What justifies a character singing one idea for 3 minutes on the screen? I get impatient and want the story to carry… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
For film and theater, you know how the story starts; you know how the story ends. With TV, you don't. It's literally… — Costa Ronin Copy Share Image
What you want, as an actor, is a great leader. I can't bear it when I work with a director who is… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
I'm always saying I won't get involved with an actor again, but then I realize how silly that is. The men I… — Kathryn Harrold Copy Share Image
It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I did ballet and gymnastics, and then I started acting when I was eight - just doing amateur theater at a place… — Olivia Cooke Copy Share Image
I really only did theater in school in college. I did summer stock a couple of times in the summer, and plays… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
There are certain storylines I shouldn't have done, there are certain actors I shouldn't have cast - guest stars, I mean. — Marc Cherry Copy Share Image
I think that the wonderful advantage we have in the film of being able to cast a girl as young as Emmy… — Andrew Lloyd Webber Copy Share Image
The goal for me is always to have the opportunity to work in different genres. This is a great and exciting time… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm a natural born show off. I love performing, and at school we had a really good music scene and an even… — Al Murray Copy Share Image
The rules I sort of live by for my theater career, which I hope to live for my film career, is that… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
I don't call myself a method actor, but the thing is, when you meet Reynolds Woodcock, who is always Reynolds Woodcock, you… — Vicky Krieps Copy Share Image
It's Will Ferrell, he does Will Ferrell movies. But if you really look at it, he tries to do something different with… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
I was on the lookout for something different, as I was exhausted with the fiction space. When I was asked to host… — Ashish Sharma Copy Share Image
In an ideal world, I'd bounce between big projects and no-budget TV dramas with fantastic scripts. A lot of Hollywood films tend… — David Yates Copy Share Image
The Smith Center is a theater where you want to keep the lights on. The acoustics are amazing, and this is a… — Ace Young Copy Share Image
In order to be able to work with somebody in acting, you've first got to think that person's a good actor before… — Tim DeKay Copy Share Image
I'm going to be a better actor, or I'm going to try to be a better actor. I'm going to try to… — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image
Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story… — Aaron Stanford Copy Share Image
A piece of advice I would give to young actors - hang on to your family, and hang on to your reality… — Lorna Luft Copy Share Image
Being an actor, you have to be versatile, and open to all kinds of roles, be it positive or one with grey… — Sanjeeda Sheikh Copy Share Image
I want to always break stereotypes. It is fulfilling as an actor to be able to do that, especially when you see… — Bhumi Pednekar Copy Share Image
Being an actor is like winning the lottery. It's not really about your talent, it's right time, right place, right face. — Vincent Kartheiser Copy Share Image
The stage is life, music, beautiful girls, legs, breasts, not talk or intellectualism or dried-up academics. — Harold Clurman Copy Share Image
As an actor, you always want to try something you haven't done before. For me, the uncomfortable zone is the one to… — Atul Kulkarni Copy Share Image
It is often difficult to watch yourself onscreen, especially 60-feet high. As an actor, it is an uncomfortable experience. — Chris Hemsworth Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for any actor to eventually produce, and create the projects they want to create. I believe it's… — Michael Eklund Copy Share Image
It's nice because success has allowed me to have a blast on stage, to be in the studio with amazing people, but… — David Guetta Copy Share Image
I feel it's very important for an actor to believe in the character that he/she is playing and do full justice to… — Jasmin Bhasin Copy Share Image
Actors always want you to believe something else even though that's the truth and to do that well it's almost a dying… — Debra Winger Copy Share Image
Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said. — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
It was tough: I had to kiss a man, and I got a mixed reaction from the black community. But I have… — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
When you have an actor on set who is playing themselves in a movie that is about the most cathartic, most traumatizing… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Actors are limited by their appearance and while it has cost me some roles, it has got me some very important roles… — Kabir Bedi Copy Share Image
It's tricky playing people that you don't like and finding a way to empathise with them. It's challenging and very exciting for… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
I like dramas because there's a big overlap between film and fiction, so I feel relatively qualified to talk about plot and… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
“What is the stage? It's a place, baby, you know, where people play at being serious, a place where they act comedies.… — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image
In film and television you have to be able to see the whole picture in a different way than you do on… — Renee O'Connor Copy Share Image
