Listen, acting is not surgery, it's entertainment. You're doing something to hopefully move people, to make them laugh, to transport them. But… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
Doing 'Young Adult' was really reassuring to me in a lot of ways. It confirmed a lot of suspicions I had about… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
I think I might have been a more interesting actor, had more of a career earlier on, if I had more formal… — Sam Elliott Copy Share Image
Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and dancing around as a kid, ... That's… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Actors are basically drag queens. People will tell you they act because they want to heal mankind or, you know, explore the… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Comedians... they're different from actors. There's more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they're more precious. — Sharon Horgan Copy Share Image
I remember hearing a good story about Jack Nicholson working with Stanley Kubrick on The Shining [1980]. Nicholson was saying that, as… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
Theatre, in which actors take on changing roles, has among its many functions the examination of identity. For the individual, theatre is… — Richard Hornby Copy Share Image
I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap. — Dominic West Copy Share Image
I think early on it's important to put that at the back of your mind and make your own choices. Sometimes you… — Jacki Weaver Copy Share Image
Working with Robert, Robert [Elswit] is a storyteller. He's not a cinematographer, he's a storyteller. And to me, that's the graduation I… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Yes. My mother was and still is a Folk Singer. She was very involved in the political movements for Unions and Civil… — Vicki Sue Robinson Copy Share Image
My favorite newer movie is "Training Day." Denzel Washington is, to me, one of the greatest actors ever. The way he gets… — Virgil Green Copy Share Image
Who could have asked for anything better? I was cast in movies with great actors, with great leading men. — Julie Adams Copy Share Image
every actor knows that tragedy, being linear and inevitable, is taxing - but comedy, which depends on the element of surprise, is… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
I can't bring you absolute truth in the detailed factual sense. All I can do is bring you an interpretation as I… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
It's funny, I don't even consider myself a rapper, I don't consider myself a designer, or even an actor. I just like… — Andre Benjamin Copy Share Image
Woody makes a movie as if he were lighting 10,000 safety matches to illuminate a city. Each one is a little epiphany:… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
I have tons of stuff that, you know, seems like it's a well-constructed sentence but it is not how people talk, it's… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
That's always my ambition is to create a character out of what will help tell the story. I've never been an actor… — Harrison Ford 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
The only boring part of it is finding the fact that got you from point A to point B. Most actors, if… — Benjamin McKenzie Copy Share Image