Without sounding negative, I'm not a huge fan of a lot of stand-up. I'm more interested in an absurd kind of theater. — Harland Williams Copy Share Image
In the theatre, the actor is in total control. The director wasn't in the house last night, the designer wasn't there, the… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh… — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Copy Share Image
I'm the star of stage, screen, and television now, but I'm also available for children's parties and bar mitzvahs. — Chris Isaak Copy Share Image
They're so effusive with their love... theatre fans. I'm a big comic book fan and there's a lot of parallels with them… — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
I was never that good on stage with live improv. I was much better on film or writing something and then thinking… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I never saw an actor and thought, 'Wow, I want to be like that.' It's just I wanted it to be part… — Marc-Andre Grondin Copy Share Image
I like to go back and forth between film and theater. When I do film, I miss theater and vice versa. — Gustaf Skarsgard Copy Share Image
There are those who are value-oriented and those who are success-oriented. However shouldn't an actor deliver an image to his audience through… — Choi Si-won Copy Share Image
I couldn't have left my career as an actor on a better note than to have done a cameo in the Lost… — Mark Goddard Copy Share Image
I remember going to the audition for 'Corrie.' I wasn't an actor - what they're often looking for in these rooms is… — Joe Gilgun Copy Share Image
As you get older and you hopefully battle your own demons, you find other reasons why you want to be an actor.… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
The truth is, an actor's performance is the result of work by a lot more people than just the actor. When you… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If there's anything I know about directing, it's how to make actors comfortable. It's where I started and it's what I know,… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
All the Warner actors were real actors. They started in theater and led very straightforward lives - you never saw entourages around.… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to. — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
Hollywood was a detour, although my mother was an aristocrat from Tokyo who ran away to join the theatre, so acting is… — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Copy Share Image
Theatre is such a joy because it's a group effort. Everyone has to move in tandem. It was lovely to be able… — Sarah Goldberg Copy Share Image
All of us play different roles in our chosen career. I play the role of an actor. But I realised I am… — Ashish Vidyarthi Copy Share Image
I started my acting career in 1974 through theatre and I was also a student of the National School of Drama. — Rohini Hattangadi Copy Share Image
From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London. — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
My parents didn't take me to the theatre to see Chekhov when I was growing up - we went to see 'Francie… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
Many people say that theatre has no money, but it has been the stepping stone for the best film actors of our… — Javed Ali Copy Share Image
I acted in theater and I took film classes when I was 12 and just obsessed over it. I loved it and… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
I've made a good amount of money. I'm very happy that I can now support my theatre company and support friends and… — David Schwimmer Copy Share Image
I love exploring in a rehearsal room with other actors, scenes and you know, stuff you are scared of. — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
And I was very shy as a kid; if you sang me 'Happy Birthday,' I would cry. Quite shy. So the idea… — Cody Horn Copy Share Image
Producers and directors think they have the power, but what they think of as the weakest link, the actor, is all-powerful. — Ken Stott Copy Share Image
In an ideal world, I'd bounce between big projects and no-budget TV dramas with fantastic scripts. — David Yates Copy Share Image
I like to be in the now, now. Sometimes musicians have to wait for me to be genuine with it. As an… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
As an actor, you arrive most of the time at the last minute. You arrive at the end of the process, but… — Karine Vanasse Copy Share Image
I'd just come out of drama school, didn't get anything, had to move back in with my parents and do a night-time… — Daisy May Cooper Copy Share Image
I'd actually love to do more comedy, but what I really wanna do is an indie drama - an intense indie road-trip… — Finn Wolfhard Copy Share Image
I think, for me as an actor, if you get to a place where you're satisfied, you're happy with it, then you're… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
What's wrong with musicals now is all the gifted men who've died of AIDS-who would otherwise be here today creating great theater. — Madeline Kahn Copy Share Image
I think the job of art and drama is to hold a mirror up to those things and say, 'What do you… — Jessie Mueller Copy Share Image
The true theater, because it moves and makes use of living instruments, continues to stir up shadows where life has never ceased… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
Performing to me is the most vital, most important. It's my favorite part of all of it. I just want to be… — Alison Mosshart Copy Share Image
