I guess, as an actor, you have to bring something personal to the character - you've got to identify and love one… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
John [Cassavetes] loved actors. He gave them a lot of freedom. So if something came up that a certain actor just felt… — Gena Rowlands Copy Share Image
Directing myself definitely made me a better actor. And, you know, I think actors have the best track record when they turn… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy is a different game all together. You have to improvise on the spot if you feel that the audience isn't… — Johnny Lever Copy Share Image
The actors are in control, getting outrageous amounts of money. The reason they're getting this kind of money is because the studios… — Peter Bogdanovich Copy Share Image
I don't believe in having to show anybody anything. I just do my work. You know, making a living as an actor… — Steve Guttenberg Copy Share Image
The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
The smartest thing that an actor can do is embrace the thing that made them famous as opposed to run away from… — Sean Hayes Copy Share Image
Making a film or doing a play are completely different experiences and entirely fulfilling, but completely unique. I also think one complements… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
More than anything, acting was more like a confidence thing. I love words - I love English - but I don't have… — Jacob Anderson Copy Share Image
I love the theatre and Miller is one of my all-time favourite playwrights. 'All My Sons' is a very socialist play, which… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
An actor must communicate his author's given message--comedy, tragedy, serio- comedy; then comes his unique moment, as he is confronted by the… — Eleanor Robson Belmont Copy Share Image
When someone who is known as a comedic actor goes to drama, it often doesn't work out, because they really just chose… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
As an actor, you blindly put your trust in experts - and if they tell you something's safe, you don't fully vet… — Dylan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I do shows, stage shows all the time, and I'm so afraid that people are going to recognize themselves, and they never… — Jennifer Coolidge Copy Share Image
That's the magic of art and the magic of theatre: it has the power to transform an audience, an individual, or en… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
Secretly, I'm in awe of Broadway performers. I would love to perform at that level. I love the exchange with the audience.… — Brianna Brown Copy Share Image
To be a great actor, you really don't need to go to acting school or learn dance classes or work on your… — Ranbir Kapoor Copy Share Image
You have to believe in the arthouse, if you will - the emotion, the conflict, the who am I, which will always… — Avi Arad Copy Share Image
I deliberately look for colorful people. They're very right for theatre. Theatre has to be theatrical. If you can get color into… — Lanford Wilson Copy Share Image
I've always been spontaneous and outgoing... I've tried lots of things so I've got some good life experiences, which is great 'cause… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
Often, particularly towards the end of the process, I think of myself less as a theatre director and more as someone who… — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
Pretty much, the writer's in charge in theater. Of course you're in charge with the director, but no one can change your… — David Lindsay-Abaire Copy Share Image
I'm a working class lad. So at 25, and with no-one in our family having any theatrical inclination, when I said, 'I'm… — Rob James-Collier Copy Share Image
Since I've started to star in pictures I have always managed to retain my singularity of purpose when I got into the… — Bruce Dern Copy Share Image
One of the good thing about theater in the states, is that the playwright we do have a say, especially in the… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
You know, a lot of people have an instinct to downplay the fact that they are performing and be, like, 'There is… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I recently did a play, Athol Fugard's 'Coming Home' at Long Wharf Theatre, where I played one character throughout - I sat… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
Usually, in theatre, you're adapting existing material or creating an entirely new play. With the 'Cursed Child,' we have been given the… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
The main reason for the break was a combination of travel and going back to university, which drew me into theatre more… — Roy Montgomery Copy Share Image
I think I would love to do a role where I completely transform myself and look completely different, act completely different, and… — Skyler Samuels Copy Share Image
When you first start out in stand-up and, probably, as any performer, you enjoy the attention so much, and even though that… — Tig Notaro Copy Share Image
I think there's a tendency for actors like myself, and I don't mean to generalize myself, but I've played 'men's men,' if… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
Julie Taymor. She is my gold standard of stage directors. I think she has a comprehensive knowledge of theatrical form, since she… — Harry Lennix Copy Share Image
I was a gay kid in high school in the late '90s, and I was in theater club. I was never a… — James Pearse Connelly Copy Share Image
The plan of 'be a bad actor and make a lot of money' is not actually a good plan, even if you're… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
I can't believe Tina Turner actually was on the same stage. I can't believe I set foot on the same stage, and… — Brandy Norwood Copy Share Image
I was causing trouble in high school, and in order to get me to stop and to pass, they put me into… — Keala Settle Copy Share Image
I played a little basketball, but basketball interfered with theater season. That's when we did our term plays and did nutshell versions… — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
I think, like a lot of actors and people in the arts who are struggling to get where they want to be,… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
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