I had a feeling about Shakespeare's soliloquies, that there should be a real exchange between the actor and the audience. — Trevor Nunn Copy Share Image
I did theater at Spelman until I graduated from there, and I got to work with such luminous actresses as Diana Sands… — LaTanya Richardson Copy Share Image
I love performing in a good straight play as well and I'm a crossover actor, I crossover from plays to musicals, musicals… — Erica Schroeder Copy Share Image
Actors need steely determination. It's a tough profession with plenty of knocks along the way. You have to be very determined and… — Naomie Harris Copy Share Image
Actors are divas, and we all make too much noise and complain too much, so if you don't do that, it makes… — Doug Jones Copy Share Image
I think the young actor who really wants to act will find a way ... to keep at it and seize every… — John Gielgud Copy Share Image
I'm very used to stages and dressing rooms. And dare I say it, much as I like being at home, I love… — Jay Kay Copy Share Image
On stage you can get away with a lot more in the sense of emotion and truthfulness. But the camera is the… — Cindy Busby Copy Share Image
I think, as a kid, whenever you say you want to be an actor, you get discouraged, so perhaps if I had… — Colin Morgan Copy Share Image
Getting the call to be in The Goblet of Fire was like being welcomed into the most exclusive upper circle of some… — David Tennant Copy Share Image
I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I just don't think I'm special because I'm an actor and I never would. Of course I take what I do seriously… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
I think everything needs to be played real, for reality's sake, for truth. And that is the drama and the comedy. When… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
Listen, I like great actors. You can be a movie star without being a great actor - this has been proved several… — Jose Padilha Copy Share Image
I started in theatre when I was a teenager, and I sort of fell into screen acting by accident because I had… — Liv Hewson Copy Share Image
I saw 'Get On Up' about a dozen times. I went every day. Every single day, I was standing outside when the… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it. — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
I remember seeing Oliver!' when I was six and having vertigo in the theatre - I experience that even when I go… — Jonathan Bailey Copy Share Image
I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it. — Vincente Minnelli Copy Share Image
I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been… — James Denton Copy Share Image
As an actor you can always blame the director or writer for negative feedback. But as a writer, you're the reason why… — Zawe Ashton Copy Share Image
I went to Paris for a year in 1986 to study theatre; there was a lot of clowning around, buffoonery and fencing.… — Orla Brady Copy Share Image
Every actor prepares a scene in their own way. For me, it's about understanding the scenario, the room I'm going to be… — Manisha Koirala Copy Share Image
From being a silent person, I started going on stage and performing. It gave me confidence and I started liking it. When… — Ishita Dutta Copy Share Image
A very quick way to annoy me as an actor is a director trying to tell me what my character's thinking. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
One of the things I've always enjoyed is moving around and staying fit. Physicality is such a big part of being an… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
I've sort of left the theater just for little shoots here and there - little one-off series or small roles in films… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in… — Beau Bridges Copy Share Image
The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I fell into the theatre because I felt I was doing it well, and I stuck to it for the same reason. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on stage, all of that… — Rita Ora Copy Share Image
Actors really are superstitious. You can always spot a group of actors at a restaurant. They're the ones spitting on their knuckles… — Gregg Henry Copy Share Image
People want to be entertained when they watch dramas. 'Mistresses' has a mixture of escapism and reality. — Shelley Conn Copy Share Image
I wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is… — Tino Sehgal Copy Share Image
“You are acting, not being.” Strasberg explained, “I stress the difference between the actor who thinks acting is an imitation of life,… — Val Holley Copy Share Image
I would take a bed sheet and go to the cinema theatre, spread the sheet outside and lie there and 'listen' to… — Samuthirakani Copy Share Image
I have always felt that the rise of what became known as alternative comedy was born out of the loins of the… — Tony Robinson Copy Share Image
I liked Westerns for two reasons: First, it took the actor outside. They were all very physical at that time and not… — DeForest Kelley Copy Share Image
As an actor, you have to be able to put yourself into the character since your job is literally making the character… — Hafthor Bjornsson Copy Share Image
