I was brought up in a house full of women; the first time I realised no one was interrupting me was when… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
No one ever sees the sleepless nights, the years of studying and 14-hour days earning your dues. I spent three years isolated… — Kunal Nayyar Copy Share Image
I've always had, like, from the age of about 11, I've had such an intolerance for bad behaviour of actors that I… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
If you want to be a screenwriter, take an acting class to get a sense of what you're asking actors to do.… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I try to be like a sponge when I'm around other actors, picking things up about the way they work and how… — Jodie Whittaker Copy Share Image
I played guitar. I've always considered myself an actor, but I wasn't making a living as an actor. So I was in… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I actually don't hang out with any celebrities. My closest friends are old friends. And my real close friends, none of them… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
I don't really know who I am as an actor: the best thing would be to experiment with it for the next… — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
As actors, we have the opportunity to work with many directors. Directors only work with themselves and other actors. They never know… — Tom Hardy Copy Share Image
What I normally do as an actor in playing different roles, I just have to do in a span of three seconds… — Evan Rachel Wood Copy Share Image
I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in… — Samantha Morton Copy Share Image
I love Leonardo DiCaprio. He just makes really great films with great directors. He has great relationships with directors but also has… — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
When you have an ensemble where characters pair off so easily, it becomes extremely isolating in the story world. You can end… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
There are actors that are really fine actors but not good auditioners. There are really good auditioners that may not be great… — Patrick Warburton Copy Share Image
Even though a screenplay is performed only once, unlike other forms of drama, it's still a performance in itself, and unless it's… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Well, it was interesting because when I was going to do it the first time in my head was Leonardo DiCaprio [for… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. And like a lot of actors, it's very important that everybody loves you all the time. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I don't think, as a 15-year-old, you're that conscious about a lifetime career. I didn't think: "I'm a serious actor." I never… — Keri Russell Copy Share Image
I'm finding a lot of actors my age now who are a bit more like me, and not as posh or brought… — Kaya Scodelario Copy Share Image
In the meantime, I just have to create those realistic goals about the fact that I don't have a ton of options… — Michael Shanks Copy Share Image
Our heritage as actors goes back thousands of years, and we have to feel as comfortable in the clothes, and the language… — Stella Adler Copy Share Image
As an actor, I've always paid attention on sets. I've always watched, learned and listened, and you start to see things differently.… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
You can start a documentary with just a camera, as opposed to a fiction film where you need actors, a crew, a… — Thom Powers Copy Share Image
The frustrating part of being a movie actor is waiting in your trailer to do two takes of a scene you've prepared… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the world feels so heavy that I crave the limelight - where the curtain rises, and the darkness becomes art.” — Laura Chouette Copy Share Image
There is always one person on the set who has a lot of anxiety, an actor who is really intense and has… — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
Hamlet' is obviously a role a lot of actors want to portray or be involved with in some way and that I'd… — Jamie Campbell Bower Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the actors are thrilled to have visitors because they're just waiting most of the day. It's the directors that are a… — Rebecca Eaton Copy Share Image
The idea for actors is to make a living telling stories, so if you can do that, then you're way ahead of… — John C. McGinley Copy Share Image
If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
To be an actor, a lot of times it's a strange combination of high confidence and low self-esteem. Which is a weird… — Kurt Fuller Copy Share Image
You see so many different personalities and mind-sets in the world of sports, just like you do with actors. — Marc Blucas Copy Share Image
I have had the occasion to meet child actors from the '60s and '70s at various functions, and everyone's gone on to… — Mike Lookinland Copy Share Image
You can't just tell actors, especially young ones, to 'act happy' and expect them to do it. They must in some essential… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor and that's what I do. All the roles that I've had have been mainly support roles, because character… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
Sometimes 'great acting' is just showing off - chewing up scenery and dialogue and other actors - the equivalent of a theatrical… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I definitely believe in the energy of the set and the energy of the actor, way more than your written word. — Mike Mills Copy Share Image
I can't complain. I'm making a living out of what I do, which is really rare for a lot of actors. The… — Morena Baccarin Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I looked to actors like they were from another planet. You couldn't believe you could be anywhere near… — Jim Sturgess Copy Share Image
The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a… — Roland Joffe Copy Share Image
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