Every actor has a strength, and sometimes you just respond to things that you see yourself better at. I'm aware of what… — Jason Statham Copy Share Image
The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic; the actor doesn't. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Who really wants to see people causing drama just for the sake of causing drama? I think some people get caught up… — Whitney Port Copy Share Image
I don't think of an actor. I think in the character, and then I search for the actor. Usually I'm thinking without… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
If you're just an actor you're reactive. You're saying, "Well, I hope Hollywood gives me a role, or gives me a chance… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I like to have the actors do their thing. And then brief them what to do differently in take two. — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
I wish it was a little easier for an actor to later go into singing and have it be accepted, but maybe… — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
In film and television you have to be able to see the whole picture in a different way than you do on… — Renee O'Connor Copy Share Image
Actors have seven tracks going in their minds: They've got all the research they've done for the part, then they have whatever… — Tobin Bell Copy Share Image
I was able to go from stage hand to floor manager to assistant director to director in a year because there was… — Richard Lester Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, my dancing skills never came to the fore, as I got involved in acting on television, where an actor doesn't get… — Vikrant Massey Copy Share Image
As an actor, you always want to try something you haven't done before. For me, the uncomfortable zone is the one to… — Atul Kulkarni Copy Share Image
Actors are pretending for you, but they're not lying. They are not putting on a guise instead of themselves. They are finding… — Mike Mills Copy Share Image
I had worked in this New York theatre company for my first eight or nine years out of college, acting and directing… — Clark Gregg Copy Share Image
You need the actors to feel as much ownership of the performance and the direction of the story as you do to… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I'd love to venture into TV or do some gritty dramas - Guy Ritchie, that kind of thing. — Shayne Ward Copy Share Image
Having been trained as a stage actor, and then you go out there and you're on 40,000 acres and you have a… — Anson Mount Copy Share Image
I have so much respect for people in the theater. You can't do 10 or 15 takes. It's all live. It's like… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I was interning at a children's theater group in Kentucky - that was my first job out of college. I had jumped… — Timothy Simons Copy Share Image
“The stage is not real life, and the stage is not a copy of real life. Just like the statue , the… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Actors act... Their job is to become this character. And I have, in fact, seen Sam Heughan become Jamie and Caitriona Balfe… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
That's what I tell young actors. "You don't have to compromise. Go do some theater and wait for an appropriate role." — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
Film is mostly a visual medium, and so the director has much more control in terms of painting pictures and painting a… — David Lindsay-Abaire Copy Share Image
A lot of people think theatre must be much harder work than film, but anything histrionic or superfluous gets seen on camera… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
The dream of the theater for for me is that it's a room full of adults and kids. I want kids and… — Celine Sciamma Copy Share Image
I once asked Barbara Stanwyck the secret of acting. She said: 'Just be truthful - and if you can fake that, you've… — Fred MacMurray Copy Share Image
Next time I do a play, I want to go out of town. I don't like the idea of opening in New… — Jamey Sheridan Copy Share Image
As a child growing up in a grey-skied Yorkshire village, I would occasionally happen upon a Bollywood movie on the television. After… — Simon Beaufoy Copy Share Image
I really only did theater in school in college. I did summer stock a couple of times in the summer, and plays… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I think casting is everything. You get a great cast and - certainly, as happens in 'The Hour' - so many of… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
One of the excuses used for not casting culturally different actors is authenticity. But theater is not documentary. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
I have a large personal collection of pictures. For every project, I choose images. Usually I don't do this until I've done… — Christine Jones Copy Share Image
I've taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to… — David Ives Copy Share Image
I think, being an actor, part of it is also being a teacher. I think that's one of the most rewarding things… — Andrew Keenan-Bolger Copy Share Image
I never want movie theaters go away. It is the greatest time out on the town. You go out, it's a great… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
If reality had a stage door I'd hang around there to see what comes out after the show. — Russell Hoban Copy Share Image
