All writers, musicians, artists, choreographers/dancers, etc., work with the stuff of their experiences. It's the translation of it, the conversion of it,… — Toni Cade Bambara Copy Share Image
The thing about having a very young audience in the theatre is that sometimes they laugh at the bullying scenes. It's really… — Jack Thorne Copy Share Image
When I was doing theatre in Mumbai, actors won't come because they had television. For many years, I did theatre religiously and… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
Back in the fifties I was the hot, young comic on CBS and a regular on 'The Ed Sullivan Show.' I was… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
My conception of the audience is of a public each member of which is carrying about with him what he thinks is… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
To be known as an actor is to be known for your role and lines. But the country knows me for the… — Prakash Raj Copy Share Image
Actors, I think, are all the same. Both Korean actors and American actors are all very sensitive people, and they are all… — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
What happens in Israel, it's not so divided between being a film actor, or a TV actor - usually, we just do… — Meital Dohan Copy Share Image
“Minus the adverts of TV, the special effects of movies, and the trash of the Internet, live theatre is a personal means… — Tom Jalio Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the dark horse. It's too scary being the face of something, unless it's really right. A lot of young… — Sacha Dhawan Copy Share Image
The big turn in the late '90s was that I realized I was going to be doing this for a long time.… — Michael Weatherly Copy Share Image
The excitement of theatre is palpable but the frustrations, and the complete absence of a definitive evening - the play as text… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
One of the things that makes you want to be an actor, speaking only for myself, is that there's something infantile about… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
“had read a description of this ability to act so well in public in Czeslaw Milosz’s book The Captive Mind, in which… — Emma Larkin Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when you work with directors who have done it a lot and are established in the business and know the game,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everyone always asks me, 'What advice did they give you on set?' but when you work with amazing actors like Anjelica Huston,… — Noah Schnapp Copy Share Image
When I write, I keep the family audience in mind. I ensure there's no vulgarity, as families are coming into the theatres,… — Rohit Shetty Copy Share Image
I know that I'm an actor and I guess I could kind of put on an act, but it takes so much… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think when you're working with professional… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
My sister happened to look at The Times, and there was advertised the Old Vic theatre school. I wrote, I suppose, and… — June Brown Copy Share Image
Plays are literature: the word, the idea. Film is much more like the form in which we dream - in action and… — Israel Horovitz Copy Share Image
Foucault's genius is to go down to the little dramas, dress them in facts hardly anyone else has noticed, and turn these… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really great script… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
You never know when you're taking a job, ever... but you try to take good scripts. That's all you can do as… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I had two starts, really. The first was going to the Italia Conti stage school, aged 15. I'd gone to sing, but… — Lesley Manville Copy Share Image
As a young actor, I played a lot of 'exotic' parts and was stuck with the tag 'sultry.' I had to refuse… — Diana Quick Copy Share Image
When you're an actor, you're so busy: people are always coming up to you and pulling your collar, making sure that things… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
In the theatre we reach out and touch the past through literature, history and memory so that we might receive and relive… — Anne Bogart Copy Share Image
This is the bud of being, the dim dawn, The twilight of our day, the vestibule; Life's theatre as yet is shut,… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
One of the great perks of being an actor is you're only as smart as the job you're in, you know, and… — Amy Ryan Copy Share Image
I had the kid [on "Fences" ] who understudied me so I could stand back and think about shots so he had… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
As an actor, I look for the part itself. I look for the story and the role. If there's no money, but… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
I had interest in acting. I started as a drama major in college. I got to school and said, "What am I… — Greg Kinnear Copy Share Image
“INTERVIEWER Why don’t you write tragedy? BARTHELME I’m fated to deal in mixtures, slumgullions, which preclude tragedy, which require a pure line.… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
“This is a theater," Bertie, annoyed by the inquisition, dropped him onto stage. Several feet of slack cable landed atop the fairy… — Lisa Mantchev Copy Share Image
So as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve. I want to work with people that frighten me and excite… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
I had never met an actress or an actor when I thought that I might like to be one. I had never… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I’ve broken a cardinal rule of art, music, and career paths: actors are supposed to act, and musicians are supposed to music.… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
All of the actors that have served to me as inspiration over the years have been those more associated with dramatic work… — Adhir Kalyan Copy Share Image
Prior to stepping on stage, I prefer to continue being myself, whether that is making jokes with others, talking about other non-bodybuilding… — Phil Heath Copy Share Image
![“You never know when you're taking a job, ever... but you try to take good scripts. That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available. Even then, it's not [really] in your control. Certainly not in film and TV, because there are so many other elements. You just have to take control…” quote by Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/damian-lewis-3773_actor_you-never-know-when-you-re-taking-a-job_1702940.jpg)
![“I had the kid [on "Fences" ] who understudied me so I could stand back and think about shots so he had to learn the blocking and everything. I'd come in early sometimes, and they 'd be in there rehearsing and working on their stuff. I didn't want them to feel like, "Oh these are people who can't…” quote by Denzel Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80b/denzel-washington-1345_actors_i-had-the-kid-on-fences-who-understudied_855342.jpg)
