Something always made me save myself. Either the Betty Ford Center or going onstage to perform in the theater when many people… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
The theater is necessary. Dance is necessary. Song is necessary. The arts are necessary- they are a necessary part of our lives — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was never a hugely successful theatre designer. I painted a lot of scenery and did the lighting, and my lighting business… — Kevin McCloud Copy Share Image
There's something that happens whenever I see a brilliant show, where I just want to get up on stage. — Adrian Lester Copy Share Image
I believe that actors should be open to breaking stereotypes and television has now a lot to offer. So, being typecast is… — Vatsal Sheth Copy Share Image
I went to college and stage school, and thought about acting, but... I just don't like actors very much! They're not as… — Martha Wainwright Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be involved with theater or film in any way I could, either as a writer or director… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I used to be very controlling with visuals and editing, and I would pretty much craft the performances; now I have learned… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
There's one thing better than having a great actor, and that's having a great actor who's never done this kind of role… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
Every once and a while somebody writes a script, but even regardless of what age you are, most of the actors would… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have little movies that I've made that I wish would be seen by a larger audience. I have a horror… — Robert Picardo Copy Share Image
“If you're going to be a fucking rock star go be one. People don't want to see the guy next door on… — Lemmy Kilmister Copy Share Image
I like the idea of going to university and studying. I didn't do it because it was a back-up plan. In some… — Yasmin Paige Copy Share Image
I feel like, in acting classes, you'll get up sometimes; that's just the most vulnerable position you can be in. You're among… — Katie Cassidy Copy Share Image
My first professional set was 2014, and it was for a show called 'Bob Servant' for BBC Scotland. I was working in… — Ncuti Gatwa Copy Share Image
There were certain young actors I had trained with at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art who had always got the big… — David Warner Copy Share Image
The best actors are the ones who can live their whole lives and never tell that certain somebody how much they hate… — Charlie Anders Copy Share Image
The world that you see is like a motion picture. We are engrossed in a film and we have forgotten that we're… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I never envisioned being a rock star. I envisioned the stage. I would draw and draw and draw the stage, or the… — Bret Michaels Copy Share Image
Acting while I'm singing just kind of happened because I'm a hambone at heart, I guess. And I'm a Gemini - I've… — Diana DeGarmo Copy Share Image
First and foremost, at drama school it gets drilled into you that you say yes to anything. If they say, can you… — Ncuti Gatwa Copy Share Image
Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed being in the community of theater makers at university. So I started doing some performance as well and eventually,… — Emma D'Arcy Copy Share Image
I had these grand notions that I wanted to go off and be an actor... I was always roping my friends into… — Nicola Coughlan Copy Share Image
Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. — William James Copy Share Image
You experience the films through the actors, so they're all locked into your imagination in some kind of layer of fantasy or… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
It's a really good format to have, to go back to theatre and build yourself as an actor. I think it's a… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and… — Gene Hackman Copy Share Image
The difference - the fundamental difference between theater acting and film acting is that film acting is disjunctive. — James Lipton Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're only one little piece of the puzzle; you're fulfilling someone else's vision. If you're involved earlier on, you're… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
One of the greatest things about the theatre is how it can completely change the way you see the world around you.… — LaChanze Copy Share Image
I'm set to have my best year ever: I'm hiring some acts and there will be a show in the morning, in… — Mickey Gilley Copy Share Image
I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and… — Thandie Newton Copy Share Image
I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
When my father passed away, my mom didn't really know what to do and how to deal with it for me, so… — Eiza Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I guess, deep down, there's a dark side to us. I guess that's why movie fans really love the revenge drama. We… — James Wan Copy Share Image
I had this notion that maybe I wanted to be an actor... I thought it might be a neat career. I thought… — Luke Macfarlane Copy Share Image
I'm just an actor, but if the extra part of it is that I'm helping people or people are being helped by… — Christopher Meloni Copy Share Image
As an actor, you spend years getting ready for an opportunity to arise, and when it does, you're ready for it. — Alex Sharp Copy Share Image
The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.' — Will Smith Copy Share Image
