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
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
It's impossible to put your finger on what that is exactly other than protecting the environment that the actors get to find… — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
Performing as a musician is a lot different than performing as an actor. As an actor, you can hide behind the character… — Billy Crudup 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
My background is a small town with no movie theater. So... I always pictured myself onstage. I went to acting school and… — Franka Potente Copy Share Image
First of all, it was wonderful to have a home. Consistent work when you're a journeyman actor, when you're a character actor,… — David Krumholtz Copy Share Image
Back then, it was more or less we couldn't change a line in our script. We weren't allowed to change lines. Today,… — Donna Douglas Copy Share Image
I had begun my professional career when I was 9 years old at the Cleveland Play House, and it was a very… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
I started, obviously, doing theater, and I always thought that I would; in a way, I always thought that I'd be a… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
Nothing is worse for me, as an actor, than when I walk on a set and the director goes, "Okay, you're going… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
I have this thing. I've always been uncomfortable going to any party where people don't understand why I'm there. One of the… — Jim Parsons Copy Share Image
Live theatre is great. I loved doing the League live because you get that element of spontaneity, but then when I'm doing… — Reece Shearsmith Copy Share Image
I honestly think if I had made a ton of money as an actor, I wouldn't have done anything else. (Hah!) Then… — Steven C. Harper Copy Share Image
We [actors] are so lucky to do jobs that fulfill us and make us happy. We don't go to work thinking okay,… — Vanessa Paradis Copy Share Image
I'm the youngest of four, but my closest sibling is 10 years older. I had a lot of imagination. I was running… — Daniel Breaker Copy Share Image
In primary school when I was 6-7 years old, I always go to theater with my uncle, and I don't know why… — Andrew Lau Copy Share Image
The first time I realised that acting was an option was when I really wanted to grow up to be an Ewok… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Records are only one-dimensional. Even film is only one-dimensional. That's why music and live theatre is so important, because it's not the… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I consider myself a fortunate working actor, but I really work at it all the time. If I have a couple of… — Reggie Lee Copy Share Image
I wanted to move between film and theater - I never felt like I fit into TV. And I'm very anti-TV, like,… — Sarita Choudhury Copy Share Image
I do not like the Broadway theatre because it does not know how to say hello. The tone of voice is false,… — Julian Beck Copy Share Image
Even when I was an actor in training, one criticism my teachers had was that I should think about directing instead of… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
If you want to be an actor today you have to come prepared with the entire package, which includes acting, dancing, action,… — Akshaye Khanna Copy Share Image
“In any kind of relationship we can make the assumption that others know what we think, and we don’t have to say… — Miguel Ruiz Copy Share Image
What keeps this industry challenging as an actor is that you never know how something will turn out. The ups and downs… — Elisabeth Shue Copy Share Image
To me, Fight Club was a comedy. When [David] Fincher sent me the book and I read it, the first thing I… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I get on stage and talk about different stuff in my life and what I've been through and what I think about… — Chris Tucker Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little kid. I knew that I had to do something… — Ranveer Singh Copy Share Image
Actors that I like to watch, if they're lucky and given the ability to play different roles through their career, there's a… — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
I feel like my early experiences of acting, and I think a lot of other actors' too, are probably at camp or… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
I was at stage school in Birmingham Rep when I was called down to London for an audition in the National Theatre.… — Toyah Willcox Copy Share Image
I think all actors want to change. When you do something many times, over and over, you want to do something fresh.… — Jet Li Copy Share Image
In my early childhood, I was a performer by nature. I used to do puppet shows as a kid and entertain kids… — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
American theatre, to me, represents zeroing down on what the need is to get inside the personal hearts of people. I think… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
Virtually all my conscious life I had been involved in theatre - I had been a child actor - but as a… — Tony Robinson Copy Share Image
Being an actor is definitely not the hardest job in the world - it's definitely a first-world problem to have, but I'm… — Aya Cash Copy Share Image
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