We set the actors on the scene through the banal discourse of "conflict" in ways that fully deflect from the history and… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
I really trust the authenticity of real people and my job is to get them to be themselves in front of the… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don't, and some actors don't. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe,… — Margaret Whiting Copy Share Image
You know to me, being a good actor, the most important quality is you've got to love to play, and to just… — Peter Berg Copy Share Image
In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies. — Kelly Lynch Copy Share Image
[On an actor who'd broken her leg in London:] Oh, how terrible. She must have done it sliding down a barrister. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I have never felt brutalized as an actor. Many actors do, some times, but I've never had that experience. If I'm not… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
When I got into the movie business, working with actors was the one thing I was really weak at. I didn't know… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
If I'm not on tour, I can run down to the comedy club and do a little stand-up. If you're an actor,… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
Instead of being a theater actor who sometimes does movies I became a movie actor who sometimes does theater. — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
It'd be nice if Asian actors could be perceived as profitable, which is the bottom line. We're perceived as not mattering much… — John Cho Copy Share Image
Physical expression was my first language: Before I was an actor, I was a dancer, an acrobat, a mime and a street… — Denis Lavant Copy Share Image
Even if you have a gift, it's nearly impossible to become a good actor in just a few weeks of training. — Signe Baumane Copy Share Image
Thats the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles. — Bruce Boxleitner Copy Share Image
I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing. I feel the actors are being put through a… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic. — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
Why did I decide to become an actor ? I decided because my brother helped me decide. I knew nothing about the… — George Stults Copy Share Image
I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor. Nobody's ever seemed to think of me as a leading man. I'm 6'6''. I've got a big nose.… — James Cromwell Copy Share Image
Sam Jackson is a director's dream. Some actors hope to find their character during shooting. He knows his character before shooting. Sam's… — William Friedkin Copy Share Image
Authors and actors and artists and such - Never know nothing, and never know much. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
You learn early as an actor that creating your own material is the only way to have any control. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
(Acting) certainly comes-100 percent-from the need to be loved. Any actor who says this isn't true is lying. — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
In avant garde drama ... primitivism goes hand in hand with aesthetic experimentation designed to advance the technical progress of the art… — C. D. Innes Copy Share Image
The next movie will be in Mandarin. I enjoyed shooting all the Japanese stuff in Kill Bill so much that this whole… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
Really, the novelist has the best casting since he doesn't have to cope with the actors and all the rest. -Alfred Hitchcock — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I used to be very controlling with visuals and editing, and I would pretty much craft the performances; now I have learned… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
I would like - either as an actor, or producer or even director - to do something sci-fi or action-related. I like… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
Movies are this thing that came into my life, and it still feels pretend in some way. I kind of do this… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
When I got out of school, it used to be that it was theater actors that ended up doing film and television,… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
It really is a pleasure to work with someone who you admire. Whatever you do in front of the camera, and I… — Benicio Del Toro Copy Share Image
I was raised in the theater and I started acting when I was nine. To me, the idea of being an actor… — Robert Knepper Copy Share Image
Young actors, fear your admirers! Learn in time, from your first steps, to hear, understand and love the cruel truth about yourselves.… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
Certain comedians work with certain actors; like Adam Sandler worked with Jack Nicholson. — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
I honestly think I'm just an actor. It doesn't matter the medium. I can go on stage and be happy, I can… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
I've never been turned down for a role because I'm gay. I'm a character actor, and that's probably why. I don't find… — Jane Lynch Copy Share Image
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