I like the stage lights to be bright so I can't see people because I will inevitably only see the ones who… — Michael McIntyre Copy Share Image
You need to be as clean of a slate as you can be, as an actor. You have to try to be… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
It's funny because all through the '80s I didn't do TV and movies very much. I prided myself that I was making… — Charles Kimbrough Copy Share Image
An actor's life is the shadow of a cloud, the echo of a sound, the memory of a dream, nothing come of… — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
A movie moment in a theatre would never be comparable to the same movie moment elsewhere no matter how cheap the big… — Anubhav Sinha Copy Share Image
I always thought moving to New York would mean starting over in theater, because I had great work in Chicago and didn't… — Jessie Mueller Copy Share Image
Relentlessly pursue perfection knowing we won't catch it, but in the process we'll achieve excellence. — Vince Lombardi Copy Share Image
I don't just act, and that's really important to me. I don't want to just be an actor forever. I want to… — Ansel Elgort Copy Share Image
I never consciously said, 'I want to be an actor.' It sounds stupid, but it's kind of like being a painter or… — Franka Potente Copy Share Image
I look at my early career, and you know, when I left drama school, for a young Asian actor, you could either… — Kayvan Novak Copy Share Image
I think all actors want to change. When you do something many times, over and over, you want to do something fresh.… — Jet Li Copy Share Image
American theatre, to me, represents zeroing down on what the need is to get inside the personal hearts of people. I think… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
In my early childhood, I was a performer by nature. I used to do puppet shows as a kid and entertain kids… — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
Virtually all my conscious life I had been involved in theatre - I had been a child actor - but as a… — Tony Robinson Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little kid. I knew that I had to do something… — Ranveer Singh Copy Share Image
I get on stage and talk about different stuff in my life and what I've been through and what I think about… — Chris Tucker Copy Share Image
In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being one so that I could just devote… — Dirk Benedict Copy Share Image
I was never into drama and theatre in school, so I never participated in Christmas skits that were often a part of… — Gautam Rode Copy Share Image
I love to kind of people watch; that's part of what I do as an actor and creative person and sort of… — Kate Walsh Copy Share Image
Having grown up around the theater, I've been moved by so many plays. Being a part of it, however small, is special. — Miguel Ferrer Copy Share Image
I was in several school performances, mainly Shakespeare and comedic roles. I just accidentally became an actor. I totally didn't expect this. — Millicent Simmonds Copy Share Image
There's always that siren song call from America for actors, I think, in Canada. You always want to know, you never want… — Lauren Ash Copy Share Image
It's that athlete's obsessiveness - the need to prove yourself and work harder than anybody else. I think it's what helped me… — Cathy Rigby Copy Share Image
Actors are a lot like professors on dissertation committees - it's a lot of ego, a lot of rallying for position, there… — Mayim Bialik Copy Share Image
Sometimes, as actors, if we work hard enough and stay at it long enough and are malleable and directable, then good things… — Peter Scolari Copy Share Image
My mother sent me to dance and drama classes when I was young, and then I got a stage role in 'Set… — Shirley Eaton Copy Share Image
What's frustrating as an actor, when you want to work hard, you can only work once that phone rings and then you… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
I belonged to Stratford Children's Theater when I was a boy growing up in Manchester. Even then, I was always doing character… — John Mahoney Copy Share Image
I love film so much. I think theatre will definitely be there for me as well, but for now I'd like to… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth… — Stella Adler Copy Share Image
As actors, emotion is the sand in the sandbox for us. Without emotion, there's nothing to play - and we are playing.… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
I'm in a very lucky position. You have to remember that 95 percent of all actors aren't working. I'm actually able to… — Mads Mikkelsen Copy Share Image
I have worked with so many actors, some have been stars, while at times, I have been at a better standing than… — Abhinav Shukla Copy Share Image
I think that the dramas that you find in TV are actually a lot more interesting, typically, than what you find in… — Marc Webb Copy Share Image
You come back with an actor for the second time only when you had a successful and creatively satisfying experience the first… — Vijay Krishna Acharya Copy Share Image
Actor is just a strange profession, it really is, that you could be in front of the same people for years, and… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Before shooting, I prepare with the actors much more like it's a theater play than a movie. Apparently, that way of working… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
As an actor, your job is half done when your co-star becomes your friend, especially when it's Judi Dench. — Ali Fazal Copy Share Image
I've got a lot to learn, and I'm very blessed to work with such talented actors. I'm nowhere near my goal. It's… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
Without false modesty, I feel that, when I'm on the stage, I'm the king, the boss of the situation. — Vladimir Horowitz Copy Share Image
