With everything you do as an actor, you obviously know the full story. But the person watching it doesn't, necessarily. So, you… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
We don't want bores in the theatre. We don't want standardised acting, standard actors with standard-shaped legs. Acting needs everybody, cripples, dwarfs… — Sybil Thorndike Copy Share Image
genius is original, unique; and in whatever form it may develop itself is the greatest gift that can be given to man,… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik Copy Share Image
After the war, there was no industry. We lost the war. We had our whole city destroyed. No money. No studio. No… — Dino De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
I have definitely noticed that I care less about certain things. Other actors are like: "You can't do that", or "You can't… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
The Grand Ole Opry, to a country singer, is what Yankee Stadium is to a baseball player. Broadway to an actor. It's… — Bill Anderson Copy Share Image
The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
“I was sure that none of the other wonderful actors I had met for this role would have such truthfulness, would have… — Gavin Edwards Copy Share Image
There should always be that leeway because if you think of your character as sort of absolutely fixed, then you just try… — Lenny Abrahamson Copy Share Image
On a lot of shows that I've done, we had the same directors, which was cool. But then, it's also great to… — Laura Prepon Copy Share Image
I had been working predominantly and steadily as a dancer, so after awhile, you don't have to audition. I was just in… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
I felt a certain modicum of success because I had been paid well to be an actor for the first time in… — Chris Carmack Copy Share Image
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A part of being an actor is I people watch. I like to observe their behaviour, watch their reactions on the street… — Javier Bardem Copy Share Image
As actors, the magic is in the almost spiritual experience to really enter another world, to really enter a belief of being… — Karen Allen Copy Share Image
I really trust the authenticity of real people and my job is to get them to be themselves in front of the… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I've learned that if you can keep it calm and keep it fun and loose, then that allows for ideas from the… — Will Packer Copy Share Image
My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
You know, some actors, all of their potential is in their youth, and when that passes, their qualities of as an actor… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Some actors specialize in shooting weapons and punching people. Some have the market on playing buffoons cornered, others specialize in roles that… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
I suppose in our culture - in our lifetime - we've always enjoyed people who tell it straight. We like our presidents,… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
The actor's physical type is the main consideration. It isn't and shouldn't be. Does the actor "look the part"? It is the… — Harold Clurman Copy Share Image
I agree when others say I am underrated as an actor... When you give super-hit films, then only you are considered as… — Shahid Kapoor Copy Share Image
To be an actor you have to have a certain amount of madness in you. That’s why, when people meet you and… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
The West has never been all of the world that matters. The West has not been the only actor on the stage… — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
[ Being director] is really reassuring to me that it's just about who is right for that role and less about if… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
You can always tell when an actor has grown a 'rhino skin' to protect themselves. It comes across on screen, and they… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
I have visions and ideas about different things. Other actors just inspire you, so writing is something I would love to do… — Emayatzy E. Corinealdi Copy Share Image
This is not the 19th century, where actors are expected to play completely opposite roles. We're not typecast, but we're brought in… — Kate Mulgrew Copy Share Image
Whether I'm writing the script, or someone else writes the initial draft, I'm always an actor's director first. I always try to… — Dito Montiel Copy Share Image
I worked for 20 directors as a production designer, most male. I was on the set to witness firsthand a range of… — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do… — Kristen Bell Copy Share Image
I've been shocked by film actors - 25 and under - having such confidence and cockiness to rewrite a scene. My background… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
Those titles, Executive Producer or actor, are unimportant. I always try to approach my role as an artist. The first thing you… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
There's more substance in my prose and my poetry than in all my films together. Writing is a more direct way of… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
'The Walking Dead' was my favorite show before I even auditioned for it. That's every actor's dream, to be on a show… — Josh McDermitt Copy Share Image
The comic is today's western, so many movies, and I think that if actors want to optimize their longevity, it's important for… — Erin Gray Copy Share Image
You do sometimes watch performances and just think, 'I may as well give up. I won't reach that. I may as well… — Tom Mison Copy Share Image
Teller contended, not implausibly, that hydrogen bombs keep the peace, or at least prevent thermonuclear war, because the consequences of warfare between… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Many a play is like a painted backdrop, something to be looked at from the front. An Ibsen play is like a… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image