his dread to a joy so sweet that it is without limit. Only then will the actor have direct access to the life that moves in him, which is as free as his breathing. And like his breathing, he…” quote by Joseph Chaikin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e60/joseph-chaikin-140065_able_the-great-actor-is-able-to-approach-in-h_1364762.jpg)
![“Animators do amazing working translating and interpolating the characters [in the Planet of the apes], the facial performances. What we're creating on set - if you don't get it on the day, in the moment, on set, in front of the camera, with the director and the actors. The emotional content of the…” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/939/andy-serkis-1548_acting_animators-do-amazing-working-translating_1303787.jpg)
