Years ago, having an Equity Card usually meant you were trained, either in radio or theatre rep, which doesn't exist now. So… — Amanda Redman Copy Share Image
Robert DeNiro, who may be the greatest living actor, usually acts in a way which is very stone-faced, like Steve McQueen. For… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I never consciously said, 'I want to be an actor.' It sounds stupid, but it's kind of like being a painter or… — Franka Potente Copy Share Image
I look at my early career, and you know, when I left drama school, for a young Asian actor, you could either… — Kayvan Novak Copy Share Image
I wanted to play characters that were going to make me better and really challenge me to raise my skill level up… — Brian Michael Smith Copy Share Image
I started out as an actor, but I forced myself to be a writer, even though I wasn't very good at it… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
This is an extremely foolish and stupid and idiotic kind of attitude - to expect theatres to make money. Do the public… — John Hirsch Copy Share Image
When you're a director, you have great respect for directors. I am really pretty loyal to any director that I am working… — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
It's a question of finding the right thing, if I'm going to be an actor... if I have to get up eight… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
I haven't done as many films as I would have liked. A lot of my contemporaries have done more. I don't have… — Dan Stevens Copy Share Image
With Virginia on 'A Long Way From Home,' she was directing for the first time. She had full knowledge of what she… — Brenda Fricker Copy Share Image
I'm playing right now a role, and the role is called the 'Heavyweight Champion of the World.' And it takes all of… — Wladimir Klitschko Copy Share Image
We both [me and Eugene Levy] come from the same place. Eugene did most of his work in SCTV and ensemble situations.… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I come from theatre, and I feel like I have to go back to it every few years because it's like nourishment… — Ruth Wilson Copy Share Image
When you work with a good actor, there is this natural rapport and chemistry that develops over time. That chemistry helps your… — Aamir Khan Copy Share Image
I think if you're an actor, then you can work on stage - but if you've never done it before, you're going… — Dominic Monaghan Copy Share Image
Broadway producers are happy to have a big Hollywood name they can post on the marquee, but most of them assume that… — Rue McClanahan Copy Share Image
I'm sure some people might be offended by that, but this is my feeling about show business. It's not all about pure… — Howard Stern Copy Share Image
I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
I did study drama at Catholic U, but the undergraduates weren't put in productions, really, except as extras, and it wasn't a… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
Actors are actors. They're all buddies. I've done so many movies and TV that you get to be friends with everyone. And… — Michael Rooker Copy Share Image
You never have any idea where your movie's going to go when you're shooting - you're in this little bubble. Everything you… — Morten Tyldum Copy Share Image
People prefer doing films. That is not the case with me. I don't do theatre because I have to but because it… — Randeep Hooda Copy Share Image
“Indoors herself, partaking of tea with old Mrs Butterworth, she reflected that it is impossible to foretell the future with any degree… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
What I had found after the success of Karate Kid II is that an actor basically needs to - a primary requirement… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
In this type of cinema, whether working with actors or non-actors, as much as you do direct them, if you allow yourself… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I went on a road trip and ended up in Portland, Oregon, and from there, I did non-stop theater. I had just… — Michaela Watkins Copy Share Image
I want to move people, stir something within them that makes them feel. That's what a movie should do and an actor… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
We all have an obligation as actors to be true to ourselves and our best instincts, but often there's a higher purpose,… — Peter Scolari Copy Share Image
Doing theater anywhere, especially in L.A., is a constant uphill battle, and there's also the unsexy parts of the business that you're… — Finn Wittrock Copy Share Image
I understand the formula that producers hire directors and directors are hired to direct and actors are hired to act. I don't… — Danny Trejo Copy Share Image
Films used to be an event that required work and effort to get to a theater to see. Now, really good content… — Joe Russo Copy Share Image
I loved being on the other side of the camera and interacting with the crew. When you are an actor, you have… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Not only do I look at the playback with the actors, but I look at the on-set assembly footage with the sequences… — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
You cannot study acting in books. Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
With a theatre audience there's always the additional sense of a sustained challenge of which I'm acutely aware and for which you… — Greta Scacchi Copy Share Image
I'm still primarily interested in observing as closely as possible the shifting weather between people. I think the master of this sort… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
I majored in drama and theater arts at Columbia and was always in acting studio, but that was a liberal arts degree,… — Hari Nef Copy Share Image
The first time I made myself up, I was looking at my reflection in the mirror and it wasnt me looking back.… — Rick Baker Copy Share Image
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