In 'There Will Be Blood,' my character was someone who was an actor himself almost. He had a rehearsed quality about him.… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
My mom used to take me to the theater to see the tours that would come through D.C., and I loved it.… — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. I can make anyone believe anything. I don't have to know what the hell I'm talking about. — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
We start with a rehearsal where the actors kind of bring what they think should be in the scene. But we film… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
Being cute and bubbly is also fun, but I needed to be taken seriously as an actor and I think 'Dor' did… — Ayesha Takia Copy Share Image
He[John Cassavetes] was just being an actor. A very successful actor, especially in live TV. He did many wonderful performances. — Gena Rowlands Copy Share Image
Like all independent movies, the first thing you're looking for is a name actor who will justify your financing. — Steven Shainberg Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you're doing fantasy, that's the most important thing, is to be a blank space, because the last thing you want… — Wes Bentley Copy Share Image
There is only one necessary condition for the emergence of a new theatre, that the stage and auditorium should be open to… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
I used to love, love Steve Martin. I still do... I would get these albums, and I would just listen to them… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
The biggest considerations I had were practical: how do you move such a large number of actors around a small space? So,… — Hirokazu Koreeda Copy Share Image
I wound up getting pulled into being a consultant on the Lifetime drama 'For the People.' The executive producer said, 'I want… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
I was horribly shy all through grade school and high school. But somehow I got up the nerve to audition for one… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
I have done some wonderful television, but you know, there's not as much exceptional material as there is in the theatre. So… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share Image
I've been a little disappointed in directors in America. I'm really after a theater that doesn't just deal with the actual texts… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
I think, if I hadn't grown as an actor, I wouldn't have been offered television, let alone films. — Milind Soman Copy Share Image
I'm very much the type of actor that once I embody the character, I could stay in it from the beginning to… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
I'm a writer, not an actor. I want to write rather than perform. I'm looking forward to disappearing for a while. — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
On stage, you have nothing to hide behind. It allows the work to live in a more organic place. It's almost like… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
As an actor, I need to convince the audience that the character that I'm playing is real, and the situation that this… — Ok Taec-yeon Copy Share Image
As an actor, you ask yourself what you can do to put yourself in a position where you can play that role. — Jeremy Northam Copy Share Image
I did a lot of stage plays and musicals, and my first proper acting job was on 'Holby City' when I was 15. — Lee Ryan Copy Share Image
I worked on the workshop of 'Topdog/Underdog' before it went to Broadway. My minor in school was theater, so I'm based in… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
Every time I work with real Southern actors... we immediately go into white trash, and we just get along really well within… — Lucas Till Copy Share Image
It's like playing tennis, you play a different rally with different people. Every actor is different and the chemistry between actors is… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Inspiration can come from anywhere. But I do love actors. I wish I could drop a bunch of names, but there are… — Kevin Corrigan Copy Share Image
This created world really helped me as an actor. It heightened everything, which made it more dangerous, more interesting and more liberating. — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
I've always said the theatre is my church. It's where I feel God the most. It's where I know there's a God. — Ruthie Henshall Copy Share Image
I was going to middle school in Berkley, and I did not fit in at all. Like a lot of kids, I… — Curtis Armstrong Copy Share Image
As an actor, you think to yourself, 'I want to do good work,' but you also want the work that you do… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
What changed after 'Scam' on a bigger level was the way the audience and the makers started looking at me as an… — Pratik Gandhi Copy Share Image
When I graduated from college, I thought that I would probably never be an actor because it seemed like everyone was big… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
From politics to getting replaced by another actor or not getting references, I'm done with all of it. — Sana Khan Copy Share Image
As much as I love to travel and be on stage and perform, I knew at a very young age that I… — Alyssa Edwards Copy Share Image
A lot of people say, 'What's the worst part about being an actor?' And the worst part is that you're not a… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
“All life is theatre,' he said. 'We are all actors, you and I, in a play which nobody wrote and which nobody… — Susan Cooper Copy Share Image
I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It… — Aaliyah Copy Share Image
I started to study, because I knew I had to learn a lot about myself as an actor; you can't act the… — Roddy McDowall Copy Share Image
Actors travel a lot and work long hours, and sometimes you eat at odd hours, so I have to work out to… — Sibel Kekilli Copy Share Image
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