It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Sometimes surprising an actor in a good way like that can actually create a response you're not expecting. — David Nutter Copy Share Image
I was a housepainter and a landscape nursery man, and all these various odd jobs I had, and started doing community theater. — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people need to be told stories. That's all it… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
An actor is at his best a kind of unfrocked priest who, for an hour or two, can call on heaven and… — Alec Guinness Copy Share Image
There wasn't really anything I wanted to do other than acting, which is ridiculous because there were no actors in my family,… — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
“All the world’s a stage, as they say, and I seem to have the only seat in the house with a view… — William Ritter Copy Share Image
There were no theatre facilities at the comp that I went to, but I did have amazing teachers who never stopped encouraging… — Faye Marsay Copy Share Image
“Don’t be fooled by clever hands, sir” the Sunlight Man said. He’d be lying with the back of his head on his… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
So much of great American drama has been about a certain kind of dysfunctional family, and maybe my interests are in the… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
There are parts that you can do them all your life, and no one knows you're even acting, and there are other… — Alexander Siddig Copy Share Image
People have this belief that actors are able to go out there and say, 'Oh I choose this job,' but most of… — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
That's why so many people want to play Hamlet: because it's a completely demarked role, and the actor playing it has to… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I've seen my fair share of drama over the years of Children In Need. I had a close brush with mortality in… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
I've always said the thing that has helped me be the best actor I could be are my real life experiences, which… — Skyler Samuels Copy Share Image
I'm very opinionated about movie musicals when they're adapted from live shows. You'll sit still for a three-minute song in a theater.… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I love actors who are wonderful - like John Cusack and Russell Crowe, and wouldn't it be a treat to eventually direct… — Renee O'Connor Copy Share Image
When we were in the studio working stuff out, and even when we were on stage, the music was a priority. — Michael Anthony Copy Share Image
I don't think an actor should have any particular image, and that's the reason I would not ever take up a similar… — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
It's like, to me, acting is like a child walking in the park, the better the actor, the greater the playground he… — Logan Lerman Copy Share Image
I think I'm a better collaborator, in seeing the bigger picture and trying to just help that, and not be so self-centered… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
When I want to support a film starring actors I like, I purchase several tickets at the box office - even if… — Gayle King Copy Share Image
Do you know what makes a movie work? Moments. Give the audience half a dozen moments they can remember, and they'll leave… — Rosalind Russell Copy Share Image
I really never had any thought about being a legitimate actor, like a stage performer. I wanted to make movies. I wanted… — Sam Elliott Copy Share Image
I went to drama school in Paris and started doing theatre with a friend. Then I moved into movies and slowly but… — Jean Reno Copy Share Image
Unless we build theater and performing arts, then we're not going to be creating future patrons. We need to make it accessible. — Michael Arden Copy Share Image
One of the things I love about theater, one of the reasons I'll never give it up, is that it's fifty percent… — William Petersen Copy Share Image
One of the things that is always hard for actors on set - and it doesn't matter at what stage you're in… — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
I remember going to the theatre when I was little and the lights going down and just getting really scared about what… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
I had met a young lady who wanted to be in the theater. It was Judy Holliday. She had somehow fallen down… — Adolph Green Copy Share Image
All an actor has, I think, is their heart, really,...that's the place you go for your inspiration. If my heart wasn't filled… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I graduated college, my degree is in theatre, so I went to Chicago and tried to get into the theatre scene up… — Christopher Daniels Copy Share Image
Directing is more comfortable for me because, as an actor, there's always something inherently false. Because I'm not that person. — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
We don't have a lot of men on stage doing flamboyant or theatrical. We have a lot of female pop stars doing… — Adam Lambert Copy Share Image
I'm a fool for a good role in a creative piece where there are really such talented writers and wonderful actors. — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento Copy Share Image
The life of an action star is very short. I want to be an actor like Robert De Niro , like Dustin… — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
I know my responsibilities as an actor and am aware that it is equally important to promote my films as to act… — Radhika Pandit Copy Share Image
You should always ask for a refund at the theatre, apart from my shows, of course, where I won't be handing out… — Joe Lycett Copy Share Image
My advice has always been to study the craft of acting if you want to be an actor. There are many great… — Peter Facinelli Copy Share Image
