Nobody is the author or producer of his own life story ... somebody began it and is its subject in the twofold… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Taking on an iconic character is difficult, sure, people associate different actors with a character that you're playing, but there's something in… — Kathryn Hahn Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. I'm just a creative person. I figure if I wasn't a good writer, I'd take to renovating homes... not… — Andrea Gabriel Copy Share Image
“We are the stars of our own world and we are also actors who take small parts in the outside world, yet… — Ingrid Holm-Garibay Copy Share Image
Just like how male actors get to play varied characters, I would also like to play characters that people don't normally see… — Song Hye-kyo Copy Share Image
If you are asking whether states and state actors can only respond through revenge, then you are suggesting that diplomatic solutions are… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Many actors, I've read, are introverts, and many introverts, when socializing, feel like actors. — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
When you are working with actors who are secure, who have nothing really to prove, it gets a lot easier working with… — Ileana D'Cruz Copy Share Image
Like anything to do with trust, in any relationship it emerges and just the chemistry, vibe between two people an actor and… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it,… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
When you're still, and some actors are really brilliant at that, you bring a kind of energy to you as opposed to… — Gabriel Byrne Copy Share Image
Ultimately your job as an actor is to perform however you're being asked to perform and there's many different procedures as an… — Kurt Russell Copy Share Image
Before I made it big I worked as a dishwasher, washing dishes in this place called Dishwasher House where people could just… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
There's such a grand fraternity of actors who've played the Joker, not the least of whom is Mark Hamill, who voiced it… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
To create, I destroyed myself; I made myself external to such a degree within myself that within myself I do not exist… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
And so I've always been fascinated by the technical end of theater, and a lot of my closest friends are not actors,… — Rene Auberjonois Copy Share Image
We as actors doubt up until the last minute that we can be this person. So everything matters, the more work you… — Donnie Wahlberg Copy Share Image
Theatre is a must for actors. They should try it at least once. It makes you disciplined, teaches you to respect your… — Sushant Singh Rajput Copy Share Image
I crave the diversity because I'm an actor and it's more fun to play different types of characters, but I'm pretty spontaneous… — Kristen Bell Copy Share Image
I don't think an actor's job is to be recognized. I think an actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a… — Jeffrey Donovan Copy Share Image
If you're a musician or actor, you know that if you're successful, some level of fame goes along with that. You're prepared.… — Shawn Fanning Copy Share Image
A movie has its own fate, which often doesn’t depend on the performances of the director and actors. — Zhang Ziyi Copy Share Image
Just the dream of every aging has-been actress who slipped out in public is to work with a bunch of gay boys. — Margot Kidder Copy Share Image
Directors, like actors, get typecast. And because I've had great success with comedy and horror and TV shows, that's basically what I'm… — John Landis Copy Share Image
It occurred to me that actors are selfish, and they think that the world revolves around them. For one year, I quit,… — Jim Sarbh Copy Share Image
Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
If you make the right choice in casting, your work is nearly done already. You don't have to spend a lot of… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share Image
The genres are widening. I don't think that there's as many limitations on the kinds of projects that actors can do as… — Emile Hirsch Copy Share Image
We all know the huge problem there is with entertainment in general leaving out women. Especially as actors, we know there are… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
There's two types of character actors. There's character actors who play all different characters. Or there's actors who always play the same… — Timothy Spall Copy Share Image
It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'm looking for things that I can actually physically use… — Ioan Gruffudd Copy Share Image
But my favorite period for actors is the 70s. I think so many great movies were made in the 70s. The 90s… — Ethan Suplee Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was growing up, really. So when I decided to go to university… — Hugh Dancy Copy Share Image
I believe I am a better director than actor. I enjoy acting if the part is right. Directing comes very naturally to… — Jack White Copy Share Image
The script is the foundation, but it's not the full story for the film, which only comes alive with the actors. — Mora Stephens Copy Share Image
I think in both of those situations, it's important as an actor to learn, despite the success I had as a kid,… — Anthony Michael Hall Copy Share Image
My experience as a young actor on network television was that I couldn't make it work. I was drowning as an actor. — James Badge Dale Copy Share Image
I'm foremost an actor. I feel embarrassed being compared to the guys who really work at it. I fake it, I make… — Lloyd Bridges Copy Share Image
Actors will, in their mind, want to 'steal the scene,' and the problem is that means the scene didn't work in the… — Erica Durance Copy Share Image
