“The theatre is certainly a place for learning about the brevity of human glory: oh all those wonderful glittering absolutely vanished pantomimes.” — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
Sometimes in theater, they'll talk about your character a lot before you enter, but that rarely happens in television. — Justine Bateman Copy Share Image
I've always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites… — Gia Coppola Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor. I decided when I was very young, when I first saw movies, that I wanted to… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
Acting is what I love to do.I understand the differences between the different formats. But I enjoy whether it be film, TV… — Carter Jenkins Copy Share Image
I came from stage in high school, and on stage you kind of overdo with putting on a character a little bit.… — William Zabka Copy Share Image
There were reports that my elder daughter Ashwami was in 'Dabangg 3,' but she is a chef, and never wanted to be… — Mahesh Manjrekar Copy Share Image
I've done stuff to pay my dues and that's what actors are supposed to do, because I was a really bad actor… — Rachael Taylor Copy Share Image
I traveled and worked with amazing actors, like Andy Garcia, Alec Baldwin, Brendan Fraser, Forest Whitaker, Lee Pace. It was this great… — Sarah Michelle Gellar Copy Share Image
Plays can create empathy. If you put a Muslim character on stage, and make him a full character, you're making it possible… — Motti Lerner Copy Share Image
I know it sounds really precious and pretentious, but I can't actually remember deciding to want to be an actor. I just… — Anya Taylor-Joy Copy Share Image
I shoot people in a way that makes the audience feel equal to them. And it's hard to express and it's hard… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
With a group of people, a troupe of actors in the theater, you go out on tour, and you're like a traveling… — Rachel Weisz Copy Share Image
My wife was an opera singer, you know. She bellowed her way through Wagner as a Valkyrie. I married her and made… — Jean Anouilh Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I was the guy directing plays after class. I started my first theater company at 19,… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
As a child, I always wanted to be an actor. But as I grew older, the acting dream kind of faded away,… — Yami Gautam Copy Share Image
The first thing I wanted to be was an actor, even before I wanted to be a singer, before I discovered I… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
My poor sight gives me an advantage. I can't see the people in the audience who are scratching their heads while I… — Maria Callas Copy Share Image
I moved to London to work at the National Theatre and spent my first wage packet on Patti Smith, Bowie and Velvets… — Toyah Willcox Copy Share Image
I was on a well-beaten path of actors - what we all call 'the Law and Order route'. I spent two years… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job. — Dermot Mulroney Copy Share Image
I'm a Navy brat. You find that a lot of stage actors are Army or Navy brats, because they have the ability… — John Michael Higgins Copy Share Image
I'm a drama girl. Give me high drama every day, and I will be set. The deeper the issues, the more at… — Myha'la Copy Share Image
I'm really into the way sound works in film, and I did a little bit of sound design for theater in college. — Hari Nef Copy Share Image
As an actor, one should be aware of all their capabilities. This is important, as films are becoming more realistic. — Rajiv Menon Copy Share Image
If you are a musician, you practise your instrument every day, but actors can't be on a set every day. Theatre is… — Kalki Koechlin Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be one of those desperate actors, just waiting for their next gig, who might have to take something… — Wendi McLendon-Covey Copy Share Image
Most young actors, that's all they're trying to do: Get better at acting and be able to keep doing it. And that… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions youd rather not know the answers to. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
People are doing sitcoms on stage rather than theater. You go to the theater, and it's as if you were watching a… — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
In the long period of time when I did talk shows and game shows, a whole new generation of people came along… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
I am a greedy actor in the sense that I like the big bites. Put a big fat steak in front of… — Tyne Daly Copy Share Image
A man's house is his stage. Others walk on to play their bit parts. Now and again a soliloquy, a birth, an… — Karl Shapiro Copy Share Image
The old cliché in theater is, if you’re nervous, pick up a prop, which will immediately take you outside of your mind. — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I think my advice to other actors would be to get in classes. Get out in front of people. Put up scenes… — Chelsea Kane Copy Share Image
The theater is the place where people create ideas and send messages out, and you learn, and I think it's a fair… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
We watch movies about all sorts of things that we don't know anything about, but we do get caught up in the… — Ivan Reitman Copy Share Image
There have been artists who've sold out arenas one year, and the next they can't fill a theatre. There's always more to… — Shawn Mendes Copy Share Image
I've always got into stunts; even at drama school, I was falling down trap doors, and swinging in on ropes. — Thomas Howes Copy Share Image
Acting is not in the blood. My parents weren't actors, but I imagine that if you've been brought up with actors, you… — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
