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 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
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 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
Drama is more universal. We all cry about the same stuff. But comedy is very specific: It depends on where you were… — Eugenio Derbez Copy Share Image
I used to hang out in my dad's workshop on weekends. Later, when I was starting out as an actor, I became… — Mark Harmon Copy Share Image
I try to stay out of the spotlight as much as humanly possible, because I think that when actors, whether or not… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
I acted when I was young, but at 19, I had my own theater company where I acted but also directed. I… — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
One of the skills you have to master in theater is the ability to make the audience believe that things that aren't… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
Everything changes once you start trying to market the film. Part of you feels like everything is slipping away from you. For… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
When I was 17, I studied at RADA in London for the summer. I wanted to live abroad and to pursue drama,… — Dree Hemingway Copy Share Image
The inhabitants of territories, often the theatre of war, are unavoidably subject to frequent infringements on their rights, which serve to weaken… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I love musical theater. That's what I started off to do when I was 7, and my first show was 'Peter Pan.' — David Hasselhoff Copy Share Image
You have actors who begin at a certain young age and there's very little change in their technique and the depth of… — Alec Baldwin Copy Share Image
I know you hear horror stories about child actors, but I think in my family when I did start acting it was… — Ashley Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm satisfied. I am progressively making my life and my name in the surest and purest manner. If I catch on in… — Federico Garcia Lorca Copy Share Image
I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
You've seen how actors make movies like Star Wars and stuff. They're never really there. They're in front of a green screen… — Rider Strong Copy Share Image
I am an actor who doesn't believe in carrying an 'image' in the industry. I don't want to get trapped in an… — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed… — Laura Fraser Copy Share Image
It's pretty rare that I watch a movie now without seeing the script in a way that I hate, where I can… — Mackenzie Davis Copy Share Image
Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV,… — Kelly Reilly Copy Share Image
There's something magical about theater. You can live the character every single day to the point where you become that person. — Grace Gummer Copy Share Image
I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries. — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
There is always a producer within an actor. You just wait for the right time to start functioning as one. — Sonu Sood Copy Share Image
They wanted me to do movies and television when I was very young, and it was a big temptation, but I really… — Barbara Sukowa Copy Share Image
I love the instant gratification of theatre - it reminds me of why I enjoy filming in the first place. — Steffan Rhodri Copy Share Image
I was living in Seattle. I was 21 years old, just going to do theater. And I got a call that David… — Sheryl Lee Copy Share Image
Actors are intelligent. Yet, many of them do not communicate well. That's what makes it so hard to have a relationship with… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I… — Rooney Mara Copy Share Image
You know the actor's nightmare is getting up onstage and not being prepared? I think the writer's nightmare is giving a reading… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's… — Aaron Eckhart Copy Share Image
My job is that of an actor. As long as I get to act, get some interesting parts to play, get to… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
Neither my MFA from Yale School of Drama nor my BFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University… — Amanda Warren Copy Share Image
For my rock band, I was influenced by things like 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.' For me, it's live rock n' roll… — Juliette Lewis Copy Share Image
I like to pick out a certain part of each show I'm in and I watch it when I'm not onstage or… — Colin Donnell Copy Share Image
