“In Hollywood, we're always looking for the next big thing that will help us feel fulfilled. As actors, we're always trying to… — Jen Calonita Copy Share Image
If you're producing a movie you're involved in every aspect of the movie and that can be daunting and then going and… — Mark Wahlberg Copy Share Image
I had learned to have a perfect nausea for the theatre: the continual repetition of the same words and the same gestures,… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
I've thought about doing theatre again for some time. My last stage play was back in 1999, when I was with Colin… — David Morrissey Copy Share Image
My philosophy has always been to try to put myself into roles and films that are different. That intensified after 'Lord of… — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
I've flip-flopped on both throughout my career. When I was in college and growing up I was like, 'It's comedy for me!… — Alison Brie Copy Share Image
What's actually amazing is that, after a couple of years of living with characters and writing characters and talking about characters, as… — Jeff Pinkner Copy Share Image
“ Unlike films, plays don't take place in the past. The fear,anxiety of the actors is happening now, in front of you.… — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
I think my movie addresses the struggles of communities facing class distinctions, which are timeless. The questions of how we live together… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
There tends to be this hierarchy of film and television, and theater is somewhere else in its own milieu. However, as actors,… — Tim DeKay Copy Share Image
Sort of what you do in drama school when asked to play something way out of your reach. Anyway, we used to… — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
To be an actor for 30-odd years trying to become recognized, and to end up playing a full prosthetic and a character… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
I feel, in drama, you don't need to be fed everything. Even though sometimes when you watch, you want to know what… — Jodie Comer Copy Share Image
My first professional job was with Berkeley Repertory Theatre. I started out in an educational touring play and eventually starred on their… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
When you start out on a project as an actor, you know, you approach the character from the standpoint of maybe writing… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
I love acting in the theater,but I'm fascinated with acting on film. If it's a film or a play or whatever, if… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of unflinching drama and bold drama. If you shy away from dark subject matters, there's only certain places… — Joe Dempsie Copy Share Image
Any actor who's onstage... at least this is what I do... I'm always using 120% on whatever the heck I'm doing. I… — Andy Karl Copy Share Image
The only thing we are as actors are messengers. That's all we are. Correct? We are delivering the playwright's intention through the… — Patti LuPone Copy Share Image
We go to the opening arguments or the closing arguments of a case, and we'd see which actor got the big one.… — Kelli Williams Copy Share Image
The very first role I ever played was as a 17-year old South African girl who dreamed of being a star and… — Kandyse McClure Copy Share Image
I've worked with non-professional actors, I've worked with movie stars, I've worked with kids, I've worked with older people, and I've found… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
If you are a great dramatic actor then you often don't know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
Whenever I don't have anything to do, I play Candy Crush or Scrabble. We actors have time between shots, which we need… — Barun Sobti Copy Share Image
I would make a huge distinction between theater improvisation and film improvisation. There isn't much improvisation in film - there's virtually none.… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I have a reputation for being an improvisational actor, which is true, but I also know what I'm doing so that if… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
I've always had a fascination for the stage which has to do with transfiguration. One moment you are John Smith from East… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
Years ago, there was a variety theatre in every British town, and people paid to go down and see it. Comedy was… — Norman Wisdom Copy Share Image
I just love working with actors, and I love working with writers, working with designers. I feel that I am just a… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
Ambition! We must be careful what we mean by it. If it means the desire to get ahead of other people -… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I'm seeing a guy now who has nothing to do with films. It's so much nicer with somebody who isn't an actor.… — Kerry Condon Copy Share Image
I've found a lot of the thinking in America is that a lot of people become actors to become famous. At least… — Nolan North Copy Share Image
When we had ideas that earned there way in [Austin Powers], it began to get okay. The hook for me was 'Mini-Me.'… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
In theater, you're allowed to take your time and sit in a role for a month before you have to share it… — Cory Michael Smith Copy Share Image
A British actor will savour every syllable of a Shakespearean line, while a French actor will drive to the end of a… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
I started singing in my church choir, and then when I got to middle school, I had the coolest musical theatre director,… — Shanice Williams Copy Share Image
As an actor, you are used to portraying other characters. You can pick up any mannerism or body language that suits the… — Joy Mathew Copy Share Image
'Scandal' has been, for me, the most consistent time I've ever logged in front of a camera. I grew up in the… — Katie Lowes Copy Share Image
“This is Quilty's audition ritual: whenever he feels it is time for it, he calls upon himself to audition for love. He… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
When you are a young actor, you're imbued with the high purpose of your art. You think, 'They hire me for my… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
![“When we had ideas that earned there way in [Austin Powers], it began to get okay. The hook for me was 'Mini-Me.' We only auditioned one guy - Verne Troyer - and at the time I said, 'we have to get this guy, get him life insurance, whatever he needs' because there was no other way or actor to do…” quote by Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fd/jay-roach-8154_actors_when-we-had-ideas-that-earned-there-way_3196328.jpg)
