“Writers are like actors too. For every story we create, we must get under the skin of the characters and role play… — Jyoti Arora Copy Share Image
The comedies are not a million laughs on the set. Its business and the dramas are business as well, really. When I'm… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I'm a guy who had to perform some way. I had to perform in some way. If not as an actor, I'd… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
After dating you I realized what a real man was and you were it... its just too bad everyone after you are… — Nico Copy Share Image
The function of the actor is to make the audience imagine for the moment that real things are happening to real people. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, because I get to see other sides of life and I get to be other people and it excites… — Callum Blue Copy Share Image
My only job as an actor is to try and understand the character and, to the best of my ability, bring this… — Patrick Warburton Copy Share Image
My ambition in life is to be associated with a good film. And I feel that a writer has a more important… — Sreenivasan Copy Share Image
Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 23 - he has used his success… — Harriet Walter Copy Share Image
When you've written a script, if an actor has a question you're the writer as well as the director, so you have… — John Michael McDonagh Copy Share Image
Once I went to film school, I realized that film directing was actually much better than theater directing, because you kind of… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
I always enjoyed the feeling of being onstage - the magic that comes. When I hit the stage it’s like all of… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I changed my major to English literature, which was on the advice of my father. I finally said, "You know, Dad, to… — Keith Carradine Copy Share Image
I don't think I have reached that stage where I can evaluate my career. I still have a long way to go.… — Nivin Pauly Copy Share Image
I've been acting since I was 8 - I used to play hockey and there was a kids' theatre down the street… — Nico Tortorella Copy Share Image
You've got to remember that improvisers are writers and actors and directors all simultaneously. That's what's happening in real time because you're… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
The skill of a gifted actor, their ability to interpret and develop a character and truly bring her or him to life,… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
There is genuine healing in a beautifully crafted musical theatre song, like Stephen Sondheim's 'Losing My Mind,' or a pop music gem… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and,… — Marc Davis Copy Share Image
I had a lot of friends who dreamed of being actors, and as I hung out with them, I became more interested… — Gong Yoo Copy Share Image
I grew up in Queens and New Jersey. I started doing children's theater when I was seven to get out of school… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I haven't really written my plays and books - I've heard them. The stories are there already, singing in your genes and… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
I will accept anything in the theatre . . . provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does neither, I… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
I read about some movie where they did everything on blue screen, and the actors were not even connecting to each other. — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
I look forward to the day when indigenous actors can play Hamlet and Ophelia and not just Othello and Desdemona. — Shari Sebbens Copy Share Image
I worked hard all these years with my career to finally be on 'Love & Hip Hop' and I never got a… — Erica Mena Copy Share Image
I have been that actor who's watched peers and thought, 'God, they're doing well. I'll never get there.' — Noma Dumezweni Copy Share Image
I'd studied theater growing up and loved that, but didn't have many examples of artists around me. — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very small town and didn't realise till later that I had an adventurous side. When I went… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
There are some actors who can only play themselves, but good actors must really be separated from the people they play. — Stephen Humphrey Bogart Copy Share Image
My experience - and it might be just the kind of comedy that I do, which is usually sketch comedy - is… — Bob Odenkirk Copy Share Image
I grew up very much in a sporting background. I always wanted to be an actor, but my escapism always came in… — Bradley James Copy Share Image
I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different shit, you know what I mean? — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
I know what it's like to have a young child at the weekend and feel like there is nothing to see in… — Teri Hatcher Copy Share Image
During my theatre days, I was more comfortable doing comedy. It's such an irony. I have always played a buffoon on stage,… — Randeep Hooda Copy Share Image
I get very nervous before I get on the stage, but once I'm on the stage, I'm just, you know, me. Nothing… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
I believe in giving actors the freedom to express themselves, and adding more to whatever is written. — Arbaaz Khan Copy Share Image
