I got a job right out of drama school as assistant stage manager at the Bristol Old Vic. I've been lucky enough… — Prunella Scales Copy Share Image
I Googled every actor from my favorite film 'Annie.' Albert Finney was also from Manchester and he went to the Royal Academy… — Wunmi Mosaku Copy Share Image
I don’t discount a magical hand of fate. I am an actor, after all, and a Shakespearian, no less. But it can’t… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
Trust your actors. That's why I work with the same actors time and time again. I encourage them to change the dialogue… — Edward Burns Copy Share Image
Theatre owners cannot threaten actors with defamation cases and take them to court or seek compensation for losses incurred. — Radha Ravi Copy Share Image
As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get… — Stanley Tucci Copy Share Image
It's one of the functions of the theater to shock and titillate and appall, apart from entertain and delight. — Jacki Weaver Copy Share Image
Believe me, I've never trained in acting. All the fluidity, the confidence you may see on screen comes from my stage performances… — Rituparna Sengupta Copy Share Image
After all these years in the business, I really feel that actors are used. People treat actors worse than they treat children.… — Diane Ladd Copy Share Image
You can't go on stage and live - it's false all the way. I can't stand the premise of going out in… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
For me, someone like the Eddie Murphy character doesn't live anywhere; he lives on a stage and when he's not on the… — Bill Condon Copy Share Image
I was a solid C student because I was doing so many plays. I was a drama nerd, but I was also… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
Actors go into it because it gives us the chance to play people a great deal more interesting than we are, and… — Prunella Scales Copy Share Image
I never want movie theaters go away. It is the greatest time out on the town. You go out, it's a great… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
When I went to LA I was almost 30, I'd been nominated for two Tony awards, and on the New York theatre… — Patrick Wilson Copy Share Image
There's so much energy that's needed, for every stage of the process, so I don't want to do something that I'm bored… — Julian Jarrold Copy Share Image
A life filled with silly social drama and gossip indicates that a person is disconnected from purpose and lacking meaningful goals. People… — Brendon Burchard Copy Share Image
I work with actors who fit the bill. I have worked with Abhishek in 'Yuva,' 'Guru' and 'Raavan' because he was the… — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
There's that thing where every actor is like, 'I want to be the lead' and I certainly had that written on my… — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
In almost any profession, even if you're the kid of an actor, people are very supportive and want to see the next… — Dhani Harrison Copy Share Image
I like interacting with human beings, so being on stage feels like a larger version of that - kind of like throwing… — Matt Nathanson Copy Share Image
The difference - the fundamental difference between theater acting and film acting is that film acting is disjunctive. — James Lipton Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're only one little piece of the puzzle; you're fulfilling someone else's vision. If you're involved earlier on, you're… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
One of the greatest things about the theatre is how it can completely change the way you see the world around you.… — LaChanze Copy Share Image
When my father passed away, my mom didn't really know what to do and how to deal with it for me, so… — Eiza Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and… — Thandie Newton Copy Share Image
I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
I'm set to have my best year ever: I'm hiring some acts and there will be a show in the morning, in… — Mickey Gilley Copy Share Image
I'm just an actor, but if the extra part of it is that I'm helping people or people are being helped by… — Christopher Meloni Copy Share Image
I had this notion that maybe I wanted to be an actor... I thought it might be a neat career. I thought… — Luke Macfarlane Copy Share Image
I guess, deep down, there's a dark side to us. I guess that's why movie fans really love the revenge drama. We… — James Wan Copy Share Image
Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed being in the community of theater makers at university. So I started doing some performance as well and eventually,… — Emma D'Arcy Copy Share Image
I had these grand notions that I wanted to go off and be an actor... I was always roping my friends into… — Nicola Coughlan Copy Share Image
You experience the films through the actors, so they're all locked into your imagination in some kind of layer of fantasy or… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. — William James Copy Share Image
It's a really good format to have, to go back to theatre and build yourself as an actor. I think it's a… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and… — Gene Hackman Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be involved with theater or film in any way I could, either as a writer or director… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I used to be very controlling with visuals and editing, and I would pretty much craft the performances; now I have learned… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
