I'm a little less hungry as an actor than I used to be. When you're a director, you're the conductor of the… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
As a working-class actor, leaving school with no qualifications, being a printer and then becoming an actor and then working with people… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
To be a great director, what does it mean exactly? It's not only about a great director, but also about being able… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image
Actors can make five movies a year. A director can make one movie, every two years. It's a whole different level of… — Joseph McGinty Nichol Copy Share Image
Being an actor helps me direct a little bit, when I do that, which I haven't been able to do that much,… — Joseph Mazzello Copy Share Image
I'm a much better listener when I'm acting than I am as a person in real life because you learn as an… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
I did not think I had what it took to be an actor, because most of the actors that I encountered were… — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
My capacity as a monk was to passionately believe utter nonsense, and when you're an actor you have to do the same… — Tom Baker Copy Share Image
President Bush said this Iraq situation looks like 'the rerun of a bad movie.' Well sure, there's a Bush in the White… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The skill of a good actor is to make it always seem like you're in that fantastically spontaneous moment. Very often, a… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I like playing guys where it's as important what they're thinking as what they're saying. Those are the people I like playing,… — Lennie James Copy Share Image
To our real, naked selves there is not a thing on earth or in heaven worth dying for. It is only when… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
It makes sense that it's so different from film and television, because it's so in-depth. As actors, when we're in film or… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
What dancing has helped me with is blocking; it makes me comfortable with my body. You know how to hit your mark,… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
I kind of wish people didn’t know who I am, that I could just lie, say I’m a speechwriter for Obama. This… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
It's never happened to me before, in my career, and never will again. It's a one-off experience. It's a rare treat to… — Hugh Bonneville Copy Share Image
It's horrid to be called a Shakespearean actor because that's incredibly limiting, and we love acting. We like telling stories; anything that… — Timothy Dalton Copy Share Image
I don't know how other people perceive the lives of actors, but my life is fairly ordinary. I go to work, I… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
As an actor, whatever I get the opportunity to do, if it has a good story then I'm in. I thought 'Dead… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
You can't really judge an actor's abilities by their career, because the business is going to pigeonhole people into whatever turns a… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
I studied voiceover, and I studied acting and I got my first series and my first agent a week out of high… — Bob Bergen Copy Share Image
This is advice I would give to any young actor - if you go into a room with anybody and you come… — Adam Baldwin Copy Share Image
Actors like Pran Sahab, Jagdeep, Asrani established their identities by doing specialized roles but today acting is more general. Actors used to… — Raza Murad Copy Share Image
The British leadership has acknowledged that it only became possible to end the violence in North Ireland when it stopped thinking of… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
You must create the character's internal life. What do I mean by internal life? I mean the thoughts, feelings, memories, and inner… — Larry Moss Copy Share Image
Obviously I like to make sure that my life is separate, so as me as a person, I know that my fans… — Selena Gomez Copy Share Image
The casting is very simple actually, but it is very important. You choose the best actor for the role, and you test… — Hany Abu-Assad Copy Share Image
Old politicians, like old actors, revive in the limelight. The vacancy which afflicts them in private momentarily lifts when, oncemore, they feel… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
I've never been one of those actors who plays chess with his career and goes, 'I'm going to wait now and see… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
The movie Fifty Shades of Grey is considerably better written than the book. It is also sort of classy-looking, in a generic,… — Lisa Schwarzbaum Copy Share Image
Any good director creates a playground. That's what they do. They hire the right actor, open the door and let them play… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I love when actors can let go of where and how they have to do it, and just that we do it.… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
I can't think of another actor who acquired stardom so quickly, who held it for such a short time, and then kept… — Leonard Maltin Copy Share Image
Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Actors basically do their thing on the set, and then you put all the pieces together, switch them around, and maybe put… — Michael Rooker Copy Share Image
My sons have to learn that you take the rough with the smooth and they've seen a lot of smooth in the… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I'll tell you something that's completely true - you can, as a man, obtain everything you want with the truth. If you… — Jean Reno Copy Share Image
I work incredibly hard, and I would say the nature of being an actor involves a lot of studying. Every time you're… — Liv Tyler Copy Share Image
As a writer, you know what the purpose of the scene is. It really has nothing to do with the actor so… — Grant Heslov Copy Share Image
I grew up in Arkansas and that's the law. My dad was a high school basketball coach, so I was raised as… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image