It's a funny thing that when things happen in an actor's life, at some point it's just a performance, at another, it's… — Ashish Vidyarthi Copy Share Image
It is how you approach the role given to you, and how you relate to that character and then how you adapt… — Rajiv Menon Copy Share Image
Like every actor, you get notorious for maybe one role and then get offered a lot of similar roles. — Kit Harington Copy Share Image
The Apollo Theatre was a difficult audience, and if they didn't like you, they would let you know. Luckily, they liked me. — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
. . . life is sometimes life and sometimes only a drama, and one must learn to distinguish t'other from which . . . — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I think I started out because I was desperate for approval and acceptance and praise. Some actors never break away from that.… — Judge Reinhold Copy Share Image
I was never the class clown or anything like that. When I was growing up and doing theatre in Seattle I was… — Anna Faris Copy Share Image
All of my scenes were with Jason Isaacs. I could definitely see myself going on an adventure with him, and learning as… — A Fine Frenzy Copy Share Image
The only thing I would advise young actors to do is prepare for the amount of adversity that you're going to come… — Paulo Costanzo Copy Share Image
Although the need or demand for a lead actor and actress will never fade in the Bollywood film industry, character roles have… — Supriya Pathak Copy Share Image
If I were twenty or thirty years younger, I would start afresh in this field with the certainty of accomplishing much. But… — Eleanora Duse Copy Share Image
In rehearsals I get so completely wrapped up with the reality that's occurring on stage that by the time the play has… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
You fight for certain roles, and you realise they're being filled by television and film actors, because theatre is constantly fighting for… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting… — Archie Panjabi Copy Share Image
For me, the best experience is to get to watch all of these different actors that come to the different seasons and… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
Nothing can ever be a rule in drama, because then you're saying certain things won't ever happen, and that would be very… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
Hollywood can be brutal, inhuman, the opposite of what the theatre is, and I had little desire to be part of it. — Joyce DeWitt Copy Share Image
I did some really bad plays at a children's theater in Kentucky where I'm from and went from there. — Miles Heizer Copy Share Image
I was very interested in theatre, so my first love of fashion comes from costume, and I think that's pretty clear within… — Zac Posen Copy Share Image
Theatre is really difficult, so it's important that you have a director that kind of understands that and is really hands on. — Jimmi Simpson Copy Share Image
I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping.… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I have been doing Marathi theatre for the past 15 years. The people there are very hardworking, talented and committed. But the… — Mahesh Manjrekar Copy Share Image
Where every moment is about truth and I think it's a great challenge every night. That's what really drove me to wanting… — Deborah Cox Copy Share Image
In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors. — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career, except for when I've worked with the Coen brothers. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
When you're an actor you don't really know what you have to do until you see what you look like. — Tom Wilkinson Copy Share Image
One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able… — Hayden Christensen Copy Share Image
A lot of actors try to sabotage other actors, and that's sad because then you're never going to get that beautiful scene. — Erica Durance Copy Share Image
I've got four piercings in my left, so we've dubbed my right one the 'period drama ear.' I have to be filmed… — Jessica Brown Findlay Copy Share Image
Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
Coming back to theatre is something I'm keen to do for the rest of my life. It recharges my batteries, so to… — Dan Stevens Copy Share Image
'GLOW' was the first time that, from head to toe, I was asked to use my body in a functional, powerful way… — Betty Gilpin Copy Share Image
I can remember being very keen to go to drama school at the age of eight, and practising ballet in my bedroom… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
A lot of my training is in classical theatre; I've done a lot of classical plays in New York and also at… — Laila Robins Copy Share Image
I was born in a world of opera, theatre, films, poetry, art, and therefore, out of the wire, I made a stage.… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
I do not understand those who spend hours at the theater watching scenes between people whom they would not listen to for… — Natalie Clifford Barney Copy Share Image
I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am. — Bebe Neuwirth Copy Share Image
The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
