I went to drama school but it was very hard to get work until I was made assistant stage manager. — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
I think even if you're on a screen or you're in a play, it's always a group effort. It's not just the… — Stockard Channing Copy Share Image
When you're an aspiring actor, you do so many self-tapes that it gets to a certain point where you have to develop… — Eliza Scanlen Copy Share Image
We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie. — Javier Bardem Copy Share Image
After twenty plus years of performing hundreds of shows a year, I prefer to try things out on stage rather than for… — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful. — Saffron Burrows Copy Share Image
“They are actors playing parts that are real only for us; they are the masks behind which we see our own faces.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I never thought I would actually become a professional actor. I just kept going with it. One thing led to another. — Laura Harrier Copy Share Image
I don't know what my mother was thinking, but she entered me in a Little Miss contest - Little Miss Orange Blossom,… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
When I wanted to audition for a dinner-theater junior troupe in my hometown, I needed to have a piece of musical theater… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
The Theatre of the Absurd ... can be seen as the reflection of what seems to be the attitude most genuinely representative… — Martin Esslin Copy Share Image
In college, I was teetering on the edge: Do I want to be an actor? Do I not want to be an… — Richard Jenkins Copy Share Image
“Is it right to be watching strangers in a play / in this strangest of theatres? / What childishness is it that… — Elizabeth Bishop Copy Share Image
It depends on the scripts and the character and just everybody involved, the other actors and directors. It's just a gut feeling… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
I studied theater in college, and I really wanted to be an actress and play a lot of different roles. Then I… — Jenna Fischer Copy Share Image
Actors can be very precious about their work and their scenes, but I think good actors have a strong understanding of narrative… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
I've been an actor since I was 12 and my dream role is Sally Bowles in 'Cabaret.' What's crazy is that I'm… — Emily Hampshire Copy Share Image
As an actor, I do not restrict myself by saying it has to be like this only. What matters in the end… — Rubina Dilaik Copy Share Image
It's funny, oftentimes the really great roles that I enjoy are in classic plays, and there aren't many theatres in New York… — Laila Robins Copy Share Image
As an actor, most of the time, you only have so much say in how, what and where things go. As a… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
I love to get on stage, I love to do my thing and I just get a kick outta doing it. I… — Bow Wow Copy Share Image
My college degree was in theater. But the real reason, if I have any success in that milieu, so to speak, is… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
I've been trying to make a difference as an actor. I want to play characters that move people, have them look at… — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
As an actor, I give 60 days to act in a film, but the writer takes nearly two to three years to… — Vijay Antony Copy Share Image
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one… — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image
I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please. — Maxine Peake Copy Share Image
I virtually grew up at Air Force bases, and when I was younger, I'd dream of wearing a uniform like my father… — Tahir Raj Bhasin Copy Share Image
The reason I'm an actor and am trying to make my way in drama is to move people, to affect people, to… — Rob James-Collier Copy Share Image
I started doing drama after school, and it just developed into something that I did and I enjoyed very much. — Dominique McElligott Copy Share Image
An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie. — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
When I do films, I get off-days. But, in theatre, there are back-to-back shows with non-stop rehearsals. It's too scary a thought. — Nushrat Bharucha Copy Share Image
It's no fun to be a struggling young actor. It's a desperate thing, no way to be happy. If you have any… — Tommy Lee Jones Copy Share Image
The maddening thing is as actors of either sex, we get better as we get older, and so when you are 65,… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
I am not a master-class director. I am not a teacher. I am a coach. I dont have a methodology. Each actor… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
It's more fun to play a good character with a good director and good actors around you. That's what makes it fun,… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
The biggest quality of good actors is that they know how to respect their co-actors, whether they are as big a name… — Rasika Dugal Copy Share Image
Making movies is great. It was like love at first sight; a whole new, different business. I can see why actors love… — Nicky Jam Copy Share Image
Whether or not I would be able to be an actor without the music I'm not sure, but I feel pretty lucky… — Tyler Hilton Copy Share Image
I love people who go out and say, 'If cinema is God, then I'm the pope.' As an actor working with these… — Pilou Asbaek Copy Share Image
If you spend any time on the shooting of a drama, for television or movies, it's very slow and there's a lot… — Rebecca Eaton Copy Share Image
