I believe people leave a theater bonding with characters. Story is the vessel that carries character. Comedy is a very important component… — Chris Meledandri Copy Share Image
I'd love it if doors open for me in America. There are directors I'd love to work with there. I'll always do… — Lesley Manville Copy Share Image
When somebody mentions that I did a play with George C. Scott, I'm like, it can't have happened. What was I doing… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
More than good co-actors, if you have understanding co-actors, it becomes easier to relate with them. Many actors become insecure and get… — Jaideep Ahlawat Copy Share Image
Working on a soap opera is such good training for the novice actor. No rehearsal, 120 pages of dialogue per week, and… — Dylan Bruce Copy Share Image
I know there are actors who won't kiss on screen, and I respect that, but I don't have any rules like that.… — Parineeti Chopra Copy Share Image
Acting time is like flight time: You can work on a simulator, you can rehearse, but unless you're really in front of… — John Kapelos Copy Share Image
I was the first one to allow a projectile to come off of the stage and into the audience. And I kind… — Gallagher Copy Share Image
What I learned through my research is that the word 'actor,' specifically in reference to those who performed in plays, came about… — Asia Kate Dillon Copy Share Image
My performances in auditions were so inept that I hardly got any jobs in film or TV. I just could not learn… — Charley Boorman Copy Share Image
Fortunately, I never had to do the waiter thing. When I got out of college, I immediately started to teach acting. One… — Bill Nunn Copy Share Image
I auditioned for a community theater-slash-professional production of Oliver Twist in Union City when I was 11 because my cousin wanted to… — Carlo Alban Copy Share Image
Theatre has been a sort of hobby. I regret that I am not active, but given my job that is difficult. But… — Ronnie Screwvala Copy Share Image
There are some actors who are very good at developing things, who have... 'things in the pipeline.' I am abysmal at that… — James Spader Copy Share Image
It certainly helps, I think, with some actors to understand the process of acting. You see what extraordinary pressure they're under, there's… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
With comedy, it's a combination of knowing the comedic beat was good - it made you laugh, it made people on the… — Chris Pratt Copy Share Image
I face the camera every day as a student as there is a lot to learn. You become an actor when you… — Suniel Shetty Copy Share Image
I don't really like to work with actors that work a lot and are very well established already. In a way, I… — Maiwenn Copy Share Image
I believe that you become a better actor only when you work with people far better than you are. — Rana Daggubati Copy Share Image
You go on a million auditions anyway as an actor, and one out of a hundred, you get. It's a hard life,… — Morena Baccarin Copy Share Image
Drama, drama, drama with tons of victim scripts Shakespeare said the worlds a stage isn't it time for a new script. — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
I'm interested in human nature. That's why I chose to become an actor. Whatever people are struggling with, the struggle is often… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
There are so many things that I would love to do. I'd love to do a drama. I just enjoy doing very… — Elodie Yung Copy Share Image
Theatre is a form of knowledge; it should and can also be a means of transforming society. Theatre can help us build… — Augusto Boal Copy Share Image
I was never one of those actors who believed, 'I'm so gonna be an ingenue.' I already knew that wasn't gonna happen,… — Keala Settle Copy Share Image
I'd always liked the idea that drama acts at its best as a kind of arena for debate, not just about the… — Jeremy Northam Copy Share Image
In the business of acting, those are the actors that make the trains run on time, you know? There's nothing without them. — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
If you look at vaudeville in theaters vamping between acts, it was always jokes written and banter in the moment. — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
Mum got me involved in every activity under the sun - singing, dancing and drama classes at the Anna Scher theatre school. — Zawe Ashton Copy Share Image
I always say that I can play sort of six variations on one girl, all of whom are a variation on me.… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
It’s one of the most enjoyable experiences. To me, it’s theater. Immediate reaction, the second it’s done. I get to be in… — Orlando Jones Copy Share Image
Most of the time, actors respond to the thing thats so far from who they are. We all want to play the… — Marc Blucas Copy Share Image
When characters have different goals and are intent on achieving them, conflict results. If the stakes are high and both sides are… — James N. Frey Copy Share Image
That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it… — Joan Armatrading Copy Share Image
It's definitely one of those things when you decide to be an actor that it would be really cool to be in… — Emily Kinney Copy Share Image
I came up with the Vic Reeves character for a stage project and people presume that's my name, even when I do… — Vic Reeves Copy Share Image
People don't think of genres anymore. The script is all that matters. And as long as it appeals to my sensibilities as… — Abhay Deol Copy Share Image
My first professional job was appearing in a disastrous theatre production of Oh, What a Lovely War in Leicester Rep, shortly after… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative. — Joe Pantoliano Copy Share Image
I have stopped making career plans; they never seem to work out for me. So, I'm going with the flow, enjoying each… — Sanya Malhotra Copy Share Image
