While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I sang and played keyboard, so I was virtually a statue at the back of the stage. I'm not complaining about that;… — Christine McVie Copy Share Image
I don't know how to play myself. I'm not interested enough in myself. That's just not how I was educated. That's not… — Corey Stoll Copy Share Image
And I love non-actors. Just like I love working with children. They have spontaneity and a great energy. You're just not sure… — Asher Keddie Copy Share Image
Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a piano and a violin.… — Ethel Barrymore Copy Share Image
I must say that Bengaluru has been one of the best places where I've performed and I would love to associate with… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
I think who I am as a person on and off the stage is always kind of the same thing, but I… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
What makes an actor, I think, is a combination of a deep curiosity about life and a case of the crazies. — Nina Arianda Copy Share Image
The deaf community is in a favorable position because they have a national theatre and training groups of their own to get… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
My parents have truly gone above and beyond in not only supporting me but also encouraging me to follow my dreams. My… — Mikaela Hoover Copy Share Image
It was never my dream to be famous. I didn’t start acting to be a movie star. I started in the theater… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
The theater has fallen into the hands of real estate men and syndicates and those who have no love or interest in… — Eva Le Gallienne Copy Share Image
It's not like suddenly, when you become a working actor all your friends are in the same situation. I have friends who… — Nia Vardalos Copy Share Image
I'm persistent. In the early '60s, when I first started making the rounds in New York for theater work, I became more… — Christopher Lloyd Copy Share Image
I have been in situations where actors are treated like robots: say the lines, say it like this, we don't have time… — Nia Long Copy Share Image
Les Mis' was an amazing experience, to be in the original cast of 'Les Miserables,' and 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' God bless… — Michael Ball Copy Share Image
“His only theatre is the free show that god provides, the sky and the stars, flowers and children, mankind who's sufferings he… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I try to be straight when I communicate with my audiences through a film. I'm not sure whether I have been successful.… — Lee Yoon-ki Copy Share Image
As an actor, throughout three years, I've become more comfortable within my own skin and confident. — Laura Vandervoort Copy Share Image
The thing about being an actor is that you turn into other people. You have to hide yourself a bit in order… — Penelope Wilton Copy Share Image
I got out of college and I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State. I was working… — Peter Coyote Copy Share Image
I always loved acting. I always loved realism. I loved the theatre, specifically small audience, real-sets stuff. — Finn Cole Copy Share Image
I perform in theaters, international stages with people screaming for me, and then I go back to my hotel room, take all… — Violet Chachki Copy Share Image
Film has always been hard for me, I'm basically a stage actress. I never felt comfortable in front of the camera. — Blythe Danner Copy Share Image
When you're working with an actor who's prepared and brings it when you need it, it's just a very validating creative experience. — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
An actor is an actor is an actor. The less personality an actor has off stage the better. A blank canvas on… — Arthur Lowe Copy Share Image
In not-for-profit theater, you don't worry so much about how the audience is going to react. You want to make them absorb… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
A lot of the time, as an actor, you don't have the freedom to change what your lines are, and they can… — John Francis Daley Copy Share Image
I'm a professional singer. I have a theory that all actors want to be rock stars, and all rock stars want to… — James Corden Copy Share Image
Since age 14, I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I… — Joan Chen Copy Share Image
To me, the stage is like my living room, or my home, and when you come over to my house, I have… — Sheila E Copy Share Image
J.L. Moreno was a pioneer of twentieth-century theater and psychotherapy. A remarkable work, Impromptu Man should be required reading for therapists and… — Jeffrey K. Zeig Copy Share Image
Im a firm believer that actors take to work who they arent at home. People show their other self in their art… — Robin Tunney Copy Share Image
I love being on stage. I just wish all the musicians would like it like I do. I could stay out there… — Fats Domino Copy Share Image
I think that certain directors are better at choosing actors that match well with each other. And I have feelings about actors… — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
What we do in theatre is unlike film or any other medium. We can never really truly see the work that we… — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that. — David Carradine Copy Share Image
Theatricality - that's where you get catharsis. The Greeks went to see drama because they felt like this wasn't happening to them. — Arca Copy Share Image
The one thing that excites me as an actor is the ability to dive all the way in and immerse yourself in… — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
I also do a certain amount of talking through material on stage, to see what happens and allow interesting ideas to manifest. — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
