When I have failed as an actor I've always thought it was my fault. But when I direct something, I wouldn't want… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
Go find very early versions of things: the first TV pilot of a later-successful TV show; early audition tapes by famous actors;… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and… — David Hyde Pierce Copy Share Image
If you are a successful actor, which is what I am, then you tend to get labelled very quickly and easily. — Kristin Scott Thomas Copy Share Image
I think all actors are on the constant search for a real challenge just to keep things interesting. — Benjamin Bratt Copy Share Image
“Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door. His name, as I ought to have told you before, Is really Asparagus. That's… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
I think that so many actors are defined by the first thing that people see them do, and there were people who… — Stephanie D'Abruzzo Copy Share Image
An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as… — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
TV writing is tricky to navigate because you have so many different personalities - the actors, multiple producers. — Roger Avary Copy Share Image
You never saw Peter Sellers the actor trying to make you laugh. All he was doing was the character. What I'm saying… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
I think it would be self-indulgent to go, "Oh, I'm going to make this character different by giving him a quirk of… — David Tennant Copy Share Image
I would love to be able to do a film. I would love to be able to focus on what excites me… — Charlotte Gainsbourg Copy Share Image
All of us have a lot of sides to ourselves, but the fun thing about being actor is you make one side… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel. — John Frankenheimer Copy Share Image
I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend… — Campbell Scott Copy Share Image
When it was offered [a role in The Flash] I just thought it sounded like the perfect thing that I would want… — Tom Felton Copy Share Image
There are short parts that I as an actor am very right for. Or I just like the part. Or you need… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
In theater, you are there, you have a character, you have a play, you have a light, you have a set, you… — Diego Luna Copy Share Image
I love working with actors, and it's great that I'm an actor myself. I know how I like to be directed and… — Courteney Cox Copy Share Image
Every actor wants to have a character that changes, that has some kind of movement, that gets from point A to point… — Jeffrey Jones Copy Share Image
People say that one of the most important things about being an actor is to have thick skin, but I don't think… — Jess Weixler Copy Share Image
With actors and directors, it's a conversation that you have. You have to learn each other's language and learn how to communicate… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
I walked out on American Gangster: this evil piece of dreck. Defenders of this junk say that these movies give Black actors… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
I've worked on shows where the lead actor doesn't know their lines, doesn't care, and it affects everybody - the crew, the… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
The big challenge for me was just trying to ignore the embarrassment of being an actor. It's a pretty embarrassing thing to… — Chris Pratt Copy Share Image