Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly lighted interior sets. — John Wayne Copy Share Image
It's a performer's worst nightmare: to hurt yourself on stage and not be able to remove yourself from the stage. — Shangela Copy Share Image
Actors like me endeavour to look for great roles and portraying them to the best of our ability. At times, it's noticed;… — Manoj Bajpayee Copy Share Image
People become actors because they want to hide, and it's not easy to talk about myself. I accept that a certain responsibility… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
Kerri and I met at theatre camp when were 16 years old, which is pretty lame. The rest of us met when… — Thomas Lennon Copy Share Image
I've been for 10 years trying to make something out of my life as an actor. I've learned a lot but I… — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
When the sun sets beautifully, other beauties rise. Nature is a theatre; when one great player leaves the scene, another great player… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
The director works as an interpretive artist, but he's still an artist, so you also have to give him room to create… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady. — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Avant-garde theatre, with its distrust of the individual (that bourgeois invention), tends to go beyond [character] and the psychological approach in search… — Patrice Pavis Copy Share Image
Why not have a motivation beyond me to get to a healthy weight? Every actor does that. We're chameleons. We change; we… — Chrissy Metz Copy Share Image
The thing about being an actor is that you turn into other people. You have to hide yourself a bit in order… — Penelope Wilton Copy Share Image
Rehearsals and screening rooms are often unreliable because they can't provide the chemistry between an audience and what appears on the stage… — Gene Tierney Copy Share Image
People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are. On a certain level, everyone throws ideas into… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
I feel that in-person contact with people is the most important thing in comedy. While I'm up on stage, I can actually… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
When you are on stage you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes and you see just this black void… — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
I get stage fright with short stories. For me it feels like standup comedy: kill or die. I'm more confident when I… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
I would like to get a wider audience. With 'Tiger Zinda Hai' I reached out to Salman Khan's market, through 'Soorma' I… — Angad Bedi Copy Share Image
I try to be like a sponge when I'm around other actors, picking things up about the way they work and how… — Jodie Whittaker Copy Share Image
I was never ambitious to be a good actor. I just love doing it and I seem to be quite suited for… — Katherine Helmond Copy Share Image
If I or any other black can deliver at the box office, I'll get a lot of work. Too many young actors,… — Mario Van Peebles Copy Share Image