Growing up in Malaysia and England, there wasn't an obvious route into the comics world, so my creative energy went into theatre… — Arvind Ethan David Copy Share Image
The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor. — Tom Courtenay Copy Share Image
“the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet.” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The theatre, for all its artifices, depicts life in a sense more truly than history, because the medium has a kindred movement… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
In terms of jobs, I'm an actor. There's gotta' be depth there. I'd never say yes to something just to play the… — Bill Skarsgard Copy Share Image
Once you've been booked, people in Hollywood say, 'Oh he must be good.' All the while you're the same actor. — Joel McHale Copy Share Image
I mean, I've always had scattered interests, but I never went on stage to get an agent or anything like that — Todd Barry Copy Share Image
As an actor you can't build up proper relationships with the people you work with, because after six months, you're done. — Dakota Blue Richards Copy Share Image
I don't want to get locked into any one type of genre. I just want to constantly be working with amazing directors… — Nico Tortorella Copy Share Image
A lot of times, they can't hire actors just because there's this obligation that the audiences don't know who they are, and… — Rosemarie DeWitt Copy Share Image
The acting that one sees upon the stage does not show how human beings comport themselves in crises, but how actors think… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Projection of sound gives the stage a life different from real life. As actors and interpretive artists, we must not only be… — Jason Robards Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a narrative artist. I don't think of myself as a novelist or screenwriter or playwright. All of… — Ayad Akhtar Copy Share Image
Questions about political theatre always overlook America's most powerful and effective political theatre, which is always thriving: the American musical. The politics… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
I've always loved film, and since I knew I probably couldn't be a cowboy or a spy in real life, I thought… — Spencer Boldman Copy Share Image
I was just 19 years old when I did my first film and had no plan to act, or to become an… — Prateik Babbar Copy Share Image
I have a career I am proud of as a child actor. I'm not running away from it or embarassed with anything… — Ricky Schroder Copy Share Image
When I was a kid of six or seven, I used to get up on the stove woodpile for a stage and… — Jerry Reed Copy Share Image
I love movies. That's still my favorite form of escape, and I usually end up going alone. I love to go and… — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention. — Sam Kinison Copy Share Image
The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film. — Nawazuddin Siddiqui Copy Share Image
I was doing musical theatre 'til I was, like, 17, and then I started realising I could use my voice in a… — Anne-Marie Copy Share Image
The best conversation with Stanley Kubrick is a silent one: you sit in a theatre and watch his films and you learn… — Peter Weir Copy Share Image
My mom was a great influence on my life. A real encourager in terms of acting because she was an avid reader… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit and listen and think about life. It can be almost… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
A lot of shows are more script-driven, like a prose script. As an actor, you never see a storyboard. — Tom Kenny Copy Share Image
Oh yes. I'm an actor, so I just learn my lines, and show up and do it. I gave it a little… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I like to think of myself as a fairly educated human being, but I'm a very uneducated actor when it comes to… — Shailene Woodley Copy Share Image
I can't think of a better bonding experience than to be able to sit on stage and to watch your fellow performers… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
I don't banter with the audience, cause I don't have anything to say to them, and I'm not feeling any sense of… — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
The more you perform and get out there, I guess the more practice you have at it and the better you are… — Kellie Pickler Copy Share Image
Tonight I'll be interviewing Ken Watanabe, Keisha Castle Hughes, Benecio Del Toro and Djimon Honsou - and yes, those are actors, not… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being… — Enrico Colantoni Copy Share Image
When I was 15 and had the light bulb moment I wanted to be an actor, it was my sole focus and… — Anna Gunn Copy Share Image
As an actor you should be able to store and recollect your experiences and work on them as an actor as and… — Sudha Chandran Copy Share Image
Women and minorities have excelled beautifully in comedy, but very few women are the lead in a drama, — Sharon Gless Copy Share Image
There are actors who just bring an enormous amount of empathy. They just have that"it" that makes you want to follow them… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
Ethan, I know you made it up. It's your fucking stage name. Why did you have my wife wire money to your… — Due Date Copy Share Image
I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of… — Nicole Ari Parker Copy Share Image
When I left drama school, my fear was that I'd get pigeon holed into comic acting and I did so much to… — Rufus Sewell Copy Share Image
