Personally speaking there's only so long you can go from film to film to film. There's an inspiration an actor gets from… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
Whatever I am today is because of my directors. Without their sheer hard work on me, I wouldn't be an actor. — Madhura Naik Copy Share Image
Part of being an actor is almost self-hypnosis during those brief moments when the cameras are rolling. You want to actually believe… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
I dont want fame. I dont want that for my life. I want to grow as a person and as an actor… — Leighton Meester Copy Share Image
I think there's a limited amount of planning you can do, at least in the position I'm in. Maybe more successful actors… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
Most of the characters I'm drawn to, as an actor, are ones that are quite intensely lonely and a bit lost and… — Colin Morgan Copy Share Image
I'm just a hired actor who was hired for a particular job, but I think one of the joys of reading the… — Jeremy Northam Copy Share Image
However good an actor may be, he can't make a scene believable on his own, so it has to be a team… — Vicky Kaushal Copy Share Image
Opera is musical theatre, and the music can teach you so much about the theatre. Very often I use musical terms to… — Toni Servillo Copy Share Image
I think the novel is essentially a comic form (tragedy is for the theatre), not meaning by that full of jokes, but… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I was worried about how others viewed me and if I was good enough. I realize now that… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
Auditioning and actually acting on a set are two different things. When you audition, you're in a room and you don't have… — Adelaide Kane Copy Share Image
... the modern drama, operating through the double channel of dramatist and interpreter, affecting as it does both mind and heart,is the… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
I've got to give my brother a lot of credit because he's always introduced me to a lot of things and those… — Ed Speleers Copy Share Image
Doing [a relationship comedy] with Sam [L. Jackson] was exciting. I've done a lot of comedies with a lot of comedy people.… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
My metaphor for acting in movies - not on stage because it's completely different on stage - is to put colors on… — Scott Glenn Copy Share Image
To be a working actor in England is a life. I think it's harder in this country. Either you are a superstar… — Rebecca Eaton Copy Share Image
The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
For me, as an audience member, I'm always most engaged by serialized storytelling, so as an actor, the thing that I take… — Joshua Jackson Copy Share Image
Well as an actor I think i try to do my best and play the characters that inspire me and challenge me. — Ayesha Takia Copy Share Image
Being a TV comedian, actor, writer, columnist, and all that is quite helpful to me in acquiring wide varieties of knowledge, which… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience. — Nicholas Lea Copy Share Image
The truth is, I just love to work. I love being on set. I love being around crews. I love being around… — Jaime Ray Newman Copy Share Image
Most of the theatre work that you see in India is very verbose and the visual is whatever you can create on… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
I started really young, like 12 or 13, and then I started doing school plays. We had a really good drama department,… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Time to let go of the pointless drama, the people who create it and surround myself with people who make me laugh… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as… — Zoe Wanamaker Copy Share Image
A challenge is always important; as an actor, as a human, it's good to face challenges and it's good to push your… — Ed Speleers Copy Share Image
I've been performing my whole life. My mom signed me up for a theater program when I was five - I was… — Lilla Crawford Copy Share Image
As an actor, I function from a place of compassion and empathy - you have to believe 100 percent what your character… — Clare Bowen Copy Share Image
When an actor thinks he has arrived and become the best one, that's when your downfall starts. I will always strive to… — Tahir Raj Bhasin Copy Share Image
The reason why I like theater is because it's a long journey, and no matter what role you play, we are all… — Condola Rashad Copy Share Image
I make dark dramas, movies about people living in desperate fear who then overcome that fear and find a heroic side to… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I'm very used to being in India now and to working with actors and directors I'm comfortable with because I know them… — Jacqueline Fernandez Copy Share Image
In the theater you create a moment, but in that moment, there is a touch, a twinkle of eternity. And not just… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
As actors, we're like these vagabond artists: we have to be invited to perform, so if you don't have a choice of… — Joel Kinnaman Copy Share Image
I love the process of creating a character; someone entirely different from myself, and depicting it, either on stage or screen. — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
Typically, actors overplay jargon or toss it away in an extravagant display of casualness. Real people hit the important parts hard. — John Cho Copy Share Image
With 'The Office' and 'Extras' I've always snuck in a little bit of heart and pathos - and drama, which is fun. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I couldn't be a director because I couldn't put up with the actors. I don't have the patience. Why, I'd probably kill… — Spencer Tracy Copy Share Image
![“Doing [a relationship comedy] with Sam [L. Jackson] was exciting. I've done a lot of comedies with a lot of comedy people. My peers. I've never worked with anybody of the kind of dramatic caliber of movie actor that Sam is. It was a little bit intimidating for the first day. Or two... Or the first…” quote by Samuel L. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/samuel-l-jackson-3595_actors_doing-a-relationship-comedy-with-sam-l-j_2548724.jpg)
