In film, it's up to the director to tell the story in whatever way he sees fit, and however you fit into… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
It's a fun show, BoJack Horseman to do, and that gets around. It's easy, especially for a lot of actors who don't… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
My friend and I used to put on puppet shows for our parents. I loved the whole process of it, I didn't… — Erin Daniels Copy Share Image
From daydreams on the road there was no waking. He plodded on. He could remember everything of her save her scent. Seated… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
I went to school to play sports, but I got involved in theatre in college kind of by mistake. I ended up… — Jon Bernthal Copy Share Image
“It is growing cold. Winter is putting footsteps in the meadow. What whiteness boasts that sun that comes into this wood! One… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
The theater is a baffling business, and a shockingly wasteful one when you consider that people who have proven their worth, who… — Ilka Chase Copy Share Image
An interesting difference between new and experienced stage managers is that the new stage manager thinks of running the show as the… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
The hardest thing for a film actor, especially if you are in a lot of the film, is sustaining energy for the… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
As an actor, if you step to the side and you look at [Thornton's performance] technically, and you try to imagine doing… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I started writing when I was 26, so I don't even know what year that was. I wrote a script for me… — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
“One of the thousand reasons I quit going to the theater when I was about twenty was that I resented like hell… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
I want to seduce the audience. If they can go along for a ride they wouldn't ordinarily take, or don't even know… — Paula Vogel Copy Share Image
When you go for something because you're curious about it, you get psyched up about the chance of getting into it. It's… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
When you make something, if you are a painter or a writer, a degree, or a sculptor or whatever or a musician,… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
The main key for me is to always find the truth of the character, and to find where that is and stay… — David Morrissey Copy Share Image
I mean, acting or stunts, doing my job means doing my job, and I'm loving it. It's fun to put my face… — Zoe Bell Copy Share Image
In the case of drama (stage, movies, television ), there appear to be people in almost every audience who never quite fully… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
I've really dreamed of doing television. All of us do television, coming up. But when I was coming up, television was a… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
When you're studying drama, when you're a young actor, there are simple rules about acting. "Why am I here? What prevents me… — Matthew Modine Copy Share Image
To be honest, I am not theatre-trained and though I am confident in my skill set, to do theatre requires a better-tuned… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
Listen to the stage manager and get on stage when they tell you to. No one has time for the rock star… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I fell in love with the classical crossover genre when I was on AGT. I found out that I could use the… — Barbara Padilla Copy Share Image
If I think back to every rehearsal process for every play I've ever worked on, there's just so much crying at home.… — Annie Baker Copy Share Image
“In any kind of relationship we can make the assumption that others know what we think, and we don’t have to say… — Miguel Ruiz Copy Share Image
You have two kinds of shows on Broadway - revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles.… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I think it's a great thing that women went out in droves to see Sex and the City movie. I think it's… — Debra Winger Copy Share Image
I love performing. I love doing improv. It's a totally terrifying experience, but it's something that I've always felt so strongly about… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
“I am without any doubt whatever a NON-actor. For a start, the gushing pretension of would-be actors puts me off. Ergo ego.… — Aidan Chambers Copy Share Image
I can feel how an audience is reacting when I'm on a stage, but when you are on stage, your perception is… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
The paparazzi were outside the theatre every single night, but we came up with a cunning ruse. I would wear the same… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Banks and churches and courtrooms all depend on the appurtenances of theatre. On illusion. Banks, the illusion of stability and honourable dealings… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've been a teacher all my life. I've had my own dance studio, my own acting studio for 18 years out here...… — Dee Wallace Copy Share Image
I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself. Acting for kids… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image
“Most of the low latticed windows were innocent of blinds, and to the lookers-in from outside, the inmates, gathered round the tea-table,… — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
The cast, staff, and crew of a live theater work together toward a common goal: a good performance. Thus, theater is necessarily… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
The requirements of the theatre are very great--a strong constitution, energy and unflagging purpose, charm of feature, these alone do not necessarily… — Julia Marlowe Copy Share Image
“Interestingly, this speech by Prospero does not contrast the unreality of the stage with the solid, flesh-and-blood existence of real men and… — Terry Eagleton 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
It's obvious that I must explain what I want from an actor, but I don't want to discuss everything I ask him… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
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