I like songs that are part of a dramatic texture, and therefore I like the scenes to be active. I wanna follow… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
The knighthood was a tremendous honour, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flowery, theatrical stuff that goes with… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I know actors come around and they always talk like that, but I don't do publicity if I don't like the film. — Barbara Hershey Copy Share Image
A lot of directors tend to manipulate actors' vulnerability to get what they want, and that can work. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
I generally don't involve myself in giving the actors some tips on acting. At the same time, I don't do that with… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Working with [Kyle Chandler] in the scene was like playing tennis. You work with really talented actors, I think they make other… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
I've had some ambivalent feelings about being an actor. I don't know that I've ever been totally and completely comfortable with it. — Don Johnson Copy Share Image
The secret of every durable ... social system is the recasting of 'functional prerequisites' into behavioral motives for actors. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
I never contemplated. I just went in there and did my acting. I never thought, "What's the character actually feeling here? What's… — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
It was such an amazing experience to be able to spend nine days on a boat with these Greenpeace people. Some of… — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk around with a bodyguard. My goal… — Olivier Martinez Copy Share Image
Before you start production, you have characters you have created without actors in mind, then all of a sudden you've got actors.… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I think it's really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied… — Liev Schreiber Copy Share Image
You're not just writing in a vacuum, and then handing it over to someone else to shoot. You're writing, and then getting… — Summer Glau Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's a relatively passive job unless you're generating your own content or writing your own content. So to a… — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
All directors should have to act and all actors should have to direct, so that they can understand all these key things… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Great actors who I want to work with-have such a misconception of who I am because of all the things that get… — Lindsay Lohan Copy Share Image
When I write a play, my whole intent at bottom is to get the audience to be in the cast, to get… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
Gambles are the most fun because it's part of being an actor or being a creative person. It's risky only in the… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
The better the actor, the less you know about his life. I mean, nobody's better than De Niro and you don't know… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I think actors like to be directed. Actors like to know where they're headed and what they want, so I'm very encouraging. — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
I've always been a bit of an orphan, because actors say, 'Well, he's more of a dancer.' And dancers say, 'No. He's… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Most actors don't like doing still photo shoots, but I love them. I'm very comfortable, and I enjoy the clothes, looking good,… — Asin Copy Share Image
We are in constant danger of being not actors in the drama of our lives but reactors, to go where the world… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Growing up I wanted to be a mixture of Audrey Hepburn and Lucille Ball. Apparently I told my mum when I was… — Dianna Agron Copy Share Image
Nearly always when actors are approached by the beauticians, they try to avoid the dabs that the beauticians put on their faces.… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Being an actor, imitating to the point of inhabiting the lives of others, may simply be a way of continuing to do… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when I watch a movie where teenagers are played by actors that are 26 years old and look perfect, it makes… — Angourie Rice 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
When you're a lead role, I'm learning that you set a tone for the movie in a way, like a director does,… — Kit Harington Copy Share Image
There are dedicated actors and there are people now who only stay famous for putting on weight, losing it, then putting it… — Joe Dempsie Copy Share Image
With comedic actors, you can write one joke or two jokes, sample dialogue, and they have the capacity to extrapolate. — Sam Seder Copy Share Image
Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge. — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
The poor show of a film can be crucial in an actor's career. Maybe that is why some actors choose to act… — Nivin Pauly Copy Share Image
A powerful studio boss doesn't want to be bested by a woman, even in chess. And a successful agent steps on a… — Sue Mengers Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm… — Tim Robbins Copy Share Image
If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it's because I put the character first. — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
There are a lot of times where actors can be a little precious sometimes, and then it's difficult to put them in… — Joel Silver Copy Share Image
My circle of friends are not actors at all. None of them are actors, really, because they're are not available. They're always… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image