I never thought I would actually become a professional actor. I just kept going with it. One thing led to another. — Laura Harrier Copy Share Image
You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful. — Saffron Burrows Copy Share Image
As an actor, I do not restrict myself by saying it has to be like this only. What matters in the end… — Rubina Dilaik Copy Share Image
I love musical theater. That's what I started off to do when I was 7, and my first show was 'Peter Pan.' — David Hasselhoff Copy Share Image
I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I know you hear horror stories about child actors, but I think in my family when I did start acting it was… — Ashley Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm satisfied. I am progressively making my life and my name in the surest and purest manner. If I catch on in… — Federico Garcia Lorca Copy Share Image
You have actors who begin at a certain young age and there's very little change in their technique and the depth of… — Alec Baldwin Copy Share Image
In my first few years as an actor, I took one terrible TV job after another. But even as I laughed off… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
You're playing a character in a drama who happens to be based on someone who existed. It's never going to 'be' that… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
My greatest experiences in the theatre and the most religious experiences in my life - of which going to the opera is… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
If I was discovered by anyone, it would be Stephen O'Neil, who saw me in a play at Williamstown and introduced me… — Logan Marshall-Green Copy Share Image
Actors are citizens like any other person in the country. People idolize them and follow their activities. So, our involvement in social… — Poonam Dhillon Copy Share Image
There's a tacit belief that actors shouldn't write books, they're sort of allowed to direct movies but there will be a lot… — James Franco Copy Share Image
My theater professor once said to me 'Leslie, you are capable of genuine artistry but you're the laziest actor I know. And… — Leslie Jordan Copy Share Image
As an actor, doing animation is definitely on the list of most actors because it is such a freeing, fun, different experience… — Eric Stonestreet Copy Share Image
I am an actor who doesn't believe in carrying an 'image' in the industry. I don't want to get trapped in an… — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
You've seen how actors make movies like Star Wars and stuff. They're never really there. They're in front of a green screen… — Rider Strong Copy Share Image
It's pretty rare that I watch a movie now without seeing the script in a way that I hate, where I can… — Mackenzie Davis Copy Share Image
I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed… — Laura Fraser Copy Share Image
Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV,… — Kelly Reilly Copy Share Image
They wanted me to do movies and television when I was very young, and it was a big temptation, but I really… — Barbara Sukowa Copy Share Image
There is always a producer within an actor. You just wait for the right time to start functioning as one. — Sonu Sood Copy Share Image
I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries. — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
There's something magical about theater. You can live the character every single day to the point where you become that person. — Grace Gummer Copy Share Image
I love the instant gratification of theatre - it reminds me of why I enjoy filming in the first place. — Steffan Rhodri Copy Share Image
Actors are intelligent. Yet, many of them do not communicate well. That's what makes it so hard to have a relationship with… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
I was living in Seattle. I was 21 years old, just going to do theater. And I got a call that David… — Sheryl Lee Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I… — Rooney Mara Copy Share Image
An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie. — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
When I do films, I get off-days. But, in theatre, there are back-to-back shows with non-stop rehearsals. It's too scary a thought. — Nushrat Bharucha Copy Share Image
I started doing drama after school, and it just developed into something that I did and I enjoyed very much. — Dominique McElligott Copy Share Image
The biggest quality of good actors is that they know how to respect their co-actors, whether they are as big a name… — Rasika Dugal Copy Share Image
Making movies is great. It was like love at first sight; a whole new, different business. I can see why actors love… — Nicky Jam Copy Share Image
The maddening thing is as actors of either sex, we get better as we get older, and so when you are 65,… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
I am not a master-class director. I am not a teacher. I am a coach. I dont have a methodology. Each actor… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
It's more fun to play a good character with a good director and good actors around you. That's what makes it fun,… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
It's no fun to be a struggling young actor. It's a desperate thing, no way to be happy. If you have any… — Tommy Lee Jones Copy Share Image
Whether or not I would be able to be an actor without the music I'm not sure, but I feel pretty lucky… — Tyler Hilton Copy Share Image
We will get back to the earlier, instinctive and less inhibited nature of theatre. Today, spectators are passive, but Elizabethan, Greek and… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
