If you know what it is before you even start, it's not as interesting. Central to being an actor is pretending, and… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things I love about acting and one of the things I love the most is, here you… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
“Character isn’t something that magically appears simply by virtue of having a birthday and a describable physical identity; it is something that… — Billy Marshall-Stoneking Copy Share Image
I was not going to be an actor. I was an engineer in physics. That's what I did: I graduated with a… — Judd Hirsch Copy Share Image
My job, as an actor, is to entertain people. My contribution to society is to be a respite from everyday life. People… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
One of the good thing about theater in the states, is that the playwright we do have a say, especially in the… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
At best, the relationship between drama critic and playwright is a pretty twiggy affair. When I'm asked whom I write for, after… — Lanford Wilson Copy Share Image
Theater of Cruelty means a theater difficult and cruel for myself first of all. And, on the level of performance, it is… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
There was one element of my childhood that was really a positive asset for me. By moving a lot, I learned to… — Demi Moore Copy Share Image
I came out to Los Angeles for a couple of meetings in the summer of 2005, and I ended up getting a… — Teddy Sears Copy Share Image
It may be unfathomable in architecture, but it is very practical, or routine, for a person in theater to use action. You… — Keller Easterling Copy Share Image
I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk around with a bodyguard. My goal… — Olivier Martinez Copy Share Image
I'm still in the middle of the transition. I'm still in man-boy mode. And that won't go away for a while. But… — Shia LaBeouf Copy Share Image
Life beats down and crushes our souls and theatre reminds us that we have one. At least the type of theatre that… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share Image
You're always going to have ups and downs - if you look at the careers of a whole bunch of people I… — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
I think that for a lot of actors - especially American actors - to get line readings and to be told and… — Jon Bernthal Copy Share Image
The biggest thing about me, as an actor, is I'm never a finished product, you know? I always want to try something… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
“Sattvik actor is not egoistic. Does not have the I-am-the-doer attitude. And is free from attachment. With no preferential relationship binding him… — A. Parthasarathy Copy Share Image
“[The Greeks] went to the open-air theatre expecting the drama they saw to evoke terror and pity. Nowadays we have enough terror… — Christopher Durang Copy Share Image
I played Thersites and I remember we were also doing some places out of town before starting our run at The Old… — Matt Lucas Copy Share Image
And Paul Moravec, not being a theater person, would always trust me when I said things that I am like, "you're going… — Terry Teachout Copy Share Image
Is it not the glory of the people of America, that whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I'm still learning to be the best actor I can be, and I have a long way to go to get to… — Sean Faris Copy Share Image
The "magic if" is a tool invented by Stanislavski, the father of acting craft, is to help an actor make appropriate choices.… — Bruce Miller Copy Share Image
When I first started comedy, before I kind of gained any national prominence, I - in a weird way - went back… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
“I’ll tell everyone about our stellar apartment—though maybe I’ll bump us up to Park Slope—and about my fabulous publishing internship—I think I’ll… — Allison Parr Copy Share Image
I actually find in America, there's a slight snobbery about actors who go back and forth between big heavy dramas and popcorn… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
My abject hatred of actors and the acting world. I went to college as an actor, and halfway through, I switched to… — Christian Finnegan Copy Share Image
See, the first thing about actors is, you're just trying to get a job; and you audition and audition and you finally… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I will say they were horrified when I wanted to be an actor. It wasn't a showbiz-y family, and my parents are… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
I'm kind of the boss. I could fire myself if I ever got out of line, and I can hire myself too… — Tony Krantz Copy Share Image
I think I'm better wired for television. I love variety as far as a project. I'm easily bored and the schedule of… — Brad Garrett Copy Share Image
It was my freshman year. I was living across the hall from a girl named Kasey Klepper, whose brother, Jordan Klepper, used… — Steven Yeun Copy Share Image
Being a dancer I've got the idea that through discipline and hard work, you can develop the ability to be in a… — Thierry Mugler Copy Share Image
“it is again: that Hindu belief that all of life is maya, illusion. Once we see life as a game, no more… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
“The Greeks think they justly honor players, because they worship the gods who demand plays; the Romans, on the other hand, do… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
The only way that you can keep moving forward, finding other ways of expressing things about this increasingly complicated world that we… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
Anytime I get an acting role, I find a way to learn about something new, or heal a part of my life… — Travis Aaron Wade Copy Share Image
Being on a film set is like being in tech forever. In theater, when you finally finish rehearsing, you go onstage and… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
In my life, I didn't get into comedy to be - I had no business model. All I wanted to do was,… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
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