“George feels flattered and excited...He can't resist slipping into the role Kenny so temptingly offers him.” — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
“If you have a rifle, hanging on the wall in the first act, it should fire in the last act”.” — Constantin S Stanislavski Copy Share Image
I've spent all my life playing roles that illustrious people have played before me. — Geraldine McEwan Copy Share Image
The world is a theatre. Everyone is playing their roles. You play your role best and everything will happen appropriately. — Kshitij Roshan Copy Share Image
I love playing roles where it's not just the good guy or the bad guy. — Joshua Henry Copy Share Image
My goal is to just keep playing roles that are different from the roles I've played before. — Alicia Witt Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time playing roles that didn't really challenge me. I suppose every actor feels that way. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I can't keep myself from playing roles. The emotionless decadent, looking for diversion from boredom, is a favorite. — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
In retrospect, I've become wise in playing my roles in terms of acting techniques. But looking at my old performances when I… — Hyun Bin Copy Share Image
If I can have a career based on playing roles that are a challenge and tell an important story, and for no… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
I don't need the money after 11 years on 'Frasier,' and there aren't that many great roles onstage left for somebody my… — John Mahoney Copy Share Image
I didn't understand that playing roles in any relationship is false and will inevitably lead to the relationship's collapse. No one can… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
I don't want to be in a position where I'm playing roles I'm comfortable with and making money, but doing it without… — Rodrigo Santoro Copy Share Image
I love playing roles that are physical, absolutely love. Whether it's just that kind of basic level of physicality or whether it's… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
My first job when I got my equity card was acting in 14 plays back-to-back. Playing that many roles, you look for… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I would love to keep playing roles where I get to inspire young women, and I get to uplift them and tell… — Storm Reid Copy Share Image
With theatre, we all agree to suspend our disbelief about so many things, but not about race. It's totally OK to have… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
Our everyday self is a narrow construct...Our total self is far broader, ultimately infinite. Actors who seem to be playing themselves are… — Richard Hornby Copy Share Image
“I was the daughter of my father's wife. I spoke in a trembly voice. I became pale, ill, and more thin. I… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I've been fortunate to play many different types of characters thus far. However, I really enjoy playing roles that are different than… — Gina Holden Copy Share Image
“Playing roles and acting are forms of lying. If people act like they really feel and it rocks the boat, they are… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“A veteran, calm and assured, he pauses for a well-measured moment in the doorway of the office and then, boldly, clearly, with… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
Really, I was such a late bloomer, I really didn't learn how to be me until I was in my late '40s,… — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
When I am working, I have a great time. I joke and fool around. All those people who keep a sour face… — Arshad Warsi Copy Share Image
If you only take parts that are offered to you, you end up playing the same roles over and over again. I… — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
“Julita was being spinned like a top by a drop-dead-gorgeous Dominicano. Later she told us that he’d asked for her number and… — Isabel Lopez Copy Share Image
A lot of times I'll be playing roles for which I'm too long in the tooth, but people who go see musicals… — Ken Berry Copy Share Image
All of us are playing roles, and there's nothing wrong with playing roles because we have to live in this world -… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“Playing roles in any relationship is false and will inevitably lead to the relationship's collapse. Noone can be any one thing all… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
More and more good actors are now transmigrating into the videogame space and playing roles there because it's where my generation of… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
It's fun playing two roles. The roles provide a wonderful range of emotions. Stuart is childlike and sensitive. Adam is ruthless, outrageous.… — David Canary Copy Share Image
The matter is - we are actors playing roles [in Planet Apes] and they happen to be in this instance apes but… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I loved working with Valerie. That was the most wonderful revelation to find that when we are on a set and we're… — Mary Tyler Moore Copy Share Image
In Hollywood, you're always playing roles... It's like going through the motions. But in real life, it's like, you gotta take care… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
I think novelists, when they write their books, end up having occasionally serving a purpose and playing roles that they never really… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image