As an actor, you accept that you have to publicise what you do, but as for the whole personal life thing that… — Michelle Fairley Copy Share Image
Work with good directors. Without them your play is doomed. At the time of my first play, I thought a good director… — Terrence McNally Copy Share Image
I don't mind making a fool of myself. I felt like people would be accepting of that because, to me, that seems… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
“They must go out of the theatre with the strength they live by strengthened from looking upon some passion that could, whatever… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
“The earth is an orbiting speck in incomprehensible vastness. The histories of our civilizations, our accomplishments and secrets, great good and evil—these… — Christopher Hawke Copy Share Image
I think my experience as an actor helps me to write anything. It certainly helped me to write 'August Osage County.' It… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I wanted to go to drama school really badly, but I'd never been to a theatre. I had no knowledge of Shakespeare.… — Jamie Demetriou Copy Share Image
Four hours it takes to film for one hour of show, inside the actor's studio. There was a guy in the front… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
It's easier for me to get comedies made because of my track record. Everybody needs to find their niche. I love dramas,… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
The critic is genius at one remove; he is not unlike an actor on the stage, and incarnates in his mind, as… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
When I connect to my soul, project it into another # character , and then bring it to the stage or to… — Kyra Sedgwick Copy Share Image
The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the… — Alfred Jarry Copy Share Image
Bryan Cranston has got such an incredible light touch. He comes in egoless, but with bold opinions, and he wants to play.… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
It's a win-win situation when you make your debut with a superstar like Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, or Sunny Deol. The… — Urvashi Rautela Copy Share Image
I did musicals in high school, certainly. And then I just kept wanting to do them. I felt at home in the… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
You can come from a family of actors, and sometimes there have been families that grow you up as an actor, but… — Violante Placido Copy Share Image
When you try to be true to the script, changes occur. A script is there to show us a certain direction. But… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Part of being an actor is the rhythm of the life of being an actor, and that involves coming together with a… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
It has not been definitively proved that the language of words is the best possible language. And it seems that on the… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
I think that when you do an adaptation for theater, it's either a marriage or a love affair..and so tremendous is my… — Romulus Linney Copy Share Image
Who really wants to see people causing drama just for the sake of causing drama? I think some people get caught up… — Whitney Port Copy Share Image
You're basically on set to help the production. You're helping the actors make it make sense, or maybe you wrote something that… — Katie Dippold Copy Share Image
I hope I'm always lucky enough to be able to work in theater, TV, and big films and small films. I think… — Harry Treadaway Copy Share Image
First and foremost I have to look at the film from an audience point of view. Yes, one has to see the… — Neha Sharma Copy Share Image
I was always under the impression that acting is an innate gift. One of the first things I heard them say at… — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
Theatre is not supposed to represent psychology but passions, which is totally different. Its role is to represent the soul's different emotional… — Ariane Mnouchkine Copy Share Image
“Going on stage always felt like being shot out of a cannon. My stomach would tighten as I got closer to the… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
Screen is satisfying because it's so technical and mysterious. It's like playing roulette: you get a script, you think it's either great… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
PRETTY SOON I AM GOING TO DRAMA CLASS. I HOPE IT GOES WELL. ESPECIALLY WHEN MICHAEL,MARY, AND LIZ ARE THERE,INCLUDING EVERYONE ELSE.… — CLARE Copy Share Image
My parents never pushed me to be an actress. You can come from a family of actors, and sometimes there have been… — Violante Placido Copy Share Image
I wanted to do gigs where you've just got mirrors on the stage, and then you light the crowd so they look… — Aphex Twin Copy Share Image
When you have a name actor, with a face that people recognise and a name that can go on posters or billboards… — Kelly Asbury Copy Share Image
Because I grew up in southern California I had access to a high level of professionalism in school, acting classes and summer… — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
I was very, very young when I first started acting. My first movie role I was in, I was eight years old… — Cameron Monaghan Copy Share Image
The best literature is always a take [in the musical sense]; there is an implicit risk in its execution, a margin of… — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are… — Paolo Sorrentino Copy Share Image
There's a lot of great, talented, passionate musical theatre practitioners and directors here. But it's very hard to suddenly start building great… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
I think what I loved in cinema - and what I mean by cinema is not just films, but proper, classical cinema… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
It's great to work with people who are jobbing actors at different stages of their career, and learning from them, and getting… — William Kircher Copy Share Image
I moved to New York after college. I wanted to pursue acting and theater, and I started doing more on-camera stuff -… — Ariana Madix Copy Share Image