I think in the old days, everybody used to act really quickly because Hollywood was built by theatre people. — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
I knew nothing about film at all. I suppose the biggest surprise is all these things. In the theatre we sort of… — Andrew Lloyd Webber Copy Share Image
In my previous profession, when I was a producer, scriptwriter and actor, I wanted to get an Oscar, I wanted to be… — Volodymyr Zelensky Copy Share Image
I realised success as an actor alone wouldn't make me happy. I needed to explore my spiritual side in more depth. — Linus Roache Copy Share Image
At NSD, I had an amazing experience learning everything from stagecraft to western drama and Shakespeare, Maxim Gorky, Anton Chekov. — Nawazuddin Siddiqui Copy Share Image
I think there's something fun about television where, as an actor, when you read the script each week, it's like how the… — Matt Barr Copy Share Image
As an actor, when you don't have a reference to pick from, you experiment, try out new things. And what comes of… — Sidharth Malhotra Copy Share Image
When I call 'Action,' I love to be surprised. And the actors I've been fortunate enough to work with always surprise me… — Zal Batmanglij Copy Share Image
My very first professional job was with a theatre company in 1965 and the first job they gave me was literally shovelling… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
I'm not an actor that tends to care. I don't ask 'Is this a close up? Is this a master? Is this… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I was extremely lucky to get this project [Brief Interviews with Hideous Men]. It was one of those things that I worked… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
“The theatre can teach us some truth, but it is the truth of the illusory nature of our existence. It can alert… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
I've been really lucky to spend some time around actors and artists I really admire. One thing I gathered from asking a… — Jason Segel Copy Share Image
There are many roles and I haven't had the opportunity to do any of them. I jokingly tell people 'Sometimes I wonder,… — Ashish Vidyarthi Copy Share Image
I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
If I have my way, I want to go start making really interactive television. Stuff where you can sit and watch real… — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
I've worked with actors who treat the first two takes like rehearsals. And that's okay. If the camera is on you and… — Alfred Molina Copy Share Image
When you go to the theater, if you're really involved in the play, you don't think about it - you're in it. — William Kraft Copy Share Image
I do think that there is an almost more old fashioned mentality to the way musical theatre people and actresses especially are… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
Now, all of a sudden, every college and every university has an opera theater. Every little city has its little group. — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
The first and most important thing you need to be creative is to relax, particularly for the actors. — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
My whole career has been a struggle for dignity and justification, to prove that I'd made the right decision to be an… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I think the challenge for an actor is always to see which parts of you you can explore and go have fun… — Ally Walker Copy Share Image
I think every actor is looking for a challenge, and to play something different, and to be a part of a project… — Hilary Duff Copy Share Image
Being a theater actor, I've done a lot of plays where I've seen someone else play the same role in another production.… — Jacki Weaver Copy Share Image
The stage has a certain discipline. But the ultimate standard is more exacting in film, because you have to see yourself and… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Sidney Poitier, who is class personified, said: 'Lou, you're a leading man because you're a good actor.' Brought tears to my eyes. — Lou Diamond Phillips Copy Share Image
The caliber of actors I'm getting to work with and learn from on a daily basis is phenomenal for me as a… — Graham Phillips Copy Share Image
I want to do drama - no one really sees that. People just think I'm the funny guy and I can't do… — Mark Indelicato Copy Share Image
I know how to be strong. I know how to be ruthless. It's part of my nature. I wouldn't be an actor… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
“That's quite a performance you gave earlier [...] I'm sure the theater lost a fine actor when you chose to devote yourself… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
It was in the Theatre St. Philippe (they has laid a temporary floor over the parquette seats) in the city we now… — George Washington Cable Copy Share Image
As an actor, I've just gotten insanely lucky. I quite like being surrounded by lots of different talented people lots of different… — Domhnall Gleeson Copy Share Image
I played the Apollo Theatre as a novelty act when I was about eight-nine-10. I'd stand in the wings in case some… — Demond Wilson Copy Share Image
There's something terribly solitary about working in movies and television, and in New York, so much of the theater is showcasing. — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really… — James MacArthur Copy Share Image
In terms of likeability, that's something that I don't think about as an actor when I approach a role. — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to… — Glenn Ford Copy Share Image
Not knowing what's happening, from script to script, as an actor and as a character, lends itself to the same tension and… — Matthew Davis Copy Share Image
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