I went to school, majored in theatre, and said 'Mom, I have to choose my own destiny. I want to be an… — Arsenio Hall Copy Share Image
Actors use who they are to be someone else, but I would hate to ever think I'm playing myself. It's imagining being… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
You're in a very nice position as an actor when you're portraying a piece of history that actually happened and portraying characters… — Jamie Dornan Copy Share Image
Obviously with the onset of cable and satellite, there are more opportunities for programming and original programming, so it creates more opportunities… — Anthony Michael Hall Copy Share Image
In all my documentaries I did all the camera work, but in fiction I didn't want to do it myself. I think… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
I had great parents, and they trained me well and instilled great values in me. They also taught me common sense about… — Ken Osmond Copy Share Image
When you say '90210,' everyone knows what you're talking about. So why not make use of that? And they certainly have. I… — Jason Priestley Copy Share Image
I think London is made up of tiny little pockets and villages, and lots of little sub-cultures. So, especially for an actor,… — Scarlett Alice Johnson Copy Share Image
In a personal way, to do with family and the father-son relationship, in a kind of artistic way with regard to him… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
When you're a child you're able to assimilate so easily into any situation. You even start talking like the people you're around.… — Vincent D'Onofrio Copy Share Image
I think for most actors, because we sort of have to tell ourselves this, we always say, 'Oh, it doesn't mean anything… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
That's why I don't understand why actors become arrogant and are completely unapproachable - because as an actor, the most valuable thing… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it. Actually, when I did… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
“Press conference [on the movie Carrington ] yielded the usual crop of daftness. I've been asked if I related personally to Carrington's… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
I certainly direct with confidence even if I'm not confident. I learned early on as an actor that confidence can be faked,… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
And I don't know where to find Ashley Danfield and all the other lovely commentators who show me live courtroom trials. To… — Debra Messing Copy Share Image
The word 'ego' is very important. The ego is an important element of being human, and of being creative. We need that… — George Ogilvie Copy Share Image
I am good when there is something central about the character. There is always a human theme I attach myself to. I… — Brad Dourif Copy Share Image
I come from a very expressive family, so it's really not surprising that we became actors. There was a lot of real-life… — John Turturro Copy Share Image
When you first start out as an actor, you're just looking for a good part. As time goes on, if you're being… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I feel that I'd rather know an actors' work, or have an instinct about them and sit down and have coffee with… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
I think early on it's important to put that at the back of your mind and make your own choices. Sometimes you… — Jacki Weaver Copy Share Image
On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene, but you need them… — Adrian Hodges Copy Share Image
Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and dancing around as a kid, ... That's… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I don't come to work as an actor. There are many directors who can direct without ever having acted and do a… — Abdellatif Kechiche Copy Share Image
One of the things I noticed about the world was - it's funny, in the movie business, you meet a kind of… — Steven Conrad Copy Share Image
I've always just simply seen myself as an actor. And I believe that it serves me well to just think in terms… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
It's great to have people to bounce off and I love working with people my age. I think young actors have such… — Kaya Scodelario Copy Share Image
There are tons of actors and actresses I admire. But I really admire Jennifer Lawrence because she has won awards and made… — Isabela Moner Copy Share Image
You really have to get out of an actor's head to write because actors only care about their part and it revolves… — Grant Heslov Copy Share Image
Actors, their greatest tool, their greatest resource is imagination. You can take things, power objects, you can recruit your dreams, you can… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
I don't really have a method or a technical process. I studied [Sanford] Meisner, and that's the thing that really works for… — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
If you know why someone is doing what they're doing, why they're behaving the way they are, then that's your job to… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
There are directors, and I think this is true of all directors, it would be true if I was a director -… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an actor,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Everyone always tells you that you're the only one that can do this or that role right, and if you say no,… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I got on Twitter because it was a way to express guitar and surfing, and who I was, but now - it's… — Brenton Thwaites Copy Share Image
My career was full of struggles and dreams, disappointments and peaks and valleys. But there was no Twitter, no Facebook or TMZ.… — Ricky Schroder Copy Share Image
I'm really not an actor of any kind. I've always seen myself as an entertainer, someone who makes people laugh. That's all… — Tom Baker Copy Share Image
I've been drawing since I could hold a pencil. I've got many ideas that are still to be drawn out, but the… — Jade Hassoune Copy Share Image
![“Press conference [on the movie Carrington ] yielded the usual crop of daftness. I've been asked if I related personally to Carrington's tortured relationship with sex and replied that no, not really, I'd had a very pleasant time since I was fifteen. This elicited very disapproving copy from the…” quote by Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/emma-thompson-3232_actors_press-conference-on-the-movie-carrington_985993.jpg)
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