“The past always wishes to play its part in the unfolding drama of life.” — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from. — Beau Bridges Copy Share Image
It was very natural for me to want to disappear into the theatre, I am really very shy. — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
I think it's my job as a young actor to watch adult actors and take tips on the way they work. — Tye Sheridan Copy Share Image
Everybody always feels that they're right even if they're wrong and that's what a whole actor's career is built around rationalizing your… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Actors have either got to play something that's close to them, or something that's the complete opposite. — Andrew Dominik Copy Share Image
I want to be a working actor; I want to do jobs that excite me and challenge me, and I want to… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
Poetry is all I write, whether for books or readings or for the National Theatre or for the opera house and concert… — Tony Harrison Copy Share Image
Shooting a new story out of order every week is a fundamentally different beast than stage work, where you tell the same… — Hale Appleman Copy Share Image
What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your… — Martin Short Copy Share Image
The ultimate aim of the training is to create an actor who can be responsible for his artistic development and achievement. — Stella Adler Copy Share Image
I can tell stories to other actors about the level of aggression on stage in the '70s between actors - it was… — Jonathan Pryce Copy Share Image
I loved my first school, Bousfield. It was near our flat and was quite a progressive, unusual place - it had an… — Tara Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
'Gangs Of Wasseypur' had two parts and 200 actors. I didn't think it would be that successful and go to international festivals.… — Huma Qureshi Copy Share Image
When you're a kid, you imagine acting to be singing and fighting and like the movies. Then you become an actor and… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
I don't think I can call myself an actress yet. I just don't think my skill level is that high. I hope… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
You never stop thinking about technique, but really, the reason we're actors is because of the sheer joy of those few moments… — Caitlin Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
We're the only band that's got real communication between the stage and the audience. People know they can come and talk to… — Captain Sensible Copy Share Image
People comment on the way that I phrase. And in my 20s, I realized, my phrasing is jazz phrasing. I don't comply… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
For me, all you want from your actor is for them to engage on a deeply emotional level with the material. If… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actor. My father inspired me since I was three years old. — Bobby Deol Copy Share Image
If an actor doesn't believe in the film, the actor doesn't promote the film. — Sajid Khan Copy Share Image
That's the great thing about being an actor, you know, you can just jump to different jobs. — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
I'm an actor and I'm able to do a lot of things and play a lot of characters. — Noah Galvin Copy Share Image
You're literally being an actor - you're pretending - and that's not what I like to do. — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image