In the theatre the audience want to be surprised - but by things that they expect. — Tristan Bernard Copy Share Image
'I Was There Too' talks to people who played non-starring roles in big movies. That means the likes of comedian Jimmy Pardo,… — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
It was pretty daunting. Normally, I never go to a gym, but before we started shooting, I thought I'd better. I reckoned… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
DYT, under the direction of Paula Garfield, was my first experience of deaf performing arts and I loved my time there. It… — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
Coming off of 'Book of Mormon,' I had a lot of opportunities. I didn't want to do TV, actually. I really wanted… — Josh Gad Copy Share Image
You are [as an actor] aware that you don't want to repeat stuff, but you want to use what has worked. But… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
Most actors are either a shower of bloody scruffs or think they should dress like Hamlet off stage. — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
With directing, you have to wake up early, which stinks, but you get to hang out with the crew, you're laughing, you're… — Amy Sherman-Palladino Copy Share Image
I was always active on stage - taking part in dance competitions, skits, and plays. — Vicky Kaushal Copy Share Image
I love stage actors. There's something special about all people who have to do a performance eight shows a week, and musical… — Kelly Bishop Copy Share Image
As a director, it became important to hear that specific role read by that specific actor, and you hear the chemistry, or… — William Sadler Copy Share Image
All the difference in the world between the movies and the thrill I get out of a play at the theater. Ay,… — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, and I keep observing people and their reactions to figure out what they are thinking. There's only so much… — Preity Zinta Copy Share Image
We did a lot of stuff just in theaters and we started putting it on the Internet. — Sal Vulcano Copy Share Image
No actor wants to be typecast, so you always want to make good, careful choices. — Haaz Sleiman Copy Share Image
Actors are excused from a lot of things, and we get away with a lot... I find it equally interesting and exciting… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
I do like to go to movies. I like to be in the theater. I like the event of it. — Jane Lynch Copy Share Image
I transitioned into theater and acting when I was about 9, community theater and musicals, being, like, chorus-kid-number-78 or whatever. But I… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
Many actors will try something different once, but if it isn't a box office success they'll never do it again. In my… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
The essence of our profession is to give. What is it that we in the theater give? We give our body, voice,… — Michael Chekhov Copy Share Image
“Drama and comedy are the polite genres, founded on collectively agreed-upon ideas, perceptions and truths. But life, as subjectively experienced, is not… — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
Film has always been hard for me, I'm basically a stage actress. I never felt comfortable in front of the camera. — Blythe Danner Copy Share Image
Great actors are so easy to direct. It's like they're big 747s that you just have to move left and right, and… — Louis Leterrier Copy Share Image
I didn't necessarily set out to be in musical theater, but that's where my path has taken me, and I've been loving… — Diana DeGarmo Copy Share Image
My brother and sister were very sporty. They all did rugby. I was very into performing arts. I went to the National… — Jonathan Anderson Copy Share Image
Once I had started film, I suddenly said, 'Wow, I love it.' I moved there from New York. But I've always gone… — Jack Lemmon Copy Share Image
That's why I won't direct film or telly. I can't do those early mornings anymore. I will only direct theatre because that… — Kathy Burke Copy Share Image
They say that theater is the actor's medium, television is the writer's medium and film is the director's medium, and it's really… — Charlie Hunnam Copy Share Image
I definitely want to do more film and every video I do I think I do more and more acting in them,… — LeAnn Rimes Copy Share Image
I've always found it to be a privilege to make movies. It's a really expensive, creative medium. And people allow me to… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
We don't have drama in public schools in France. I had never taking an acting class. — Stephanie Szostak Copy Share Image
Actors are conditioned to develop a system for expressing as much as they can in the shortest amount of time because you're… — Campbell Scott Copy Share Image
I've never done theater professionally. But I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, so I did some theater there. — Luke Grimes Copy Share Image
But having said that, becoming an actor was the best decision I ever made. With its ups and downs and its craziness,… — Rasika Dugal Copy Share Image
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