If you spend any time on the shooting of a drama, for television or movies, it's very slow and there's a lot… — Rebecca Eaton Copy Share Image
I love people who go out and say, 'If cinema is God, then I'm the pope.' As an actor working with these… — Pilou Asbaek Copy Share Image
Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor. — Martin Donovan Copy Share Image
My interest in theatre started in high school, mostly because my dean forced me to do it. I was creating trouble in… — Michael Weston Copy Share Image
I've worked with a lot of really great actors, but it's not very often that you all bond so easily. — Madchen Amick Copy Share Image
When I am not on the stage, it is always very difficult for the public to find me! I am a private… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
Myself, I believe that black theatre continues to evolve, and the success of writers like Bola Agbaje and Rachel De-lahay is proof… — David Harewood Copy Share Image
There's a huge raft of roles that actors in our culture perform, and you can see any one of about three Hamlets… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I'm at the top, top, top of my game now. I'm so happy to be on that stage, I'm in control of… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I wasn't that great in sports. I started doing children's theater and loved it. I thought I had a great thing going… — George Newbern Copy Share Image
My first stand-up experience, like most comics, was horrible. I got booed offstage. I thought I was funnier than I was. But… — Tony Rock Copy Share Image
...no man of genuinely superior intelligence has ever been an actor. Even supposing a young man of appreciable mental powers to be… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I did 'Degrassi' for five years in Toronto, and I made the decision to quit the show to go to theatre school,… — Jake Epstein Copy Share Image
The great thing about theater is that when it's great, you'll remember it for the rest of your life. But if you… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Many theaters are tackling the multifaceted work of black writers - established and emerging. Now the next step is for them to… — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
A theatre is not a blank page for editorial, it is not a soapbox or a Tannoy system: it is a conscience… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
You have to be pretty tough to be an actor, and you have to be pretty certain what you want. You can't… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I did not want to be an actor because my whole family did it-going into the family business was the last thing… — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
I suppose, back in the day, when I was on the stage, I had nothing to lose, and I did the accents. — Michael Socha Copy Share Image
Somehow I got to be one of five or six actors that the directors would use as guinea pigs at this directing… — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
I think I arrived in this world to be creative: a performer, and an entertainer, and I channeled that through doing theater… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
“Some people are finicky about going to the theater alone, but I’m not. Because when the lights go down, the only relationship… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
As soon as you do it, actors realize there is no difference playing a performance-captured role or a live-action role. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in being a celebrity; I'm interested in being a better actor and a better director. — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
It's funny, oftentimes the really great roles that I enjoy are in classic plays, and there aren't many theatres in New York… — Laila Robins Copy Share Image
As an actor, most of the time, you only have so much say in how, what and where things go. As a… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
My college degree was in theater. But the real reason, if I have any success in that milieu, so to speak, is… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
I love to get on stage, I love to do my thing and I just get a kick outta doing it. I… — Bow Wow Copy Share Image
As an actor, I give 60 days to act in a film, but the writer takes nearly two to three years to… — Vijay Antony Copy Share Image
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one… — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image
I've been trying to make a difference as an actor. I want to play characters that move people, have them look at… — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please. — Maxine Peake Copy Share Image
I virtually grew up at Air Force bases, and when I was younger, I'd dream of wearing a uniform like my father… — Tahir Raj Bhasin Copy Share Image
The reason I'm an actor and am trying to make my way in drama is to move people, to affect people, to… — Rob James-Collier Copy Share Image
I think that ultimately what drives my decisions is if I think the opportunity is going to challenge me in a way… — Dane DeHaan Copy Share Image
I'm basically a movie actor now, and my big roles are mostly horror movies - unless I'm doing a guest star or… — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
Actors are just entertainers, even the serious ones. That's all an actor is. He's like a serious Bruce Forsyth. — Bob Hoskins Copy Share Image
Even with limited success as an actor, you usually have a more interesting life than in many other professions, so it's not… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
Nothing is forever in the Theatre. Whatever it is, it's here, it flares up, burns hot and then its gone. — Celeste Holm Copy Share Image
You get the information, and it's not your job to judge it or not judge it. You adapt, and you do it.… — Holland Roden Copy Share Image
