Even in the tragedies, [William] Shakespeare always put in parts for the comic actors because his audience was mixed. He puts in… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I'm over the moon to play an iconic character like Ted Hastings and for my career to be defined by this role… — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
My attitude as an actor, because I'm a stage actor, is whatever the director tells you to do, you try it. You… — Anthony Heald Copy Share Image
Will Smith is one of my favorite actors, and he's also a triple threat. He successfully crossed over from music into acting. — Kat Graham Copy Share Image
A student of mine is an actor, he used to go into these interviews and sometimes not get the part. He was… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There's an honourable tradition of British actors who've gone to Hollywood playing baddies. Part of that is because we grow up with… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
The actor must be full of passion. If he's too cool he's better off as the manager of a company, not someone… — Stella Adler Copy Share Image
I have a great respect for actors like Clint Eastwood, who's a wonderful director. I think two pictures that I directed were… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
I think everyone's different but in comedy, I try to do my scene to make the director and the other actors laugh.… — Ken Jeong Copy Share Image
As actors, we have that in common that we go for slightly out-of-the-box or genre stuff. They're great when they work, but… — Jason O'Mara Copy Share Image
I am very direct and I tend to treat everyone exactly the same, which sometimes gets me in trouble because some movie… — John Landis Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're kind of aware of everything, or you try to be, so you take in certain habits or find… — Cedric Yarbrough Copy Share Image
People in the CIA, they marry each other. They're like actors! We have to travel without much warning to far-flung places, and… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I think that you can't make a movie without a script. But you also can't make movies without actors. You also can't… — John Frankenheimer Copy Share Image
Acting is one element in a film. Directing is sort of the painter using all of those elements - sound and music… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
As actors you have this trait to imitate very easily. I don't want to imitate anything or limit myself of finding this… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work. — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when… — Michael Pitt Copy Share Image
I was raised by two actors in a moment in time - the Seventies - when there was no judgment of characters,… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
I hate hearing about actors who don't like the show. There are so many actors out there who'd give their right arm… — Victoria Pratt Copy Share Image
It's the rare happening when actors get together and you have chemistry, connection, just something that works, that's bigger than what's on… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
I think a lot of actors, comedians, musicians, artists are drawn to this world, because you're allowed to excavate whatever it is… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
I've decided as an actor the only, the power I have really is in the performance. It's the only real place I… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
While great leaders may be as rare as great runners, great actors, or great painters, everyone has leadership potential, just as everyone… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
I'm always interested with other actors in what their process is, and are they still interested in acting, as opposed to being… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions. — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
I've always watched actors on the red carpet getting drunk and making idiots of themselves and now I'm happy to join their… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or… — Joan Allen Copy Share Image
Shows have asked a lot of actors to take cuts. Shows are going off the air. So okay, life goes on. — Austin Peck Copy Share Image
I think it's good for an actor to bounce between stuff on camera and stuff in theatre. If I could do half… — Richard Madden Copy Share Image
I became a guy who wanted to be a comedian someday, or a comic actor. The way I put it was, I'll… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
People recognize actors that they see regularly, like people they see on the television every week. — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
I don't blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
I feel very fortunate to be an actor on a network whose tag line is Characters Welcome and not Procedurals Welcome. — Tim DeKay Copy Share Image
I've watched people who were better actors than me disappear, and they're selling insurance now. — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a doctor when I was young. I also wanted to be a paramedic, but I always wanted to… — Christopher Parker Copy Share Image
If you say, 'You've made it,' then you kind of come to a standstill, and I don't think any actor wants to… — Jenna Ushkowitz Copy Share Image
I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because… — Helen McCrory Copy Share Image
If you say "I'm going to be an actor, but I'll get a teaching degree just in case," when things get hard,… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
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