Actors want to be musicians, and musicians want to be baseball players. — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's hard to get work. Sometimes you have to make do with the jobs that you get. — Colin O'Donoghue Copy Share Image
I love just being in the moment, and the most present I feel in my work is with theatre. — Tommy Dorfman Copy Share Image
I can't understand why I am always being called a 'boogie-man' type of actor. — Peter Lorre Copy Share Image
I'm not turning my back on classical theater. It's all about opportunities and timing a lot of the time when things come… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
I was never tortured over whether I wanted to become an actor. There was never another option in my mind. — Stephanie Courtney Copy Share Image
For an actor, playing one character and transitioning to a completely different one is a dream come true. — Dean Norris Copy Share Image
I'd like to think that we strive in film and theatre to tell great stories, and I believe in the power of… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
It can be tough to turn things down, but as an actor, being in demand is a nice problem to have. — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent. — Robert Brustein Copy Share Image
A lot of actors give a performance that many people connect with and they end up talking about it a lot of… — Charlie Plummer Copy Share Image
Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, 'Where have… — Macaulay Culkin Copy Share Image
I think it's important if you are an actor, if you are portraying human life, you have to connect with what is… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
“When we see plays performed on the stage, we work with a different set of standards. Hamlet is ours to picture as… — Peter Mendelsund Copy Share Image
Ever since my mother sent me to Saturday morning grammar classes when I was 7, I wanted to become a famous actor.… — Jack Gleeson Copy Share Image
It is exhilarating and dangerous to perform live. You are walking a tight rope in front of hundreds of people: anything could… — Dan Amboyer Copy Share Image
Contrary to the popular misconception, the actor is not necessarily a specialist in imitating or portraying what he knows about other people.… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
What I want is an international monument to the world's greatest playwright. It would be an attraction that would be both educational… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
As an actor the best thing you have is your imagination. You're not going to have all the experiences, but you draw… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could. — E. G. Marshall Copy Share Image
I am a trained actor and an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). — Raza Murad Copy Share Image
What I've got to do now is let them judge me for who I am as an actor and not for my… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
I like melodrama because it is situated just at the meeting point between life and theater. — Luchino Visconti Copy Share Image
I've never been trained as an actor. I'm no Phillip Seymour Hoffman or Johnny Depp. — Trace Adkins Copy Share Image
I spent so many years trying to become an actor, trying to be a person that I wasn't. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
I can't see how I'd learn to be a better actor from reading reviews. — Ebon Moss-Bachrach Copy Share Image
It gives me more breadth as an actor and as an artist to not be pigeonholed. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it. — Tony Scott Copy Share Image
People think drama drives story, but I think the comedy is really the heart and soul. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
