There is a certain creative liberty an actor or a director is allowed to take. — Shefali Shah Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be a big star. I wanted to be a really good actor. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I only want to use my status as a comic actor to bring about a difference to society. — Karunas Copy Share Image
Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
I can remember being very keen to go to drama school at the age of eight, and practising ballet in my bedroom… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
'GLOW' was the first time that, from head to toe, I was asked to use my body in a functional, powerful way… — Betty Gilpin Copy Share Image
I was born in a world of opera, theatre, films, poetry, art, and therefore, out of the wire, I made a stage.… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
A lot of my training is in classical theatre; I've done a lot of classical plays in New York and also at… — Laila Robins Copy Share Image
I do not understand those who spend hours at the theater watching scenes between people whom they would not listen to for… — Natalie Clifford Barney Copy Share Image
I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am. — Bebe Neuwirth Copy Share Image
The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic. The words for me are secondary, but… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
The reality is that there are so few roles out there for women and for women of color, and I'm a character… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that they can talk of nothing else under the… — Christy Mathewson Copy Share Image
If I could, I want to take a page from the George Clooney-like actors of the world. They do things that are… — Alona Tal Copy Share Image
It's not as though there aren't many, many art works and many other cultures, but there was something special about the civic… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
People don't realise what a nice thing it is for an actor to go to a job where they know or like… — Katherine Parkinson Copy Share Image
For early plays of mine, I started with character. But I think that's because I hadn't been in theaters; I hadn't worked… — Annie Baker Copy Share Image
I like dramas and stuff. That's what I watch, but it seems weird that I'd be in it. — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
Becoming an actor let me escape the me that I had in my heart, which was I'm a loser. — Trudie Styler Copy Share Image
I made my first foray into acting with a Bengali film 'Gane Bhuban Bhariye Debo.' — Kumar Sanu Copy Share Image
I've been doing a lot of drama, but I feel like comedy is my strength. — Taraji P. Henson Copy Share Image
Going on stage is always a process that causes anxiety and nervousness. — Lesley Sharp Copy Share Image
Who I am on stage is just an amped up version of who I am in real life. — Russell Peters Copy Share Image
As you grow, you keep working on your craft and keep getting better as an actor. — Harshvardhan Kapoor Copy Share Image
For me, a film is a film, and I just want to be part of good stories to grow as an actor. — Vicky Kaushal Copy Share Image
I think like an actor when I'm acting, and I think like a director when I'm directing. — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as an actor. I just happen to be a guy who acted in a movie. — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for? — Sakshi Tanwar Copy Share Image
