We will get back to the earlier, instinctive and less inhibited nature of theatre. Today, spectators are passive, but Elizabethan, Greek and… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor. — Martin Donovan Copy Share Image
My interest in theatre started in high school, mostly because my dean forced me to do it. I was creating trouble in… — Michael Weston Copy Share Image
There's a huge raft of roles that actors in our culture perform, and you can see any one of about three Hamlets… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
When I am not on the stage, it is always very difficult for the public to find me! I am a private… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
Myself, I believe that black theatre continues to evolve, and the success of writers like Bola Agbaje and Rachel De-lahay is proof… — David Harewood Copy Share Image
I've worked with a lot of really great actors, but it's not very often that you all bond so easily. — Madchen Amick Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in being a celebrity; I'm interested in being a better actor and a better director. — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
I love being on stage. There's nothing better than that feeling; ever since the first time I was on stage, I was… — Mickey Sumner Copy Share Image
The basic skill of an actor is, in fact, empathy, and that's maybe not a skill, it's a disposition. I am an… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
When I started out, I wanted to be Billy Joel. The plan was to be a singer-songwriter of that ilk, and, then,… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
Film and theater are about misdirection and making the audience see something. I find it interesting. One of the things we do… — Stephen Moyer Copy Share Image
Reading is performance. The reader--the child under the blanket with a flashlight, the woman at the kitchen table, the man at the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
If you go into a bank or a shop and you want them to believe that you're going to shoot them, that's… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
Comedy, I'm still in awe of. I think you need a comic genius somewhere in the mix. It's got to be the… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
I don't have a specific type of role that I aspire to play or aspire to act. I really like a challenge… — Vanessa Lengies Copy Share Image
As soon as you do it, actors realize there is no difference playing a performance-captured role or a live-action role. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
You have to be pretty tough to be an actor, and you have to be pretty certain what you want. You can't… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I suppose, back in the day, when I was on the stage, I had nothing to lose, and I did the accents. — Michael Socha Copy Share Image
I did not want to be an actor because my whole family did it-going into the family business was the last thing… — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
I think I arrived in this world to be creative: a performer, and an entertainer, and I channeled that through doing theater… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
“Some people are finicky about going to the theater alone, but I’m not. Because when the lights go down, the only relationship… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
Somehow I got to be one of five or six actors that the directors would use as guinea pigs at this directing… — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
I can't really explain the feeling of acting. It makes you the most insecure you can possibly be. — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
I just get excited doing shows. Off stage I am actually very feeble and must be spoon-fed because my hands are too… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
I don't like shows, I don't like to put on a show, I just really want to work intimately with my actors. — Sam Raimi Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time taking acting lessons... Actors have no inhibitions, and I'm inhibited by everything. To be able to… — Maksim Chmerkovskiy Copy Share Image
The theater business has allowed me, in a way the movie and TV business has not, to do very, very interesting work.… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
I think there's a difference between a working actor, a movie star and a celebrity. They're all three different things. — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
I knew, starting in 10th grade, I wanted to be in theater and an actor. I went to acting school in Siberia,… — Andrey Zvyagintsev Copy Share Image
The only thing I have never done is a Broadway play. I'm not sure I have the discipline necessary to do a… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
When I choose child actors, I chose them for their personalities. And then I work with their own vocabulary, so I'm not… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
I like television, but there's not as much freedom as there is in film or theatre, and I always felt that there… — Christopher Lloyd Copy Share Image
Never apologize on stage. Most people never notice when you make a mistake or if you are having a bad show. — Tristan Prettyman Copy Share Image
In 'Reggaeton' in particular, I get the opportunity to show my range as an actor. I have scenes where I cry and… — Omarion Copy Share Image
It is something we have always excelled at and prided ourselves at - the excellences of our stage performance. — James Young Copy Share Image
When actors go onstage, you know immediately if they can do their job. You can be a lawyer or an accountant for… — Patsy Rodenburg Copy Share Image
I mean, I find drama to be engaging and it makes your blood pressure go up and you keep watching, but it's… — Willam Belli Copy Share Image
That's kind of what we do as actors. You just kind of learn new skills with everything, and each time it just… — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
“In a drama, does one see what comes forth in front of him or does he see after remembering the past? If… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
