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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
[ 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
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
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
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'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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV… — Sylvester McCoy Copy Share Image
I’d like to be the kind of actor who is remembered for my character. You know how there are cases where even… — Jung So-min Copy Share Image
When you work with an actor, it's cool because they know what it's like to be directed themselves. Jodie directed a scene… — Laura Prepon Copy Share Image
What I say about actors is you always want to find an actor you can play ball with. You throw the ball… — Robert Knepper Copy Share Image
What actors are good at doing is walking into a situation that should make you incredibly self-conscious and frightened and doing it… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
We are not what we seem. We are more than what we seem. The actor knows that. And because the actor knows… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
Actors can be many things - vain, venal, self-serving, obnoxious, bullies - but all of the good ones are great storytellers. I… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to be a theater actor. I moved to New York after college and did some plays and… — Zachary Knighton Copy Share Image
When you're casting a movie and when you're shooting a film, the eyes are the most important feature of any performer, really.… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
You couldn't hope to make a drama and have people rewriting on the day and having the actors making suggestions, "Wouldn't it… — Declan Lowney Copy Share Image
I can talk endlessly about characters, or why someone did this or that, and what that dynamic and interaction is. I really… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
With the socialization of the health care system through institutions such as Medicaid and Medicare and the regulation of the insurance industry… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
I used to have the most visceral response to having my photo taken. I felt like instantly bursting into tears and running… — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
Having a mood disorder is not synonymous with having artistic talent, but it is true that people in the so-called creative professions-writers,… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
When the script for 'The Wrestler' kept coming to me I said, This movie is so good if you put me in… — Hulk Hogan Copy Share Image
Shooting in real-life situations helps actors because they're competing against the noise and the wind. Out of that comes things that shift… — Tony Scott Copy Share Image