I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person. — Jeffrey Dean Morgan Copy Share Image
The unencumbered stage encourages the truth operative in everyone. The less seen, the more heard. The eye is the enemy of the… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Go to the Martin Beck Theatre and watch Katherine Hepburn run the gamut of emotions from A to B. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I was in a movie called 'Flirting With Disaster' with Ben Stiller. I realized that I am really not a good actor… — Beth Ostrosky Stern Copy Share Image
You hear stories of intense actors who can't shed their character and who don't know who they are for a week or… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
Doing the big budget films really makes you appreciate doing movies like Shelter. It's because this is like doing theater, you just… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
The theater I got to do informs every move I make as an actor and will for the rest of my life.… — Jim Parsons Copy Share Image
I live in Minnesota. Lots of people assume that if you want to be an actor, you have to live in Hollywood,… — Chris Massoglia Copy Share Image
Sometimes you can fall into bad habits on film or rest on your laurels, and you can't do that in theater. I… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
When my sister decided that she wanted to act, I was so nervous for her. She's doing great, but I have a… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
Theaters are always going to be around, and doing fine. With computers and technology, we're becoming more and more secluded from each… — Wolfgang Petersen Copy Share Image
It's funny, 90 percent of what I've done has been television, and I never really wanted to do it that much. I… — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
There was a time when I was in the South, singing, and someone came to me before the show and said, 'There's… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
I wanted to become an actor and I knew that if I was really going to do it, I needed the training.… — Condola Rashad Copy Share Image
I got serious about performing, and I got serious about acting. It's very funny; singing has always been a very separate thing… — Barrett Wilbert Weed Copy Share Image
I love doing comedy, and I don't get a chance to much. I get to play lots of serious people, and killers,… — William Sadler Copy Share Image
The drama is the looking-glass in which we see the hideousness of vice and the beauties of virtue. — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
There's just so much experience that comes with being on set and working with good actors, and having bad days and good… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
I majored in art history. But I took theater classes, and every semester I was in college productions. — Lucy DeVito Copy Share Image
I've been seeing a lot of theatre in New York, and I am sort of terribly jealous of everyone on stage but… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
Pictures are much harder to do than the theater... You're at the mercy of the camera angles and the piecemeal technique. — Sydney Greenstreet Copy Share Image
There's a nimble quality to the way a television actor can work. When that muscle gets strong it's a very valuable thing. — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
An actor alone is a bit naked. Like when you do something in front of your mirror, you're usually really bad, because… — Clemence Poesy Copy Share Image
My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of… — Carl Weathers Copy Share Image
Actors fall into this trap if they missed being loved for who they really were and not for what they could do… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
Trying to find a way to represent something that is truly frightening on stage is a fascinating challenge. — Elizabeth Marvel Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in parts where they are looking for a good-looking guy. I want to be a weird little sidekick in… — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I seldom feel comfortable in a theatre. I always feel like I own a cinema. I feel equally happy in an empty… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
You do a drama, and you are limited by the rules of reality, and in science fiction, you create your own reality.… — David Twohy Copy Share Image
“Actors are resourceful,” he’d instructed. “They hone their craft until they can take any situation and turn it away from themselves and… — Tracy Ewens Copy Share Image
I've always known I wanted to be an actor. It never crossed my mind to be anything else. I think I probably… — Christopher Judge Copy Share Image
When I'm not working... I'm an actor! I'm auditioning! I like to hang out, have fun, drink, club, meet boys, look for… — Xosha Roquemore Copy Share Image
I actually don't want to be an actor for the rest of my life. I'd like to go on to be a… — Noah Gray-Cabey Copy Share Image
STG and the Ramshorn Theatre are a vital part of Glasgow's rich cultural history. To abandon them now is to abandon not… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
They call David O. Russell the actor whisperer because he can get stuff out of actors that maybe some other directors can't. — Jacki Weaver Copy Share Image
I'm going to try and focus on doing more theater things. I come from that background. I honestly feel so comfortable being… — Victor Rasuk Copy Share Image
It's nice to have recognition for doing a good job, but at the end of the day, I'm just an actor and… — Richard Madden Copy Share Image
“The world of law was filled with the fallen, but theater wasn't. No one ever "fell back" onto theater. You had to… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
As an actor, what you dream of is being able to portray people that people empathize with and understand and really feel… — Daniel Sharman Copy Share Image
Some of the best actors think they're terrible; that's what keeps you connected to a vulnerability that makes it possible for people… — Jessie Mueller Copy Share Image
