I do think that we are sometimes, as directors, guilty of portraying or asking our actors to behave in certain ways that… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I went to Princeton High School, when I was very serious about being an artist. I was in a theatre family but… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Actors are programmed to see the worst. If you're talking about an actor's TV series, you say, 'I loved you last night.'… — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
Sunday is the Academy Awards. Every time an actor says, 'I didn't expect this,' Ruth Bader Ginsburg will do a shot. — David Letterman Copy Share Image
As actors, the great thing about our career is we get to change from role to role. I don't want to be… — Anthony Mackie Copy Share Image
I'm not saying Jews should only play Jews... I personally think actors should be allowed to act. — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
It's a lot more fun for actors to cry and rant and rave, or have a drug problem or a drinking problem. — Jerry Orbach Copy Share Image
For me as an actor, it's absolutely so thrilling to hear anybody talk about the character that I play. — Jessica Pare Copy Share Image
I don't know whether it's spiritual development or trying to learn the psychologically with being an actor, but I realise the more… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
I think the writing and the casting and all of that has so much to do with actors becoming their characters. I… — Scott Michael Foster Copy Share Image
I don't want to restrict the life of a play to a particular production. The original actors might leave after the first… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
There's still a massive inequality between the genders. If you look at the trajectory of a male actor's career, there's no hesitation… — Juliet Stevenson Copy Share Image
Hollywood is the kind of town that likes to make everything larger than life: movie premieres, aging actress' lips, and murders. Actors… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
The United Nations remains our most important global actor. These days we are continuously reminded of the enormous responsibility of the Security… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
As actors, we need public relations to campaign for our next possible role, and any media promoting our work seems positive in… — Carson Grant Copy Share Image
I love voice over work. To me, voice over and animation is such an art, because you focus solely on your voice.… — Atticus Shaffer Copy Share Image
I know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don't, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that's… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
One of the most empowering things about being a self-employed actor is also one of the hardest things; I get to set… — Benjamin Stone Copy Share Image
As actors, we were fighting that tooth and nail because of fear, because language is a crutch and dialogue is a crutch,… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
Singing is like going to a party at someone else's house. Acting is like having the party at your own house. — Cher Copy Share Image
I love actors and I love to create an environment where they feel safe to connect and thrive and try things, to… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
If you watch the show and the characters don't look at each other while they're talking, the actors probably aren't getting along. — Victoria Pratt Copy Share Image
Even through my college years, I was trying out plays and shows, but I never really thought it made much sense to… — Dermot Mulroney Copy Share Image
I look at it like, I'm just a character actor. If I get cast as the stoned sidekick, fine. But I just… — Steve Zahn Copy Share Image
I would say, if we're going to see more trans people on screen, then really they don't have to be playing trans… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other… — Parker Posey Copy Share Image
Acting is a child's prerogative. Children are born to act. Usually, people grow up and out of it. Actors always seem to… — Joanne Woodward Copy Share Image
You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
I don't know why actors are just attracted to really messed up people, but it almost makes it more fun, in a… — Eliza Scanlen Copy Share Image
Actors are responsible to the people we play. I don't label or judge. I just play them as honestly and expressively and… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Everybody in the South loves the one closeted homosexual who's married. It's just too funny to not have in a movie about… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
Matt Damon is a great actor, and he's from Boston, so we've got a few things in common. I've seen him throw… — Tom Brady Copy Share Image
Actors, I have to say, most of the time, they elevate things; they don't screw things up most of the time. — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
As an actor, one is so appreciative when one is working. I think I am lucky that I have the opportunity to… — Andrew Garfield Copy Share Image
Acting is collaborative because you are working with another actor, and it's almost like a two-man juggling team. You have to really… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I do tend to like movies that challenge me professionally. That's mostly on a smaller scale, when you have one or two… — Ayelet Zurer Copy Share Image
The big issue with rock stars becoming actors is that sometimes it's not believable, and vice versa with actors becoming rock stars.… — Larry Mullen, Jr Copy Share Image
When I was an actor, I was part of a team, which I loved. You are a part inside something which is… — Ross Kemp Copy Share Image
The challenge for me is still to do something that hasn't been beaten into the movie going consciousness. Otherwise what am I… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
I love to choose the right actors. It's kind of a pleasure to work with them and watch them imbue your concepts… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
