Unless an entire row of people got up in the middle of a performance and left the theater in disgust, I felt… — Jeremy Piven Copy Share Image
I would love to be a fly on the wall watching other directors and actors to see what their process is like. — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
My strength as an actor is in the theater - I know that about myself. Some actors get onstage and vanish, but… — Stacy Keach Copy Share Image
The first night you walk down to a comedy club, at least for me, I had my voice, and then I went… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
When you're a working actor and you're happy to be one, you can't focus all your energy on acting because you will… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
I'm one of those actors who is going to come in with 2,500 ideas. You can shoot down 2,499, but one of… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
The lens is the actor's best critic... showing his mind more clearly than on the stage. You can get wonderful cooperation out… — Sydney Greenstreet Copy Share Image
The subjective actress thinks of clothes only as they apply to her; the objective actress thinks of them only as they affect… — Edith Head Copy Share Image
The theater troubled her. It had a magic of its own, one that didn’t belong to her, one that wasn’t in her… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I have Janicza solely to thank for my growth as an actor because she saw in me something that other people just… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
There's something about the sci-fi genre that gets an audience interested in it, so maybe you can take some risks that you… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
You're always having to live more to fuel something new. It's an obligation to yourself and to the audience. The personal baggage… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
The experience of going to a theater and seeing a movie with a lot of people is still part of the transformational… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
If a person just takes what is socio-political and geographical from the themes of my films then that's not enough. But if… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then… — Rachael Harris Copy Share Image
If you're looking at the people who head the institutions, there are very few African Americans or people of colour. I'm talking… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
“Nature, it her most dazzling aspects or stupendous parts, is but the background and theatre of the tragedy of man” — John Morley Copy Share Image
I always call myself the luckiest actor in the world because I made a living solely as a performer from the time… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
I do understand sometimes when actors say there's no one to talk to, or you can't react to, there's truth in that,… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
The best actors in the world are the actors who don't keep the walls up all the time and allow themselves the… — Mick Garris Copy Share Image
If in an actor there appears an utter vacancy of meaning, a frigid equality, a stupid languor, a torpid apathy, the greatest… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
I do not make an effort to promote myself as a brand. I just focus on making the right choices that feel… — Kirti Kulhari Copy Share Image
So many actors who are really gifted and talented just don't get the opportunity. I happened to get that opportunity. — Margo Martindale Copy Share Image
I was never ambitious to be a good actor. I just love doing it and I seem to be quite suited for… — Katherine Helmond Copy Share Image
With the other fellow actors who have gone astray, I think it's sad that society wants to label the business as doing… — Tina Yothers Copy Share Image
I like to change characters and then, slowly I believe the audience treat me as, like an actor who can fight. It's… — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson. — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
Any actor would love to just pick up a script and be like, 'I can connect to this person, and I can… — Percelle Ascott Copy Share Image
I wasn't one of those people who went to see a play and said, 'I want to be an actor.' I fell… — Henry Czerny Copy Share Image
As actors, we are always playing other characters. It's so exhausting and time consuming to figure them out, so when you get… — Alia Bhatt Copy Share Image
I put it forth as a challenge to the industry to continue thinking of actors, regardless of sexuality, with open eyes and… — Dan Amboyer Copy Share Image
Now that I've established myself in a drama, I'm plugging away, trying to get the attention of people who do the independent… — Shemar Moore Copy Share Image
I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
Be it television, theatre, or radio, I can work in any medium. I don't want to limit myself to just movies. — Shweta Tripathi Copy Share Image
It's not a secret, but if you know what the hell you're doing, you pick good actors. And you know what makes… — Paul Morrissey Copy Share Image
So many times, when I would do a lot of retakes, I used to say sorry to my director and co-actors. — Nidhhi Agerwal Copy Share Image
As an actor, I travel around a lot and live in a lot of hotels, and many times I've been in a… — Beau Bridges Copy Share Image
When I was on Broadway, people would really just recognize me around the theater. When you're showing up on commercials and posters,… — Dan Fogler Copy Share Image
The scripts that I take should be solid in terms of content; only then will my inability as an actor not show… — Vijay Antony Copy Share Image
