Going on stage is always a process that causes anxiety and nervousness. — Lesley Sharp 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
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
Theatres that are stuffed to the gunnels leave me feeling rather peaceful - that's when things are going right. When you're playing… — Jamie Parker Copy Share Image
My fondness for extended monologue might have been encouraged by two decades of writing stage and radio dramas. — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
As an actor in the theater you're taught that you never play a bad guy. You have to love who you are.… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
So to answer your question, Im not entirely sure how I ended up where I am today, in the sense that nobody… — Hugh Dancy Copy Share Image
Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills. — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone. — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
It's what actors call a big, juicy part, when you're a leading man. I don't get a lot of those. I get… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I've been very passionate about storytelling ever since I was a kid. I really don't remember a time when I didn't want… — Inbar Lavi Copy Share Image
I want to get out of the way of the actors. I want to get out of their eye lines. I want… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
When I was in theater I was forever trying to inhabit a space which puts yourself under the microscope as an actor… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I think it… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
The critic is genius at one remove; he is not unlike an actor on the stage, and incarnates in his mind, as… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
It's easier for me to get comedies made because of my track record. Everybody needs to find their niche. I love dramas,… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
Four hours it takes to film for one hour of show, inside the actor's studio. There was a guy in the front… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
I wanted to go to drama school really badly, but I'd never been to a theatre. I had no knowledge of Shakespeare.… — Jamie Demetriou 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
I only want to use my status as a comic actor to bring about a difference to society. — Karunas 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
Directing teenage actors is like juggling jars of nitro-glycerine: exhilarating and dangerous. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
There is a certain creative liberty an actor or a director is allowed to take. — Shefali Shah Copy Share Image
You look for those actors or actresses that fit the personality to populate the film. — Yuen Woo-ping Copy Share Image
I was on the verge of quitting… The Acting Center actually saved me as an actor. — Cady McClain Copy Share Image
I'm a working actor, so I do pretty much whatever comes along because it's my job. — Katharine Isabelle Copy Share Image
When you are an actor, you bring a tool in your craft but you are not that person. — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
I always felt like acting was something I could just do if I wanted, which was wrong. — Rupert Penry-Jones Copy Share Image
