Great actors try to dismiss all ideas from their conscious mind in order to provide an experience that is real. — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I don't put faces on the characters. When I finish the first draft of the script, I start visualizing,… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
One of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
My dad became a soap opera actor, and I was an extra in a skating rink scene on the soap. I didn't… — Jennifer Aniston Copy Share Image
TV actors are doing great in Bollywood. We have our own market, our own fans, who love to see us on the… — Mona Singh Copy Share Image
For me as an actor, I find it's most creative when I'm bringing myself into the role rather than putting the role… — Finn Jones Copy Share Image
My dad and me were incredibly close. He was an actor, and so him and I shared this whole movie-world thing closer… — Jackie Earle Haley Copy Share Image
The truth is, ever since I was little, I've wanted to be an actor more than I ever wanted to be a… — Cathy Moriarty Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of odd jobs, including waitressing, which most actors have done. I was a busboy - girl - when… — Jess Weixler Copy Share Image
My default position is not to be an actor. My default position is to be a follower of Jesus Christ. If that… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
I'm called a folk singer, and I'm not too sure about that. I went about my life approaching music not from the… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is… — Tammy Blanchard Copy Share Image
In so many areas, when you think about it, you never really see an actor cross over to music. It always music… — Nick Cannon Copy Share Image
All I am hoping for is to be able to work-I think my best work is still ahead of me-I think all… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
It always seemed to me like it was a significant thing to do with one's life to be an actor 'cause I… — Charlie Hunnam Copy Share Image
Kurt [Sutter] is one of the few showrunners that actually sits down and talks to the actor alone, and then with all… — Theo Rossi Copy Share Image
If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives. — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
All over the world, actors and actresses are chosen for their performing skills. Not how they look or what they wear. It… — Tabu Copy Share Image
There's some kind of actors that can radically change who they are from movie to movie. I've never really been that kind… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
The same thing I applied to football, I applied to trying to be an actor and hopefully it came off well. — Jerry Rice Copy Share Image
It's great. I think it's really important for actors to have another creative outlet, or for anyone, really. — Mia Wasikowska Copy Share Image
During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
Some actors pride themselves on disappearing into a role. I'm into the game because I like experiencing and exploring themes, so I… — Jake M. Johnson Copy Share Image
Growing up and being a kid, I knew that creativity was at the heart of what I wanted to do. I always… — Chris Gethard Copy Share Image
If you do a film with a studio, agents step in, they start saying, 'My actor has to get this amount of… — Robert Rodriguez Copy Share Image
One of the grave dangers inherent in the various stages of any theatrical career-whether it be budding, quiescent or diminishing-is the advice… — Moss Hart Copy Share Image
I love the theatre. It's a perfect life for an actor: you can do a couple of movies and then go and… — Alfred Molina Copy Share Image
I think if I learned anything in graduate school, it was to not drool around other actors who would normally make you… — Peter Jacobson Copy Share Image
For me, I always have to establish a reality for the character. In very actor-y terms, you just have to understand his… — Patrick Wilson Copy Share Image
My job as a double was always to put [actors] at ease. My job was to make my character, or the actress… — Zoe Bell Copy Share Image
It's in the eyes, mostly. Don't listen just to the other actor's lines. Look at - and listen to - their eyes.… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
My biggest problem in my life is I'm cheap and I didn't hire a publicist. In every awkward interview, normally actors get… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
Using non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
A lot of actors get the leading role after doing a bunch of smaller things and people get to know them. I… — Sasha Luss Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm that much different from any other working actor that's trying to make a living. — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
I'm very grateful and fully aware that 90 percent of actors are not working. Going from public school teacher to a show… — Jesse Williams Copy Share Image
I always fancied myself more of an actor than a comedian before I realized that only assholes make that kind of distinction. — Rob Corddry Copy Share Image
I like to go from film to film, meeting new people and playing new roles. Because actors are like children: They want… — Udo Kier Copy Share Image
I went to school for clothing and textiles and thought this is what I was going to do. Then I started working… — Melissa McCarthy Copy Share Image
If someone doesn't want to work with me because I'm playing a gay character, I don't want to work with them. They… — Gale Harold Copy Share Image